Bob Kepford

Lead Architect

Mediacurrent.com

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About Mediacurrent

Mediacurrent is a full-service digital agency that implements world class open source software development, strategy and design to achieve defined goals for enterprise organizations seeking a better return on investment.

.dot files

Configuration files.

Begin with a .

Live in ~

Making the most of Dotfiles

Symlink to a single directory

Track in Git

You can take your customizations with you.

Look at other dotfiles and steal liberally

Add small bits at a time and learn how to use them

Symlink

Pointer to an actual file.

ln -s ~/.source_file ~/bin/dotfiles/target_file

What configuration do we add to our dotfiles repo?

Only floss the teeth you want to keep.

~ My Dentist (Probably stole this line)

The Shell

Bash - gnu.org/software/bash:
the GNU Project's shell and is what I use.

ZSH - zsh.org:
a shell designed for interactive use, although it is also a powerful scripting language

Fish - fishshell.com:
a smart and user-friendly command line shell for OS X, Linux, and the rest of the family.

Environment / $PATH

Add things to your path

    export PATH=~/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/opt/local/bin
    

# Type
    $ someapp
# Instead of
    $ ~/some/dir/drush/someapp.php
    

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PATH_(variable)

Aliases

Shortcuts for longer more complex commands.

          
            alias h='history'
            alias l='ls -lhGt'  # -l long listing, most recent first -G color
            alias g='git status'
          
        

Functions

        
          function take() {
              mkdir -p "$1"
              cd "$1"
          }
        
        

SSH

Secure Socket Shell

~/.ssh/config

Save yourself from trying to remember IP addresses and port numbers

      
      Host server1
          HostName    192.168.68.122
          User        napolean
          Port        22
      Host server2
          HostName    192.168.68.123
          User        kip
          Port        22
      
    

Privacy and Security

Don't put sensitive info in your Git repo if you plan to make it public.

Git

Don't use a GUI

Learn to use the commands

Git config

~/.gitconfig

Git aliases

Ignoring files

Per machine: ~/.gitconfig

Per project: .gitignore file in the repository

Per repo instance: .git/info/excludes

Git Hooks

     .git/hooks
     

Customizing Git - Git Hooks
git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Customizing-Git-Git-Hooks

Pre-commit

Code linting.

github.com/andrewmriley/drupal-site-precommit

Post commit

Do tasks like copy your commit message to your clipboard?

#!/bin/bash

# Copy last commit message copied to clipboard
git log --pretty=format:"%s %n%b" -1 HEAD | pbcopy

     

But I forget to add those to my repo

.git_template

In your ~/.gitconfig

  [alias]
    init = init --template ~/.git_template

  [init]
  templatedir = ~/.git_template

A good tutorial for setting this up. Logging Git commits with doing.
brettterpstra.com/2014/03/20/logging-git-commits-with-doing

Git tools

Tig

Text-mode interface for git.

jonas.nitro.dk/tig

Git HUD

A heads up display for your Git repos.

github.com/gbataille/gitHUD

Vim

Why Vim?

I plan on coding for many years (What editor was hot two years ago again?).

I'm already in the shell.

Open source and available on all systems.

It will NEVER die.

I love using the keyboard (Vim is designed for the keyboard first).

Can Vim do ____?

Yes!

Plugins of Note

Vim Fugitive - Git

Gitgutter - Git

Vdebug - Debugging

Vim Surround

Vim Plugin For Drupal

Vim Fugitive - Git

A Git wrapper so awesome, it should be illegal.

github.com/tpope/vim-fugititve

Gitgutter - Git

github.com/airblade/vim-gitgutter

Vdebug - Xdebug Client for Vim

github.com/joonty/vdebug.git

Vim Plugin For Drupal

drupal.org/project/vimrc

Drush

Fast local server

Download and enable modules

Backup and import databases

Perform updates

Watch logs

Log in as any user and much much more!

Drush serve

      
      drush serve
      
    

Serve Drupal locally using PHP's built in server.

Drush aliases

Drush commands against a specific Drupal site, even remote sites.

drush @youralias somecommand -y

drush use @youralias

drush updb -y

Drupal Watchdog Log

drush ws --tail

Drupal Console

drupalconsole.com

Another CLI for Drupal.

Generate boilerplate code

Interact with and debug Drupal.

Drupal Console

Debug routes.

Build modules, themes, plugins and more.

Generate content.

Much more.

Tmux - Bringing it All Together

Why Tmux

Seriously, Why

Detach and attach to terminal sessions without loosing state.

Isolate your terminal sessions.

Script terminal session layout based on project needs.

Tmux

Sessions

Windows

Panes

Tmux Sessions

Tmux Windows

Tmux Panes

Tmuxinator

Script and automate Tmux sessions.

Create and manage tmux sessions

Projects are Yaml files

Switch projects quickly