dotfiles

This repository contains my personal dotfiles - settings files for various tools. To make it easy to keep environments isolated but consistent, each machine/account has its own branch

Branch naming convention

• Format: <os>/<hostname>
• I use mac instead of osx for clarity.
• Hostnames are named after characters from The Adventures of Tintin.

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Active machines

• mac/sponz — Personal M1 MacBook Air
• mac/ecobee-mbp-2023 — My current work machine

Retired machines

• mac/tintinux — Previous personal Mac
• uoftcs/wolf — U of T CS server configs
• arch/haddock, arch/rastapopoulos — Arch Linux experiments, btw
• ubuntu/jetson-nano — Old NVIDIA Jetson dev board

Work Machines

• mac/ecobee-mbp-2019 — Previous work laptop (ecobee)
• arch/pv-workstation, ubuntu/pv-laptop — Per Vices work laptops
• mac/ecobee-web - Computer from PEY term at ecobee

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Quick start

Two options for managing these dotfiles:

Option 1: Minimal (bare repo)

git clone --bare https://github.com/viktree/dotfiles.git $HOME/.cfg
alias config='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.cfg/ --work-tree=$HOME'

config checkout -b <branch>
config config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no
config add <file>
config commit -m "initial commit"
config push --set-upstream origin <branch>

Option 2: Using yadm

yadm is yet another dotfiles manager

git clone https://github.com/TheLocehiliosan/yadm.git ~/.config/yadm
ln -s ~/.config/yadm ~/bin/yadm

yadm remote add origin https://github.com/viktree/dotfiles
yadm pull
yadm bootstrap

yadm checkout -b <branch>
yadm add <file>
yadm commit -m "initial commit"
yadm push --set-upstream origin <branch>

Helpful things to do after adding a branch

Here's a checklist of things to go over

• add machine specs to the README.md file of the branch
• add entry to this file on the master branch
• make sure to commit to the branch frequently

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Link to how these files are setup and the configuration files for my other machines