    ;; If non nil line numbers are turned on in all `prog-mode' and `text-mode'
    ;; derivatives. If set to `relative', also turns on relative line numbers.
    ;; (default nil)
-   dotspacemacs-line-numbers nil
+   dotspacemacs-line-numbers 'relative'
    ;; If non-nil smartparens-strict-mode will be enabled in programming modes.
    ;; (default nil)
    dotspacemacs-smartparens-strict-mode t

   ;; of a list then all discovered layers will be installed.
   dotspacemacs-configuration-layers
   '(
     javascript
     python
     ;; ----------------------------------------------------------------

     better-defaults
     emacs-lisp
     git
     github
     markdown
     ;; (org :variables
     ;;      org-enable-github-support t
