Dotfiles

This is my dotfiles repo. There are many others, but this one is mine.

The dotfiles here are managed with Thoughtbot's rcm.

Installation

Prerequisites:

• Xcode Command Line Tools
• Homebrew

Setup:

xcode-select --install
mkdir -p ~/src/github.com/andremedeiros
git -C ~/src/github.com/andremedeiros clone https://github.com/andremedeiros/dotfiles.git
cd ~/src/github.com/andremedeiros/dotfiles
script/bootstrap
git remote set-url origin git@github.com:andremedeiros/dotfiles.git

You can also add secret/proprietary dotfiles on your iCloud drive. Anything inside iCloud Drive/dotfiles will also be symlinked with the same rules as here.

What is rcm?

rcm is a dotfiles manager from thoughtbot. It creates symlinks from this repository to your home directory, making it easy to keep your configuration under version control.

How it works:

• Files are symlinked from this repo to your home directory
• The config/ directory is symlinked to ~/.config/ (XDG standard)
• Hooks in hooks/post-up/ run automatically after each rcup

Key commands:

• rcup - Install/update symlinks
• lsrc - List what will be symlinked
• rcdn - Remove symlinks

See the rcm documentation for more details.

Neovim

This configuration uses LazyVim, a Neovim configuration framework built on lazy.nvim.

Setup

First-time setup:

1. Ensure Neovim >= 0.11.2 is installed (via brew install neovim)
2. Run nvim - plugins will install automatically on first launch
3. Wait for installation to complete
4. Run :checkhealth to verify everything is working

Configuration files:

• config/nvim/init.lua - Entry point
• config/nvim/lua/config/keymaps.lua - Custom keybindings
• config/nvim/lua/plugins/ - Custom plugin configurations

Custom Keybindings

Leader key is Space. Press Space in normal mode to see all available commands via which-key.

These are custom additions to LazyVim's defaults:

Key	Mode	Action
H	Normal	Go to first non-whitespace character
L	Normal	Go to end of line
//	Normal	Clear search highlight
< / >	Visual	Indent without losing selection
Leader + p	Normal	Find files
Leader + Tab	Normal	Switch to alternate buffer
Leader + z	Normal	Toggle window zoom

For LazyVim's built-in keybindings, see the official keymaps documentation.

Tmux

Leader is bound to Ctrl+Space

Splitting

• [leader]-| Split vertically
• [leader]-- Split horizontally

Navigation

• [leader]-h Navigate to left pane
• [leader]-l Navigate to right pane
• [leader]-k Navigate to pane above
• [leader]-j Navigate to pane below
• [leader]-w Navigate windows
• [leader]-s Navigate sessions
• [leader]-[ Enter scroll mode (q quits)

Session

• [leader]-c New window
• [leader]-z Zoom on current pane

Guides

• fd