My Dot-Files

Originally a central place to sync my home environment across machines using shell scripts, this repo now holds my nixos configs for all of my systems.

The default package in this flake is a zsh session with my dev environment loaded through the nix daemon, which works on any distro with the nix daemon installed.

Interactive Shell

Start by installing nix

curl -fsSL https://install.determinate.systems/nix | sh -s -- install
nix run github:colefuerth/dot-files

Installation on NixOS

switch without cloning (from fresh nixos)

SYSTEM="cole-laptop"
sudo echo "sudo acquired" # nom cuts off the sudo prompt, so preauthenticate
sudo nixos-rebuild \
    --option extra-substituters https://install.determinate.systems \
    --option extra-trusted-public-keys cache.flakehub.com-3:hJuILl5sVK4iKm86JzgdXW12Y2Hwd5G07qKtHTOcDCM= \
    --flake github:colefuerth/dot-files#$SYSTEM \
    --log-format internal-json -v switch |& nix run nixpkgs#nix-output-monitor -- --json

cloning and switching locally

SYSTEM="cole-laptop"
nix run nixpkgs#git -- clone https://github.com/colefuerth/dot-files.git
cd dot-files
sudo nixos-rebuild --flake .#$SYSTEM --log-format internal-json -v switch |& nom --json

build without deploying

SYSTEM="cole-wsl2"
nixos-rebuild --flake .#$SYSTEM --log-format internal-json -v build |& nom --json

# OR (build through the nix daemon on non-nixos systems)

SYSTEM="cole-vm"
nix build --log-format internal-json --verbose .#nixosConfigurations.$SYSTEM.config.system.build.toplevel |& nom --json

test local config

SYSTEM="cole-laptop"
sudo nixos-rebuild --flake .#$SYSTEM test

Installation on Ubuntu/Pop (DEPRECATED)

First, we must clone the repo:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y git
git clone git@github.com:colefuerth/dot-files.git

I recommend configuring before installing; to configure:

cd dot-files
cp config.bash.example config.bash
nano config.bash # the #Configuration section details what each of these options do

To install, then run:

./install.sh

Configuration

Shell Config	Description
AUTO_UPDATE	Whenever a new terminal is opened, run ./update.sh to pull any changes and include them in the session, so you are always on the latest release
INSTALL_ZSH	sudo apt install zsh
SETUP_ZSH	Install/load this repo to zsh
SETUP_BASH	Install/load this repo to bash
DEFAULT_SHELL	"zsh" or "bash"; runs chsh with whatever this is set to
INSTALL_STARSHIP	install starship prompt
DEPLOYMENT_METHOD	"copy" just copies all of the files in this repo to the aliases directory, "softlink" creates symbolic links to the files in this repo

Tools Config	Description
SETUP_WELCOME_MSG	run neofetch on new terminal sessions
INSTALL_TOOLS	If this is false, nothing under the SUBTOOLS_CONFIG is installed. Recommended to leave this as true and just config the subtools
SETUP_SSH	Install openssh-server, open the ssh port, generate an rsa key if none are already generated at the default path
SETUP_DIALOUT	add the current user to the dialout group, needed to access serial consoles
SETUP_GIT	installs git and sets the global user.name and user.email (prompts user for each)
INSTALL_CCACHE	install the ccache 4.8.3 binaries from its github releases to /usr/local/bin
IS_VM	sudo apt install open-vm-tools (necessary for copy paste and x11 compatibility through most virtual machine managers)

SUBTOOL	Description
NCDU	NCurses Disk Usage is a TUI tool that recursively checks the du of each folder and is an excellent visual terminal tool for traversing folders
INSTALL_7Z	gets the latest 7zz binary from github releases (apt is on the 2016 release, this is the 2023 release), and if 7z is not already installed, aliases 7z to 7zz
HTOP	colorful TUI task manager if you care about that stuff (it's pleasing to look at when builds run)
RUST	Install rust using the rust.rs script (classic)
MCFLY	Context-sensitive, AI-powered search engine for your terminal history (I don't use this personally but it can be useful if you're into that)
ADVCPMV	Advanced copy/move mod for cp and mv; there is an alias in this repo acp and amv that enable a progress bar for copies and moves
CLIPBOARD	cb clipboard for terminal, files, extremely versatile and useful when you need it, has multiple clipboards so you can juggle things easily
PYTHON	install the python binaries from apt
PYTHON_EXT	"Python_Extended" installs some of the more "essential" pip packages like numpy and venv
MORE_TOOLS	space-separated list of additional apt packages to install

Adding Custom Aliases

By default, any shells configured with my tools auto source any files found under the .zsh_aliases or .bash_aliases directory, so you can just make your own file under that directory and add stuff there.