What is this?

Dotfiles are collections of files used for configuring tools, typically in an Unix environment. Many Github users keep their collection public

How to use the Bash configuration

Do not use the configuration directly, but rather point at it from the file used in your system. For example, if this repo is cloned in ~/repos/dotfiles and your system expects a Bash conf file in ~/.bashrc, you can structure ~/.bashrc this way:

# defaults from the system
# ...

source ~/repos/dotfiles/bashrc

# other customisations
# ...

This way, you can keep system specific settings clearly separated from the versioned code