Dotfile profile setup script and .gitignores

.gitignore

*.swp
*~
*.pyc
vim/.netrwhist
fluxbox/fbrun_history
fluxbox/init
fluxbox/lastwallpaper
fluxbox/log
fluxbox/menu.places
fluxbox/menu.quick
fluxbox/overlay
gnupg/gpg.conf
gnupg/random_seed
gnupg/gpg-agent-info-*
irssi/away.log
irssi/config.autosave
irssi/default.theme
irssi/fnotify
purple/accels
purple/blist.xml
purple/cap.db
purple/icons
purple/logs
purple/pounces.xml
ssh/id_rsa.keystore
ssh/known_hosts
xchat/scrollback
xchat/xchatlogs
znc/users/*/moddata/log/*.log
sublime/*.sublime_session
sublime/*.cache
sublime/Packages/*
!sublime/Packages/User
sublime/Packages/User/SFTP.errors.log
sublime/Packages/User/Package Control.last-run
sublime/Pristine Packages
sublime/Installed Packages
sublime/Backup

profile-setup.py

#!/usr/bin/env python2

from os import path
import os, sys, shutil

settings = {
		"source": "~/profile",
		"target": "~",
		}

def item( name, link=None ):
	"""Symlink a profile item found in 'source' with the given 'name'.
	By default, 'source' is the current directory, and 'target' is 
	'name' prepended with a period."""

	if None == name:
		print "Null name!"
		sys.exit(2)

	if None == link:
		link = "." + name

	source = path.expanduser(settings["source"])
	target = path.expanduser(settings["target"])

	sourceItem = path.join( source, name )
	targetItem = path.join( target, link )

	print "Processing '" + sourceItem + "' -> '" + targetItem + "' ..."

	if not path.lexists( sourceItem ):
		print "Source '" + sourceItem + "' not found."
		return

	targetDir = path.dirname( targetItem )
	if not path.lexists( targetDir ):
		print "Target parent '" + targetDir + "' does not exist; creating..."
		os.makedirs( targetDir )

	if path.lexists( targetItem ):
		print "Target '" + targetItem + "' already exists; deleting..."
		if path.islink( targetItem ) or path.isfile( targetItem ):
			os.unlink( targetItem )
		elif path.isdir( targetItem ):
			try:
				os.rmdir( targetItem )
			except OSError:
				shutil.rmtree( targetItem )

	os.symlink( sourceItem, targetItem )
#end

def item_tuple( tuple ):
	length = len( tuple )

	if length == 2:
		item( tuple[0], tuple[1] )
	elif length == 1:
		item( tuple[0] )
	else:
		print "Bad tuple: " + tuple
#end

def profile_items( source="~/profile" ):
	settings["source"] = source

	items = [
			# Regular dotfiles
			( "alias", ),
			( "bashrc", ),
			( "gitconfig", ),
			( "gitignore", ),
			( "profile", ),
			( "screenrc", ),
			( "screenrc.irssi", ),
			( "sieverc", ),
			( "synergy.conf", ),
			( "tmux.conf", ),
			( "vimrc", ),
			( "xmodmaprc", ),
			( "zshrc", ),

			# Regular dotdirs
			( "fonts", ),
			( "gnupg", ),
			( "irssi", ),
			( "oh-my-zsh", ),
			( "purple", ),
			( "vim", ),

			# Other 
			( "bin", "bin" ),
			( "xchat", ".xchat2" ),
			( "ssh/authorized_keys", ".ssh/authorized_keys" ),
			( "ssh/config", ".ssh/config" ),
			( "htoprc", ".config/htop/htoprc" ),
			( "sublime", ".config/sublime-text-2" ),

			]

	map( item_tuple, items );
#end

if __name__ == "__main__":
	profilepath = path.abspath( path.dirname( path.dirname( sys.argv[0] ) ) )

	if profilepath != "":
		profile_items( source=profilepath )

	else:
		profile_items()