Dotfiles

These are my personal dotfiles for a fish shell on an ARM-based Mac, including essential tools and opinionated settings.

🧭 Prerequisites

• Homebrew
• Xcode Command Line Tools
• fish

To configure fish as your default shell, run the following commands:

brew install fish # Install fish via Homebrew
echo $(which fish) | sudo tee -a /etc/shells # Add fish to the list of system shells
chsh -s $(which fish) # Set fish as the default shell
fish # Start a new fish shell
eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)" # Set up Homebrew in fish
fish_add_path (brew --prefix)/bin (brew --prefix)/sbin # Add Homebrew binaries to $PATH

🔌 Installation

First, clone the project in your home directory and cd into it:

git clone https://github.com/mbd-s/dotfiles.git ~/dotfiles
cd ~/dotfiles

The setup script bootstraps a fresh installation of macOS. It will set sane defaults, symlink config files, and install a bunch of tools (iTerm2, Visual Studio Code, Go, Terraform, Starship, etc.) via Homebrew and asdf:

make setup

The command is nondestructive, so it won't overwrite existing files. Run make help to see all available commands.

⚙️ Configuration

fish

Private configuration can be stored in files with the .fish extension in $DOTFILES/fish/.config/fish/private/. If you ran make setup, everything in this directory will be symlinked to $__fish_config_dir/private/ but ignored by git. Example:

set -x CDPATH . ~ path/to/directory/you/want/in/CDPATH

alias secret "Something secret!"

git

Create a file at $DOTFILES/git/.gitlocal with your own git user details and any aliases or options you don't want to check into version control. Example:

[user]
        name = Your Name
        email = your-git-commit-email-address@example.com
[alias]
        mine = log --author='Your Name'

To split home and work concerns, you could nest all work-related repositories inside a work/ directory and configure a git user for your work projects at $DOTFILES/git/work/.gitlocal. Example:

[user]
        email = your-work-git-commit-email-address@example.com

Homebrew

I've split Homebrew packages similarly along home and work concerns. To install the home packages, create an empty .home file in the root of this project. To install the work packages, create an empty .work file instead. (Both files are ignored by git.) The common packages are installed in any case.

iTerm2

1. Open iTerm2
2. Select iTerm2 > Preferences
3. Select Profiles
4. Select the Other Actions... dropdown menu and click Import JSON profiles...
5. Choose the profile you want to use from the ones in $DOTFILES/iterm/

Visual Studio Code

I find it's best to manage your VS Code settings with profiles and settings sync. The config here is just for reference.

✂️ Uninstalling

To remove symlinked files:

make clean

🦀 Contributing

If you notice something that doesn't work, please let me know by opening an issue!