dotfiles

My personal dotfiles, managed with chezmoi.

What's Included

Config	Path	Description
Fish shell	~/.config/fish/	Shell config, abbreviations, aliases, and environment variables
Neovim	~/.config/nvim/	Editor config with lazy.nvim plugin manager
Ghostty	~/.config/ghostty/	Terminal emulator config
Starship	~/.config/starship.toml	Cross-shell prompt theme

Fish shell plugins (via Fisher):

• Pure - prompt theme
• nvm.fish - Node version manager

Setup

Prerequisites

These dotfiles are designed for macOS with Homebrew. Install Homebrew first if you don't have it:

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

Then install the required tools:

brew install chezmoi fish neovim starship ripgrep fd
brew install --cask ghostty font-fira-code-nerd-font

Tool	Purpose
chezmoi	Dotfile manager
Fish	Shell
Neovim	Editor
Starship	Prompt
ripgrep	Telescope live grep
fd	Telescope file finder
Ghostty	Terminal emulator
Fira Code Nerd Font	Font with coding ligatures and icons

After applying the dotfiles, install Fisher (Fish plugin manager) and plugins:

fish -c "curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jorgebucaran/fisher/main/functions/fisher.fish | source && fisher install jorgebucaran/fisher"
fish -c "fisher update"

Initialize

chezmoi init https://github.com/tomburns/dotfiles.git

# Preview changes
chezmoi diff

# Apply
chezmoi apply

Daily Usage

# Pull latest changes and apply
chezmoi update

# Add a new dotfile
chezmoi add ~/.config/some/config

# Edit a managed file
chezmoi edit ~/.config/some/config

# See what would change
chezmoi diff

# Apply changes
chezmoi apply

Useful Links

• chezmoi Quick Start
• chezmoi User Guide
• chezmoi Reference
• chezmoi GitHub
• How chezmoi manages files
• Using chezmoi across multiple machines
• Templating with chezmoi