dotfiles

Managed using GNU Stow with a setup similar to the one presented in Managing your dotfiles with GNU Stow.

Installation

Files are managed using stow. Install stow using Homebrew.

brew install stow

Usage

Dotfiles are stored relative to the home directory, ~. Each directory in the root of the repository "simulates" the home directory.

To stow a directory, run stow followed by the directory name, e.g. stow git. This will put the dotfiles in the previous directory (cd ..). To specify a target directory, use stow -t ~/ git.

Notes

This secton contains notes on setting up specfic tools.

gnupg

Used for signing git commits. gnupg and pinentry-mac must be installed with Homebrew.

brew install gnupg pinentry-mac

Make sure to stow both the git and gnupg folders so all the settings are in place. Then import the GPG private key.

gpg --import gnupg-private-key.asc

Verify that it's imported by running the following command.

gpg --list-keys

Powerlevel10k

Make sure to install the recommended MesloLGS fonts for icons to show up properly. Instructions on installing the fonts can be found here.

iTerm2

iTerm2 can be downloaded here. Follow the steps below to use the settings stored in this repository with iTerm2.

1. Open Preferences (CMD + ,)
2. Select General.
3. Select Preferences.
4. Check "Load preferences from a custom folder or URL" and select the dotfiles folder as shown in the screenshot below.
5. iTerm2 may have saved the local settings in the plist file. Quit iTerm2, revert the changes in the dotfiles repository and open iTerm2 again.

Ghostty

Ghostty can be downloaded here. The preferences are stored in ~/Library/Application Support/com.mitchellh.ghostty, so they should be stowewd like this:

stow -t /Users/simonbs/Library/Application\ Support/com.mitchellh.ghostty ghostty