dotfiles

Dotfiles managed with Stow for Nix or Brew

Nix

Prerequisite

Install Nix.

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf -L https://install.determinate.systems/nix | sh -s -- install

Installation

cd into repository and setup dotfiles

nix run nixpkgs#stow bat bin git ideavim neovim nix tmux zsh

Pin the current nixpkgs version to avoid repetitive registry downloads

nix registry pin nixpkgs

# to update the pinned nix version later on
#   nix flake update path:$HOME/dotfiles/nix/.config/nix/

Install packages.

nix profile install path:$HOME/dotfiles/nix/.config/nix/

Declarative Nix packages

# create a copy of sample packages file
cp ~/.config/nix/packages.sample.nix ~/.config/nix/packages.nix

# edit packages file to add extra packages
vim ~/.config/nix/packages.nix

# run the `nix-switch` alias
nix-switch

Brew

Prerequisite

Homebrew

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Installation

Install Stow

brew install stow

Setup dotfiles

stow bat brew bin git ideavim neovim tmux zsh

Install packages

brew bundle -v --file ~/.config/brew/Brewfile

Declarative Brew packages

# create a copy of the sample packages file
cp ~/.config/brew/packages.sample.rb ~/.config/brew/packages.rb

# edit packages file to add extra packages
vim ~/.config/brew/packages.rb

# run the `brew-switch` alias
brew-switch