.dotfiles

My go-to repository for setting up a development environment with ease. This repository includes configurations for Vim, iTerm, Git, PostgreSQL, Tmux, and Zsh.

Setup

Clone the repository to your local machine to get started:

git clone https://github.com/zjromani/.dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles

Sym Links with Stow

THIS WILL NOT WORK WITH CURRENT SETTINGS. When stow was used, it was looking for ~/git folder, not ~/.dotfiles. This will need to be updated to reflect the correct path.

GNU Stow is a symlink farm manager which makes it easy to manage your dotfiles by keeping them version-controlled in a single directory and symlinked into place. Here's how to use it:

cd ~/.dotfiles 

# Use Stow to symlink dotfiles, adopting any existing files
stow --adopt -v --dotfiles -t ~/.config/ dot-config
stow psqlrc
stow vimrc
stow gitconfig
stow tmux
stow zsh

iTerm Configuration

iTerm settings do not work well with symbolic links. Instead, manually point iTerm to load the configuration settings from this repository:

Open iTerm -> Preferences -> Profiles -> Other Actions... (next to the profile name) -> Load JSON Profile... -> Navigate to $HOME/git/.dotfiles/iterm_profile and select the JSON profile.

Vim Configuration

To set up Vim, start by installing Pathogen, a runtime path manager, and then proceed to clone your preferred Vim plugins:

# Install Pathogen
mkdir -p ~/.vim/autoload ~/.vim/bundle && \
curl -LSso ~/.vim/autoload/pathogen.vim https://tpo.pe/pathogen.vim

# Clone Vim plugins
git clone https://github.com/preservim/nerdtree.git ~/.vim/bundle/nerdtree
git clone https://github.com/flazz/vim-colorschemes.git ~/.vim/bundle/colorschemes
git clone https://github.com/ctrlpvim/ctrlp.vim.git ~/.vim/bundle/ctrlp.vim

Vim Plugins

Ensure the following plugins are installed:

Pathogen - For managing your runtime path.
NERDTree - A file system explorer for the Vim editor.
Color Schemes - Enhance your Vim interface with various color schemes.
CtrlP - Full path fuzzy file, buffer, mru, tag, etc., finder for Vim.
Additional recommended plugins:
- vim-rails
- vim-fugitive
- vim-easymotion

Secure Environment Variables

Sensitive environment variables should be stored outside of this repository. Create a .zshenv_private file in your home directory:

touch $HOME/.zshenv_private

Then, add your sensitive environment variables to this file. The .zshrc configuration will automatically source this file if it exists, keeping your sensitive data secure.