Setup local environment

Steps to configure zsh, Vim and iTerm2 on a macOS machine.

ZSH

Set your login shell to zsh

chsh -s /bin/zsh

Install oh-my-zsh

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Download the powerline patched font "Meslo"

NOTE:·I'm not sure if the "fc-cache" command below is needed. If so, you may have to install the fonconfig package from homebrew:

brew install fontconfig

Download only the font files needed and copy them to the users fonts folder:

cd ~ && \
svn export https://github.com/powerline/fonts/trunk/Meslo%20Slashed Meslo-$(date +"%Y%m%d") && \
cp -f Meslo-$(date +"%Y%m%d")/*.ttf ~/Library/Fonts/ && \
fc-cache -f "~/Library/Fonts"

Note: Updating the font cache (fc-cache command) can take some time.

Install powerlevel10k theme

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/powerlevel10k

Install zsh-autosuggestions plugin

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

dotfiles

If not done already, you should set the name and eMail address git uses first:

git config --global user.name "your name"
git config --global user.email "email@domain.com"

It's very likely that some of the files in the repository already exist on the local machine. These will cause conflicts when a normal git clone command is used.

To prevent this, we initialize a new git repository, fetch all the content from the repository and then reset to the most recent commit.

cd ~
git init
git remote add origin https://github.com/ursweiss/dotfiles-mac
git fetch --all
git reset --hard origin/master

Now we need to initialize and update the submodules used:

git submodule init
git submodule update

Optional: Set an oh-my-zsh option to not show any version control state for the dotfile repository. This will speed up the prompt within the home directory significantly.

git config --add oh-my-zsh.hide-status 1

iTerm2

Download an install iTerm2

iTerm2 Download page

Open iTerms preferences and enable "Load preferences from a custom folder or URL". As path enter /Users/<username>/.iterm2.

Important: Don't check "Save changes to folder when iTerm2 quits" and don't click the "Save Current Settings to Folder".

Restart iTerm2 and you should see a nice looking window with the default prompt of the "agnoster" theme.

Vim

No additional actions needed for Vim. Everything needed was already done by cloning the dotfiles repository.