dotfiles

• Root of this repository is the root of my home directory.
  • This is done using a bare git repository, which sets the working directory to the home folder, and git directory to ~/.dotfiles.
  • Using showUntrackedFiles=false, only tracked files will be visible in git commands for the dotfiles.
• A flake for nix-darwin is placed under ~/nix-config.
  • This is used for configuring my MacOS system, homebrew and nixpkgs.
  • home-manager was too blackbox for my taste, as I prefer to edit my dotfiles directly.

Quick Start

1. Install git the "apple-way".

xcode-select --install

2. Install Nix using the determinate system installer.

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

3. Clone this repository to root of home directory.

git clone --bare https://github.com/frealmyr/dotfiles.git $HOME/.dotfiles/

alias dtf='git --git-dir="$HOME/.dotfiles" --work-tree="$HOME" "$@"'
dtf config status.showUntrackedFiles no
dtf status

4. Build and use the flake for nix-darwin.

nix run nix-darwin -- switch --flake ~/nix-config

5. Reboot for good measure.

How to iterate?

Dotfiles can be added to git using a alias:

alias dtf='git --git-dir="$HOME/.dotfiles" --work-tree="$HOME" "$@"'
dtf status
dtf add ~/.config/something.conf
dtf commit -m "punny msg"
dtf push -u origin macos

Changes made to Nix-darwin flake, can be rolled out using this command:

darwin-rebuild switch --flake ~/nix-config