README.md

Simons's dotfiles

Based off Paul Irish's dotfiles, which are great. These are adapted to my needs.

Setup

Fresh computer

• Install homebrew first, it will install XCode dev tools to get git and so on:

  /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
  

• Add SSH keys to Github

Installing & using

Some applications are worth installing manually since a Brew install will mess with future updates:

• Browsers
• Slack
• VSCode
• Spotify
• Hyper
• BeardedSpice for media controls

Let's go!

• fork this to your own acct

• clone that repo

• Create .gitconfig.local with user settings

  [user]
  	useConfigOnly = true
  	email = <email>
  	name = <name>
  [credential]
  	helper = osxkeychain
  

• read and run parts of setup-a-new-machine.sh

• use it. yay!

Configuration of applications

• Make iTerm2 open split tabs in same directory

What you get

• Mac OSX default settings (Paul Irish's)
• homebrew apps:
  • git
  • jq
  • z
  • bat
• homebrew cask
  • rectangle for window management
  • iterm2
  • insomna (better Postman)
• oh-my-zsh
  • git
  • history substring search
  • autosuggestions
  • syntax highlighting on terminal commands
• z
• functions:
  • mkdc: create directory and cd into it

Migration

Steps to migrate from another computer.

• Copy .extra