Dotfiles

My personal dotfiles for macOS, managed with dotbot.

Quick Start

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/daern91/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
cd ~/.dotfiles

# Install Homebrew packages first (before symlinking configs that depend on them)
brew bundle install

# Install tools that use native installers
curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash        # Claude Code
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh       # uv (Python)
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh  # Rust

# Symlink dotfiles (after tools are installed)
./install

# Start Homebrew auto-updates (runs every 24h in background)
brew autoupdate start --upgrade --cleanup

What's Included

Configuration Files

• Ghostty - Terminal emulator config
• Neovim - init.lua configuration
• Vim - .vimrc configuration
• Tmux - Terminal multiplexer config
• Zsh - Shell configuration with aliases and functions
• Git - Global git configuration

Applications & Tools (via Brewfile)

• Shell: fzf, atuin, starship, tmux, zoxide, zsh-autosuggestions
• File tools: bat, eza, fd, ripgrep, sd, yazi, jq, yq
• Dev tools: git, gh, neovim, fnm, pnpm, cmake
• Cloud/Infra: awscli, doctl, eksctl, helm, kubectl, tfenv, stripe, supabase
• Applications: Ghostty, IINA, Rectangle, ngrok

Native Installs (not in Brewfile)

These tools work best with their own installers:

• Claude Code: curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash (auto-updates)
• uv (Python): curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh (auto-updates)
• Rust/Cargo: curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh (update with rustup update)

Auto-Updates

• Homebrew CLI tools: Updated every 24h via homebrew-autoupdate
• Ghostty, IINA: Auto-update themselves (marked auto_updates in brew)
• Claude Code, uv: Self-updating via native installers
• Rust: Manual update via rustup update

Setting Up a New Machine

1. Install Homebrew:

   /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

2. Clone the repo:

   git clone https://github.com/daern91/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
   cd ~/.dotfiles

3. Install Homebrew packages (before symlinking configs):

   brew bundle install

4. Install native tools:

   curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash
   curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
   curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

5. Symlink dotfiles (after tools are installed):

   ./install

6. Start auto-updates:

   brew autoupdate start --upgrade --cleanup

7. Create variables.sh (optional, for personal env vars):

   touch ~/variables.sh
   # Add your personal environment variables/secrets

Updating

Update dotfiles

cd ~/.dotfiles
git pull
./install

Update Homebrew packages

# Manual update (or let autoupdate handle it automatically)
brew update && brew upgrade

Update Rust

rustup update

Structure

.
├── Brewfile              # Homebrew packages and applications
├── install.conf.yaml     # Dotbot configuration
├── .zshrc                # Zsh configuration
├── .vimrc                # Vim configuration
├── .tmux.conf            # Tmux configuration
├── .gitconfig            # Git configuration
├── ghostty.config        # Ghostty terminal config
├── init.lua              # Neovim configuration
└── variables.sh          # Personal variables (not tracked)

Prerequisites

• MonoLisa font: Install MonoLisa (used by Ghostty and Neovim)
• TPM (Tmux Plugin Manager): git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm, then press prefix + I inside tmux to install plugins

Notes

• Paths use $HOME for portability across machines
• variables.sh should contain personal/secret variables and is not tracked in git
• Homebrew auto-update runs every 24h in the background via launchd
• Tools with native installers are NOT in the Brewfile to avoid conflicts