Local machine configuration

This repository is essentially my dotfiles for my local machine, with a bit of extra configuration magic.

It replaces a previous version that used a Chef cookbook. The reason for replacing it with a custom script is that every time I used it, I spent a fair chunk of time updating my configuration to match what had changed in the Chef universe since I touched it last. As an added bonus, this way is simpler and faster.

xcode-select --install
git clone https://github.com/daisylb/config.git ~/Config
cd ~/Config
./run2.sh

How to use

xcode-select --install
git clone https://github.com/excitedleigh/config.git
cd config
./run.sh add
# look at the diff of config.toml, and remove unwanted packages
./run.sh uninstall

run.sh invokes a Python project in the configsync subdirectory, whose behaviour is described in detail in the following section. It installs everything that is listed in config.toml; additionally, things that are not listed in config.toml are either added to that file (if add is passed) or uninstalled (if uninstall is passed).

What this repo configures, and how

Homebrew itself, Git, Pyenv, and Poetry

These are configured by the bootstrap script, because they are needed for configsync to run.

Configuration files directories for tools

A handful of tools have configuration files or directories in this repo. Symlinks are created from their expected locations pointing here, controlled by the [symlinks] table of config.toml. Those tools are as follows:

• vscode-config: Visual Studio Code
• fish-config: Fish shell
• git-{config,ignore,template,message}: Git

Homebrew packages and casks

These are stored in the [homebrew] table of config.toml. They are installed using generated Brewfiles, by running brew bundle dump and brew bundle install when in add mode, and brew bundle install and brew bundle cleanup when in uninstall mode.

Mac App Store packages

Not implemented yet

These are stored in the [mac-app-store] table of config.toml, as a mapping of app names to IDs. They are installed by mas and removed using sudo rm.

Python tools

These are stored in the [python] table of config.toml, and installed with pipx. pipx is itself installed with pip install --user -U.

Visual Studio Code extensions

These are stored in the [vscode] table of config.toml.

What this project does not install

Node packages are not installed ahead of time; I run them as needed with npx, which is now part of Node.