dotfiles

My dotfiles managed by Nix, home-manager and nix-darwin.

Overview

I primarily use Macs, therefore this repo is (mainly) for darwin. However I do try to make it work on Linux as well.

Some features worth mentioning:

• Declarative macOS with nix-darwin
• zsh with p10k
• tj/n instead of nvm
• gpakosz/.tmux
• fzf-tab for completion
• Integration of fzf, fd, bat and lsd
  • ^T: interactively select files in cwd recursively
    • ? to toggle preview
    • ^S ^D: page up/down
  • ^O to open in $VISUAL (VS Code on macOS)
  • Alt-C: interactive cd
• Interactive git operations with forgit

Usage

On a new macOS machine w/o Nix installed:

xcode-select --install

# Install nix
bash <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --daemon --yes --no-modify-profile

# Propagate /run
printf 'run\tprivate/var/run\n' | sudo tee -a /etc/synthetic.conf
/System/Library/Filesystems/apfs.fs/Contents/Resources/apfs.util -t

# Build the dotfiles
mkdir $HOME/.config
git clone https://github.com/birkhofflee/dotfiles $HOME/.config/nix
nix build "$HOME/.config/nix#darwinConfigurations.AlessandroMBP.system" --extra-experimental-features "nix-command flakes"

# Remove default nix config to mitigate https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/issues/149
sudo rm -f /etc/nix/nix.conf
./result/sw/bin/darwin-rebuild switch --flake "$HOME/.config/nix#AlessandroMBP"

After first successful deployment, use the following command to switch:

darwin-rebuild switch --flake "$HOME/.config/nix#AlessandroMBP"

To update packages:

nix flake update .
nix flake update

Appendix: iTerm2 Profile Configuration

I use iTerm2 as my terminal emulator. Here are some settings that I've been using for years:

• Command: Login Shell
• Font
  • Hack Nerd Font Mono, Regular, 14
  • Anti-aliased
  • Use a different font for non-ASCII text
• Non-ASCII Font
  • Hack Nerd Font Mono, Regular, 12
  • Use ligatures
  • Anti-aliased
• Settings for New Windows - 144, 41
• Enable mouse reporting
• Silence bell
• Left Option Key: Esc+
• Right Option Key: Normal

Key Mappings (included in Terminal.itermkeymap):

I use the built-in Natural Text Editing preset, with the following custom key mappings:

TODOs

• manage python versions/dependencies with nix
• manage nodejs with nix
• pbcopy reattach to user namespace
• https://xyno.space/post/nix-darwin-introduction
• https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
• https://github.com/ahmedelgabri/dotfiles/blob/main/config/zsh.d/.zshrc
• https://github.com/kornicameister/dotfiles/
• https://github.com/Aloxaf/dotfiles/tree/master/zsh/.config/zsh
• https://github.com/finnurtorfa/zsh/blob/master/completion.zsh
• https://github.com/paulmillr/dotfiles
• https://github.com/marlonrichert/.config/tree/main/zsh
• https://github.com/mashehu/dotfiles/blob/master/zshrc

Articles

Here are some reads you might find interesting:

• Faster and enjoyable ZSH (maybe)
• Comparison of ZSH frameworks and plugin managers
• fzf examples (fzf wiki)
• p10k git status symbols

License

This project is released under The Unlicense.