Your dotfiles are how you personalize your system. These are mine.

This repo has evolved over the years - originally forked from Zach Holman's dotfiles (which itself built on Ryan Bates'), it started as a symlink-based setup with topic directories. In 2026, I migrated to Nix and home-manager for declarative, reproducible configuration.

This is shared for educational purposes. Don't run it verbatim - fork it, read through it, take what's useful, and make it your own. That's the dotfiles way.

git clone https://github.com/eljojo/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
~/.dotfiles/scripts/bootstrap

The bootstrap script is idempotent (safe to run multiple times) and sets up:

• Homebrew
• Lix (Nix)
• nix-darwin + home-manager
• Vim with plugins
• SSH key
• macOS defaults (optional)
• A few apps (Firefox, Spotify, 1Password, etc.)

The repo is a Nix flake that exports a home-manager module. This module configures:

• Git: name, email, aliases (co, lg, count), global ignores, sensible defaults (rebase on pull, prune on fetch, etc.)
• Shell aliases: git shortcuts (st, gd, push, pull), typo fixes (sl, grpe), safe rm/cp/mv
• Zsh: prezto + powerlevel10k prompt, history substring search, autosuggestions, syntax highlighting
• Helper functions: c for quick project navigation, extract for archives, gf to checkout remote branches
• Session variables: GOPATH, PROJECTS, VISUAL, PAGER

Add as a flake input and import the module:

# In your flake.nix inputs:
dotfiles = {
  url = "github:eljojo/dotfiles";
  inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
};

# In your home-manager config:
home-manager.users.yourname = {
  imports = [ inputs.dotfiles.homeModule ];
  home.stateVersion = "23.05";

  # Override or extend anything here
};

The interesting bits are in:

• flake.nix - exports the home-manager module
• nix/home-shared.nix - the actual configuration
• config/p10k.zsh - powerlevel10k prompt config

cd ~
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/altercation/solarized/master/iterm2-colors-solarized/Solarized%20Light.itermcolors
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/altercation/solarized/master/iterm2-colors-solarized/Solarized%20Dark.itermcolors
open *.itermcolors
rm -f *.itermcolors

Ryan Bates' dotfiles
        ↓
Zach Holman's dotfiles (topical organization, symlinks)
        ↓
This repo (2014: fork, customize)
        ↓
This repo (2026: migrate to Nix/home-manager)