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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This file will attempt to automatically configure and install my dotfiles
+# This assumes that the following are already installed, perhaps we will attempt to auto-install them in the future
+# tmux
+# vim
+# zsh
+# curl
+# git
+
+# First things first, install oh-my-zsh
+echo "Installing Oh-My-ZSH"
+sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
+
+echo "Overriding ~/.zshrc. A backup can be found at ~/.zshrc.backup"
+mv ~/.zshrc ~/.zshrc.backup
+ln -s ~/dotfiles/shell/zshrc ~/.zshrc
+
+echo "Overriding ~/.bashrc. A backup can be found at ~/.bashrc.backup"
+mv ~/.bashrc ~/.bashrc.backup
+ln -s ~/dotfiles/shell/bashrc ~/.bashrc
+
+echo "Installing tmux config"
+ln -s ~/dotfiles/tmux.conf ~/.tmux.conf
+
+echo "Installing VIM Pathogen"
+mkdir -p ~/.vim/autoload ~/.vim/bundle
+curl -LSso ~/.vim/autoload/pathogen.vim https://tpo.pe/pathogen.vim
+
+echo "Installing VIM Sensible"
+cd ~/.vim/bundle
+git clone git://github.com/tpope/vim-sensible.git
+
+echo "Installing VIM config"
+ln -s ~/dotfiles/vimrc ~/.vimrc
+
+echo "Changing default shell to ZSH"
+chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh
+
+echo "Install done."
+echo "Check tmux, vim, and your shell to verify everything is correct"
+echo "you may need to launch a new instance of your shell"
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