dotfiles

Setup scripts for bootstrapping a fresh Linux machine with zsh, Fish, Rust CLI tools, Vim, and sensible defaults.

Quick Start (no clone required)

Run the scripts directly with curl. Each one is self-contained and idempotent.

Zsh + Oh My Zsh + Starship

Installs zsh, Oh My Zsh, autosuggestions/syntax-highlighting plugins, the Starship prompt with the gruvbox-rainbow preset, and uv for Python package management.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jamesETsmith/dotfiles/main/setup-zsh.sh | bash

Rust CLI Environment

Installs Rust via rustup and a curated set of tools: ripgrep, bat, eza, bottom, hyperfine, sd, tokei, git-delta, zellij, Yazi, and leaf. The script prefers prebuilt binaries through cargo-binstall, falls back to Cargo builds when needed, and verifies that each expected command is available. It also drops config files and shell aliases.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jamesETsmith/dotfiles/main/setup-rust-env.sh | bash

Vim

Installs Vim, links the repo .vimrc to ~/.vimrc, installs vim-plug, and installs the plugins declared in .vimrc.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jamesETsmith/dotfiles/main/setup-vim.sh | bash

Fish + Tide

Installs the latest Fish release binary from GitHub (override with FISH_VERSION=4.8.1 to pin), installs Hack Nerd Font Mono (and MesloLGS NF as fallback) for prompt and eza icons, installs Fisher, installs Tide, installs uv for Python package management, and applies the Tide prompt config captured from this machine. Missing tools (curl, tar, unzip) are installed rootlessly into ~/.local/bin when possible; git and Fisher/Tide fall back to GitHub archives, and fc-cache is optional.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jamesETsmith/dotfiles/main/setup-fish.sh | bash

Alternative: Clone and Run

git clone https://github.com/jamesETsmith/dotfiles.git
cd dotfiles
./setup-zsh.sh
./setup-rust-env.sh
./setup-vim.sh
./setup-fish.sh

What Each Script Does

Script	Highlights
setup-zsh.sh	Installs zsh, Oh My Zsh, zsh-autosuggestions, zsh-syntax-highlighting, Starship prompt, uv, writes .zshrc, sets zsh as default shell
setup-rust-env.sh	Installs build deps, Rust toolchain, ripgrep, bat, eza, bottom, hyperfine, sd, tokei, git-delta, zellij, Yazi, leaf, writes tool configs and shell aliases
setup-vim.sh	Installs Vim, links .vimrc, installs vim-plug, and installs Vim plugins declared in .vimrc
setup-fish.sh	Installs latest Fish from GitHub release binaries, rootlessly bootstraps missing curl/tar/unzip into ~/.local/bin, installs Hack Nerd Font Mono + MesloLGS NF, installs Fisher and Tide, installs uv, links Fish config, and applies saved Tide prompt settings

These scripts auto-detect your package manager (apt, dnf, or pacman) and are safe to re-run.

CI Timing

GitHub Actions wraps setup and verification steps with ci/measure-step.sh. Each run writes timing details to the job summary and uploads a timings.jsonl artifact named by workflow and commit SHA, making setup-time changes easy to compare across commits.

License

MIT