dotfiles

Configuration files and scripts for my development environment on macOS & Linux.

Install on macOS

[!WARNING] Running the commands below may overwrite your existing configuration files.

Open the Terminal app and run the following command:

Step 1 - Run installation script

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

The installation script will start by downloading and installing Homebrew onto your system (if you don't already have it installed). Then, the apps and utilities listed in the Brewfile will be installed and configured.

Step 2 - Launch iTerm2

After you've run the command listed above, quit the Terminal app and launch iTerm2 for all changes to take effect.

Step 3 - Enter your Git credentials (optional)

Run the following command to configure your Git credentials:

set-git-author

Enter the name and email address that you want to associate your Git commits with. The script will then attempt to import your PGP public key from a keyserver automatically based on your email address (if your public key is not found on a keyserver you'll need to import it manually).

Step 4 - Enter your NPM access token (optional)

If you are publishing NPM packages to registry.npmjs.com, or to GitHub Packages, you can set your access tokens in the ~/.bash_profile file by editing the NPM_AUTH_TOKEN and NPM_AUTH_TOKEN_GITHUB values, respectively.

Updating and keeping configurations in sync across devices

The installation script will clone this Git repository into the ~/.dotfiles directory. From there, keeping common configuration in sync across different machines is done by commiting and pushing the changes to the remote repository specified by the DOTFILES_REMOTE_SSH value defined at the top of the install.sh file.

By updating the location of the installation script in Step 1 above, setting the DOTFILES_REMOTE_SSH value in install.sh and running the git remote set-url origin <your-repo-url> command you can easily keep your own copy and version history of these dotfiles in sync across your devices.