donnemartin/dev-setup

Why does bootstrap.sh copy the installation scripts to the home directory?

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#23 opened on May 28, 2016

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Description

if I understood it corretly from README.MD, we can install like this:

$ git clone https://github.com/donnemartin/dev-setup.git && cd dev-setup
$ ./.dots bootstrap osxprep brew osx

and later when we need datastores, we run

$ cd ~/dev-setup
$ ./.dots datastores

I understand that bootstrap copies the dot files to the home directory, such as .bash_profile and .exports. but why do you also copy the installation scripts, such as .dots and datastores to the home directory, if we are always going to execute them from ~/dev-setup/ (as they can be updated from git)?

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Examine the bootstrap.sh script in the repository to understand why it copies .dots and datastores scripts to the home directory. Check the README.md for the intended workflow. Consider whether the scripts are meant to be executed from anywhere after copying, as the user suggests. Provide a clear explanation of the design decision or propose a change if appropriate.