My Dotfiles

Managed via plain git as documented at https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/dotfiles

Requirements

Install required software:

fzf git git-delta kdiff3 micro zsh

Set zsh as login shell:

chsh -s $(which zsh)

Optionally install additional software:

android-sdk android-studio aspell bat broot bun fd gh git-gui ripgrep tig wezterm yazi

Install plugins for the micro editor:

micro -plugin install aspell editorconfig filemanager fzf joinLines lsp quoter wc

Some more recommended software (not configured/tracked via dotfiles yet, or no config needed):

encfs eza gocryptfs jq mdcat sirikali textadept trash typescript-language-server visual-studio-code

For node support and management, install volta:

curl https://get.volta.sh | bash -s -- --skip-setup

Install recommended global npm modules:

volta install catj emma-cli fixpack git-recent np npkill npm-merge-driver npm-why prettier stylelint yalc

It's recommended to install the Meslo Nerd Font patched for Powerlevel10k (Source).

Installation

This will

• clone directly into your home directory
• track changes in ~/.dotfiles
• prepare the dotfiles command to manage changes via git

git clone --bare https://github.com/levito/dotfiles.git $HOME/.dotfiles
alias dotfiles='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME'
dotfiles checkout
dotfiles submodule update --init
dotfiles config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no

Managing the dotfiles

This works just like git, but via the dotfiles command from within the home directory.

Track a new/changed file:

dotfiles add path/to/file
dotfiles commit
dotfiles push

Untrack a tracked file:

dotfiles rm --cached path/to/file
dotfiles commit
dotfiles push

Update dotfiles on another computer:

dotfiles pull
dotfiles submodule update --remote