dotfiles

Configurations for Neovim, kitty, git, and other various developer tools.

Setup

1. Install Xcode CLI tools

xcode-select --install

2. Clone repository

git clone https://github.com/pattobrien/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles

3. Run dotbot install script

NOTE: dotbot is a utility app that supports syncing the settings of various applications to dotfiles (e.g. kitty, skhd).

sh ~/.dotfiles/install            # symlinks dotfiles to ~, creates ~/dev
sh ~/.dotfiles/install homebrew   # installs Homebrew package manager
sh ~/.dotfiles/install essentials # zsh, 1password, cursor, cli tools
sh ~/.dotfiles/install 1password  # signs into 1Password CLI, configures SSH agent
sh ~/.dotfiles/install macos      # applies macOS system preferences
sh ~/.dotfiles/install mise       # installs dev tools from .tool-versions (node, go, etc.)

sh ~/.dotfiles/install personal   # all personal brew packages (or: work, runner, server)

4. Set permissions

Sets permissions for required files (only required once on the system)

chmod +x ~/.local/scripts/tmux-sessionizer

Maintenance

Brew Dump

Dumps a snapshot of all brew-installed applications.

brew bundle dump --force --describe --file=~/.dotfiles/brew/personal/Brewfile

TODO

• Add zsh config
• Add Brewfile
• Add NVIM config
• Add tmux config
• Add kitty config
• Separate brew packages into separate files
• Clean up outdated /scripts/ folder
• BUG: tmux requirement in .zshrc causes terminal crash when tmux is not yet installed
• Add VSCode config
• Steps for initializing TMUX plugins
• setup 1password in case passwords are needed for app installations
• can xcode-select --install be run from the install script?
• docs: setup navigation when holding down hjkl on mac
  • see: vscode-neovim/vscode-neovim#2170 (comment)
• does asdf have a zsh autocomplete plugin?

Notes from Fern setup

• existing zshrc file not overridden (probably good)'
• error:

/Users/fern/.zshrc:source:97: no such file or directory: /Users/fern/.oh-my-zsh/oh-my-zsh.sh

• brew: too many apps were installed
  • should maintain a work set of apps
• mac settings
  • mouse/trackpad
  • window / desktop transition
  • finder settings
  • apple account signed in? (should this just be a part of the get started guide?)
  • accessibility/privacy settings per-app (e.g. Zoom needs screen-share access)
  • settings for apps that open on startup
    • BetterTouchTool
    • RayCast
    • 1Password
  • auto-hide dock
  • allow holding down hjkl keys (I think this was a keyboard config?)
  • raycast did not override command+K
• vscode settings / profile not setup
  • note: extensions are set up (via brew), but not user settings (~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/settings.json)
• manual app setup steps:
  • 1password sign-in
  • github sign-in
• make /dev default directory
• chrome settings
  • 1password extensions (and others)
  • bookmarks?
• install default sdks (asdf, fvm)
  • e.g. fvm install stable && fvm install beta && fvm install master
  • sdks to install:
    • flutter (fvm)
    • node (asdf)
    • ts (asdf)
    • go (asdf)
    • typescript (via npm i -g)

asdf plugin add golang && asdf plugin add nodejs && asdf plugin add deno
asdf install golang latest && asdf install nodejs latest && asdf plugin install deno latest
asdf global golang latest && asdf global nodejs latest && asdf global deno latest

• automatically accept xcode license (xcodebuild -license accept)
• needed to comment out 1password zsh plugin in .zshrc, because op doesnt have the proper permissions
• xcode select tools:
  • update to latest version (using softwareupdate ?)
  • approve terms (using softwareupdate ?)