d12bb / dotfiles.nix

my dotfiles

d12bb's dotfiles

This is my whole system configuration, at least the bulk of it. It's a living, breathing document on how I like my system to be, how I like to work. The whole thing is one Nix flake, so getting a new machine up and running is just a matter of minutes to get exactly the environment I want, including packages and configuration.

Currently, it's monolithic and only for Darwin machines, but the next time I get to set up a new Linux machine, I'll probably use NixOS and refactor this repo to be used for both systems.

This README aims to both introduce this repo to you, the gentle reader, who might want to be inspired by it, and myself, to remind future me on how this works.

Structure

• flake.nix: The main file, putting it all together
• macos.nix: Everything Darwin related
  • Brew casks
  • System settings
• home-manager.nix: Everything $HOME
  • Packages
  • Configuration
• extraConfig/: Configuration files to big for inlining
• everything else: Remnants of my old self

Bootstrap

Darwin

# Install Homebrew
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
# Install Nix
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf -L https://install.determinate.systems/nix | sh -s -- install
# Build and use flake
nix build .#darwinConfigurations.Benedikts-MBP.system
./result/sw/bin/darwin-rebuild switch --flake .#Benedikts-MBP
# Change shell
chsh -s /path/to/nix/fish

Linux

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf -L https://install.determinate.systems/nix | sh -s -- install
nix run home-manager/master -- switch --flake .#$HOSTNAME
which fish |sudo tee -a /etc/shells
chsh -s $(which fish)

Usage

Update software

just update # nix flake update

# Update immediately:
just switch

# Or review updates first:
just build
just diff
just switch

Bring changes live

just switch

TODO

• Rust
• Use devenv? devshell? direnv? wtf?
• Think on how to integrate gui tools
• README

Thanks

• nix-darwin
• home-manager
• Homebrew
• and the developers of all those tools I use every day!

UNLICENSE

This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.

Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means.

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