.dotfiles

In Unix-like operating systems, any file or folder that starts with a dot character (for example, /home/user/.config), commonly called a dot file or dotfile, is to be treated as hidden. A convention arose of using dotfile in the user's home directory to store per-user configuration or informational text.

Here are the settings I use. There are installation scripts for most things, so getting them should be easy.

Feel free to adopt anything you like from these settings. However, I recommend you make your own, and only add things you understand and like, so you build your own toolchain.

Project Structure

Directory	Description
bin	executables
config	zsh and fish configuration
iterm2	iterm2 configuration
rc	all the dotfiles
script	private helper scripts

I put all personal and private configuration in config/personal.sh, which is ignored by git, so it doesn't accidentally end up on the internet.

Installation

Pre-requisites

Download and install the following applications manually:

• iTerm2
• MacVIM
• Homebrew

Code

To install dotfiles:

git clone git@github.com:iain/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
cd ~/.dotfiles
./script/install

This will backup any previous dotfiles you have.

Homebrew

To install all the neat little homebrew tools listed in Brewfile:

brew tap Homebrew/bundle
brew bundle

iTerm

To configure iTerm:

1. Open iTerm2.
2. Go to the Preferences (⌘,)
3. In the General tab, check Load preferences from a custom folder or URL.
4. Fill in: ~/.dotfiles/iterm2.
5. Restart iTerm2.

asdf

I use asdf these days to install programming languages.

Here is how to install ruby (replace latest with an older version if you like):

asdf plugin add ruby
asdf install ruby latest
asdf global ruby latest

Python and most other languages work the same, except NodeJS.

To update all plugins, when new versions come out:

asdf plugin update --all

Fonts

Should be installed via Homebrew.

Documentation

Below is extra documentation on what's configured in the dotfiles. Or at least, some of the highlights.

Vim

Configured to be in ~/.config/vim/ to mirror nvim's config.

Aliases && Commands

There are a lot of aliases and commands in my dotfiles.

Configuration in ~/.dotfiles/config/general.sh and bin files in ~/.dotfiles/bin.

Command	Description
flushdns	flush DNS cache (macOS only)
imgcat	show image in terminal (iTerm only)
l	alias of ls -FhAlo
m	opens file in existing macvim window
psg	find running process quickly
ssh-copy-id	copy your SSH key to remote server
tf	alias of tail -f -n 200

Other:

• ls is replaced by GNU version if gnu tools are installed on macOS.
• Replaced grep with rg
• aws-docker-login for logging docker into AWS ECR.
• docker-stop-all stops all running docker containers
• docker-implode deletes all docker image caches, run from time to time to get lots of disk space back

Git

Configuration for git is found in ~/.gitconfig and ~/.dotfiles/config/git.sh

Here are some of the highlights:

Command	Description
aa	short for git add --all && git status -s
amend	short for git commit --amend
c	short for git commit
current	show the SHA of the current commit
d	short for git diff
dc	short for git diff --cached
g12	First 12 chars of current git commit
gf	short for git fetch --all && git status
gpb	Publish your branch without having to type branch name
gpr	Quickly make a draft PR in GitHub
p	short for git push
re	short for git restore
s	short for git status -s
st	short for git status
sw	short for git switch
unstage	short for git restore --cached --
up	short for git pull --ff-only
upstash	short for git stash && up && git stash pop

Other:

• Local changes will be rebased
• I regularly perform git-cleanup, which wraps the following tasks:
  • git fetch --all --prune - removes information about old remote branches
  • git-delete-merged-branches - removes branches that have been merged in
  • git-delete-squashed-branches - removes branches that have been squashed in GitHub
  • git prune - remove dangling objects
  • git gc --aggressive --auto - clean up files and optimize repository
• Only run the cleanup scripts from a clean default branch!
• All commands should be compatible with whatever default branch you have (see git-default-branch)
• Default branch for new repos is main instead of master.
• Read the ~/.gitconfig file for more neat aliases.

Ruby

The configuration for ruby is found in ~/.dotfiles/config/ruby.sh

Here are some of the aliases:

Command	Description
b	short for bundle install
be	short for bundle exec
psr	finds ruby processes
r	short for rails
rdm	will run migrations for development and test
wip	short for cucumber --profile wip

Other:

• Rails, Rake, Cucumber, RSpec will use Spring automatically if it's available and binstubbed.
• rspec_focus and cucumber_focus are for running a subset of tests and are setup to be used together with vim-test

Credits

Thanks everybody who puts their dotfiles online. I copied a bunch from practically every repository.

Feel free to use this or fork this. Additions are very welcome!