Questions and Answers

Why .bashrc.load instead of .bashrc?

Each OS or distribution generally has its own way of populating a default .bashrc in each new user's home directory. This file works with the rest of the OS to load in special things like bash completion scripts or aliases. The idea behind using .bashrc.load is that dotfiles should add new things to a system rather than overwriting built-in funcitonality.

For instance, if a system sources bash completion files for you, and your dotfiles overwrites the system-provided .bashrc, then you would have to replicate that functionality on your own.

If you don't want to use this behavior, all you need to do is run dfm mv .bashrc.load .bashrc, and dfm will happily remove the system-provided .bashrc and symlink yours in. Or, if you want to use your own .bashrc, just make sure that $HOME/bin is in the $PATH or you won't be able to run dfm directly.