dotfiles

My dotfiles.

This is all managed via Nix Flakes, nix-darwin, and Home Manager.

Prerequisites

XCode

You need to sign in to the App Store:

open -a "App Store"

Then install Xcode manually.

Lastly, agree to the Xcode license agreements:

sudo xcodebuild -license

Rosetta 2

Some Nix packages are not built for Apple M1 yet and need to be emulated with Rosetta 2.

To install Rosetta 2:

sudo softwareupdate --install-rosetta --agree-to-license

If that fails, try:

open '/System/Library/CoreServices/Rosetta 2 Updater.app'

Nix

Install Nix (multi-user installation recommended):

sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install)

Setup

1. Clone this repository:

   mkdir -p ~/src
   git clone https://github.com/steinybot/dotfiles.git ~/src/dotfiles
   cd ~/src/dotfiles

2. Build and Apply the configuration:

   nix build --extra-experimental-features "nix-command flakes" .#darwinConfigurations.goodness.system
   ./result/sw/bin/darwin-rebuild switch --flake .

Update

To pull in updates from this repository and apply them:

cd ~/src/dotfiles
git pull
darwin-rebuild switch --flake .

Aliases

• home-update: Rebuilds the system configuration from ~/src/dotfiles.

This command runs: darwin-rebuild switch --flake ~/src/dotfiles

Note: You will see a "Git tree is dirty" warning if you have uncommitted changes. This is normal and serves as a helpful reminder.

Troubleshooting

Build Failures

If the build fails, check the logs. Common issues include deprecated options or failing package builds.

You can inspect the build log by redirecting output:

nix build .#darwinConfigurations.goodness.system > build.log 2>&1

Bootstrap

If you need to bootstrap from scratch, you can use the nix-bootstrap alias or run the bootstrap script manually (see bootstrap.sh in the repo history or steinybot/bootstrap repo).