davidbarna / dotfiles-macos

Environment configuration for MacOs computers

dotfiles-macos

Environment configuration for MacOs computers

Installation

Pre-install steps

1. Install CommandLineTools (without Xcode)

   xcode-select --install

2. Ensure git version is later than 2.13

   git --version

3. Login to App Store to ensure paid apps can be installed
4. Set up SSH in Github Learn more

   1. Generate key

      ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "[e-mail]"
      eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
      touch ~/.ssh/config && open ~/.ssh/config

   2. Paste this in .ssh/config

      Host *
      AddKeysToAgent yes
      UseKeychain yes
      IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
      

   3. Add to agent and copy ssh key

      ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
      pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

   4. Paste the key in your Github settings

Install steps

1. Clone this repo in ~/dev

   cd ~ && mkdir dev && cd dev
   git clone [e-mail]:davidbarna/dotfiles-macos.git

2. Excute ./install

   cd ~/dev/dotfiles-macos
   ./install

What will happen

1. Installs Homebrew.
2. Installs all brew applications. See details
3. Links config files to this repo's configs

   Creating link ~/.config/bat -> ~/dev/dotfiles-macos/config/bat
   Creating link ~/.zshenv -> ~/dev/dotfiles-macos/zshenv
   Creating link ~/.zshrc -> ~/dev/dotfiles-macos/zshrc
   Creating link ~/.gitconfig -> ~/dev/dotfiles-macos/gitconfig

4. Installs node with n. See details
5. Sets up mac osx options. See details

Post-install steps

1. Login to Dropbox
2. Open Alfred and set preference folder to Dropbox
3. Change Alfred hotkey to cmd+space. Learn more
4. Turn on settings sync on VScode.
5. Restart computer

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I've learned about dotfiles at dotfiles.eieio.xyz.