Remove flags until the file gets bigger, fix prompt officially so it stops overwriting

README.md

@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ To rebind capslock and escape in XFCE paste the following command in your termin
 
 `/usr/bin/setxkbmap -option "caps:swapescape"`
 
+To make it permanent, add it to your XFCE startup items via:
+
+`xfce4-settings-manager`
+
+and then `Session and Startup > Application autostart` using an `onlogin` trigger.
+
 ```
 pip install pynvim
 ```

dotfiles/bash/bashrc

@@ -14,26 +14,41 @@ else
   symlink_dir=$(cd "$( dirname "`readlink ${BASH_SOURCE[0]}`" )" && pwd)
 fi
 
+
 # -------------------------------- SETUP -------------------------------- #
 
 # Store private information (exports, keys, etc) in .bash_private.
-if [[ -f ~/.bash_private ]]; then
-  source ~/.bash_private
+if [[ -f $HOME/.bash_private ]]; then
+  source $HOME/.bash_private
   echo ".bash_private loaded"
 fi
 
-if [ -f ~/.inputrc ]; then
-        bind -f ~/.inputrc
+if [ -f $HOME/.inputrc ]; then
+        bind -f $HOME/.inputrc
 else
         echo "No .inputrc detected"
 fi
 
 if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
-  if [ -f ~/.macrc ]; then
-          source ~/.macrc
+  if [ -f $HOME/.macrc ]; then
+          source $HOME/.macrc
   fi
 fi
 
+
+# Set up projects and gopath folder properly for the export in the export section.
+
+if [[ ! -d $HOME/projects ]]; then
+  echo "Making $HOME/projects"
+  mkdir -p $HOME/projects
+fi
+
+if [[ -x go ]]; then
+  echo "Making $HOME/projects/go"
+  mkdir -p $HOME/projects/go
+fi
+
+
 # ------------------------------ END SETUP ------------------------------ #
 
 
@@ -77,6 +92,12 @@ export PATH="/usr/local/opt/openjdk/bin:$PATH"
 # Ignore duplicates in history to make history less of a hassle to use.
 export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups
 
+
+# If go is installed, set the $GOPATH to the projects directory created above.
+if [[ -x go ]]; then
+  export GOPATH=$HOME/projects/go
+fi
+
 # ------------ END EXPORTS ------------#
 
 
@@ -108,9 +129,11 @@ export PROMPT_DIRTRIM=2
 # Important note for PS1 modification - everything non-printable must be escaped with `\[` and `\]`. Otherwise readline
 # fails to track the prompt right and things get messed up when you input long strings.
 
+GIT_BRANCH=$(parse_git_branch)
+
 if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu" ]]; then
   # I had some rendering issues running in XFCE unless I added an extra space at the end.
-  export PS1='\[$bold\]\[$white\]\u@\h\[$reset\]: \[$bold\]\[$blue\]\w\[$reset\] \[$green\]\[$(parse_git_branch)\]\[$reset\]\[$bold\]\[$white\]⇨\[$reset\]  '
+  export PS1='\[$bold\]\[$white\]\u@\h\[$reset\]: \[$bold\]\[$blue\]\w\[$reset\] \[$green\]$GIT_BRANCH\[$reset\]\[$bold\]\[$white\]⇨\[$reset\]  '
 else
-  export PS1='\[$bold\]\[$white\]\u@\h\[$reset\]: \[$bold\]\[$blue\]\w\[$reset\] \[$green\]\[$(parse_git_branch)\]\[$reset\]\[$bold\]\[$white\]⇨\[$reset\] '
+  export PS1='\[$bold\]\[$white\]\u@\h\[$reset\]: \[$bold\]\[$blue\]\w\[$reset\] \[$green\]$GIT_BRANCH\[$reset\]\[$bold\]\[$white\]⇨\[$reset\] '
 fi