Bootstrap MacOS

These are my dotfiles for bootstrapping my Mac. I use yadm to manage my dotfiles.

Features

shell
- zsh with zinit as a package manager for fast startups and nice fzf integration
- powerlevel10k for a pretty prompt
packages
- brew bundle to manage brew packages and casks
terminal
- kitty terminal (for speed and battery life)
- replication of a bunch of tmux features with ctrl+a as a prefix
quake style drop down applications using phoenix
- like iterm but for everything
gpg and ssh key generation
- no more fiddling around, just hit yes and upload to github 🚀

Common Tasks

Install your dotfiles (first time)

# install homebrew
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
# install yadm and tools for decrypting yadm files
brew install yadm gpg gnupg pinentry-mac
# clone this repo and run the bootstrap script
# on the first run you may want to say yes to things
yadm clone --bootstrap -f https://github.com/lukesmurray/bootstrap.git ;

Update dotfiles

# on any follow up runs feel free to accept the defaults
cd ; yadm pull && yadm alt && yadm bootstrap ;

Edit your dotfiles in an editor.

cd; yadm list -a | xargs ${EDITOR}

Creating a python virtual environment.

# set local python version (sets .tool-versions)
asdf local python <PYTHON_VERSION>
# add the following to .envrc. use asdf caches the plugin environment.  layout python creates a virtual environment.
# use asdf
# layout python

Duti file

Get the bundle id for an app using mdls -name kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier -r SomeApp.app Get the UTI for a file using mdls -name kMDItemContentType -name kMDItemContentTypeTree -name kMDItemKind FILE

Duti files consist of

app_id    UTI    role

Roles are all, viewer, editor, shell, and none. See more info on the man page.

Todo

Alfred - store key somewhere
Vscode settings - instructions for syncing
duti - default apps
mackup - instructions for backing up and restoring files

Testing

Install macOS on a separate volume and test the bootstrap on that volume.

Troubleshooting

if you're getting messages about insecure directories run from stack overflow

compaudit | xargs chmod g-w

if you want to clean up zinit plugins

zinit delete --clean

bootstrap 2

install dotfiles

# install homebrew
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
# install yadm and tools for decrypting yadm files
brew install yadm gpg gnupg pinentry-mac
# clone this repo and run the bootstrap script
# on the first run you may want to say yes to things
yadm clone --bootstrap -f https://github.com/lukesmurray/bootstrap.git ;

edit dotfiles

# This sets the `GIT_DIR` and `GIT_WORK_TREE` so that `vscode` can show the proper git stuff
yadm enter code ~`

# Run the command to disable all extensions for the workspace
# Extensions: Disable all installed extensions for this workspace

# Enable vim so you can edit the dot files

adding files

Everything is ignored by default by ~/.gitignore. To add a file you need to unignore the file in ~/.gitignore then run yadm add FILE

See this stack overflow post for the unignore patterns

opening all tracked files in vscode

yadm list -a | xargs code

eliba2/bootstrap