This is the repository for all of my dotfiles for Linux/Mac/Windows. It uses GNU Stow to organize the configuration files, and follows the XDG Base Directory specification to keep my home directory (~/) as clean as possible.

Pre-requisites

• Nushell
• Neovim
• GNU Stow
• Homebrew (Mac only)

Installation

1. Install Nushell, GNU Stow, and Neovim

   Do not start Nushell until the directories are symlinked. Nushell will not let you symlink its config directory if it's already running. The first few steps should use the default shell (bash, zsh, etc.).

2. (Optional) Mac OS only

   # Install Xcode tools
   xcode-select --install
   
   # Install Homebrew
   bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
   
   # (Optional) Install formulae from ./Brewfile
   brew bundle

3. Clone repository to ~/.config/dotfiles and cd into it

   git clone --recurse-submodules --depth 1 https://github.com/zaknesler/dotfiles.git ~/.config/dotfiles
   
   cd ~/.config/dotfiles

4. Symlink directories using Stow

   ls -d */ | xargs stow -t $HOME

5. Set your default shell to Nushell (Linux/Mac OS)

   # Ensure Nushell exists as an option
   cat /etc/shells
   
   # Set user shell
   chsh -s $(which nu)

6. Re-login or run nu to use new configuration

7. Install Rust via rustup

   curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

8. Install nu_plugin_gstat (enables git repo data)

   cargo install nu_plugin_gstat
   let gstat = (which nu_plugin_gstat | get path | first)
   nu -c $'register '($gstat)'; version'