YADR can be installed to any directory and everything still works

bin/yadr/default_libs.rb

@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 Dir[File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__),"lib/**/lib")].each {|dir| $LOAD_PATH << dir}
 require 'git-style-binary/command'
+
+$yadr = `find -L ~ -type file -maxdepth 2 -name .yadr | head | sed 's:\.yadr\/::'`.chomp

bin/yadr/yadr-init-plugins

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ GitStyleBinary.command do
   short_desc "Initialize all submodules. Run this every time you pull a new yadr version."
 
   run do |command|
-    system("cd ~/.dotfiles && git submodule init && git submodule update")
+    `cd "#{$yadr}" && git submodule update --init`
   end
 
 end

bin/yadr/yadr-vim-add-plugin

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ GitStyleBinary.command do
       begin
         repo=command[:url]
         bundle_path=repo.gsub("https://github.com/","").gsub(".git","").gsub("/","-").gsub(".vim","")
-        system("cd ~/.dotfiles && git submodule add #{repo} vim/bundle/#{bundle_path}")
+        system("cd #{$yadr} && git submodule add #{repo} vim/bundle/#{bundle_path}")
       rescue
         puts "Sorry, couldn't parse your path: #{$!}"
       end

bin/yadr/yadr-vim-update-plugins

@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@ require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'default_libs')
 
 GitStyleBinary.command do
   version "yadr-vim-update-plugins 1.0"
-
+  short_desc "Update all vim plugins to latest versions from github"
-short_desc "Update all vim plugins to latest versions from github"
 
   run do |command|
-    system("cd ~/.dotfiles && git submodule foreach git pull origin master")
+    `cd "#{$yadr}" && git submodule foreach git pull origin master`
   end
 
 end

zsh/aliases

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Aliases in this file are bash and zsh compatible
 
+# Don't change. The following determines where YADR is installed.
+yadr=`find -L ~ -type file -maxdepth 2 -name .yadr | head | sed 's:\.yadr\/::'`
+
 # YADR support
 alias yav='yadr vim-add-plugin'
 alias yuv='yadr vim-update-plugins'
@@ -23,8 +26,8 @@ alias du='du -h -d 2'
 alias lsg='ll | grep'
 
 # Alias Editing
-alias ae='vi ~/.dotfiles/zsh/aliases' #alias edit
+alias ae='vi $yadr/zsh/aliases' #alias edit
-alias ar='source ~/.dotfiles/zsh/aliases'  #alias reload
+alias ar='source $yadr/zsh/aliases'  #alias reload
 
 # vimrc editing
 alias ve='vi ~/.vimrc'

zsh/oh_my_zsh_zshrc

@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-# Path to your oh-my-zsh configuration.
-ZSH=$HOME/.oh-my-zsh
-
-# Set name of the theme to load.
-# Look in ~/.oh-my-zsh/themes/
-# skwp theme comes from skwp/oh-my-zsh fork
-ZSH_THEME="skwp"
-
-# Comment this out to disable weekly auto-update checks
-DISABLE_AUTO_UPDATE="true"
-
-# Which plugins would you like to load? (plugins can be found in ~/.oh-my-zsh/plugins/*)
-# Example format: plugins=(rails git textmate ruby lighthouse)
-plugins=(git rvm ruby rails autojump)
-
-# Load default oh-my-zsh stuff
-source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh
-
-# Customize to your needs...
-export PATH=/usr/local/git/bin:/op/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/Users/yan/dev/cluster/script:/Users/yan/.bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/lib/postgresql84/bin:/usr/local/bin:/Users/yan/dev/ec2/ec2-api/bin:/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin:/Users/yan/.rvm/bin:/Users/yan/.dotfiles/bin:/Users/yan/.dotfiles/bin/willmorgan/bin
-
-# Load YADR zshrc
-source ~/.dotfiles/zsh/zshrc

zsh/oh_my_zsh_zshrc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+zshrc

zsh/zshrc

@@ -1,6 +1,25 @@
+# Source oh-my-zsh if it is installed.
+if [[ -d $HOME/.oh-my-zsh ]]; then
+  # Path to your oh-my-zsh configuration.
+  ZSH=$HOME/.oh-my-zsh
+
+  # Set name of the theme to load.
+  ZSH_THEME="skwp"
+
+  # Which plugins would you like to load? (plugins can be found in ~/.oh-my-zsh/plugins/*)
+  # Example format: plugins=(rails git textmate ruby lighthouse)
+  plugins=(git rvm ruby rails autojump)
+
+  # Load default oh-my-zsh stuff
+  source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh
+fi
+
+# Don't change. The following determines where YADR is installed.
+yadr=`find -L ~ -type file -maxdepth 2 -name .yadr | head | sed 's:\.yadr\/::'`
+
 # Configuration
-source ~/.dotfiles/zsh/aliases
+source $yadr/zsh/aliases
-source ~/.dotfiles/zsh/zsh_aliases
+source $yadr/zsh/zsh_aliases
 
 # Things I don't want to publish to github
 source ~/.secrets
@@ -29,4 +48,4 @@ zstyle ':completion:*:approximate:*' max-errors 1 numeric
 [[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"
 
 # Add path to our custom bins
-export PATH=$PATH:~/.dotfiles/bin:~/.dotfiles/bin/yadr
+export PATH=$PATH:$yadr/bin:$yadr/bin/yadr