Dotfiles

Setup

1. Install Homebrew

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

2. Install Brew packages

brew bundle --file=~/dotfiles/Brewfile

3. Stow dotfiles

From the dotfiles directory:

cd ~/dotfiles
stow zsh git hammerspoon keyboard

4. Load keyboard remapping

launchctl bootstrap gui/$(id -u) ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.local.KeyRemapping.plist

The remapping uses hidutil to map Caps Lock and Right Command to F19. You may need to give /usr/bin/hidutil Input Monitoring permission.

Maintenance

Updating Brew packages

brew update && brew upgrade

Adding a new Brew package

Install it, then update the Brewfile:

brew install <package>
brew bundle dump --file=~/dotfiles/Brewfile --force

Adding a new dotfile package

1. Create a directory in ~/dotfiles mirroring the home directory structure. For example, to manage ~/.config/foo/config.toml:

   mkdir -p ~/dotfiles/foo/.config/foo
   mv ~/.config/foo/config.toml ~/dotfiles/foo/.config/foo/config.toml
   

2. Stow it:

   cd ~/dotfiles
   stow foo

3. Add the new package name to the stow command in the Setup section above.

Editing stowed dotfiles

Edit the files directly in ~/dotfiles/ (e.g. ~/dotfiles/zsh/.zshrc). Since stow creates symlinks, changes take effect immediately — no re-stow needed.

Removing a stow package

cd ~/dotfiles
stow -D <package>

This removes the symlinks from your home directory without deleting the source files.

Syncing changes

cd ~/dotfiles
git add -A && git commit -m "description of change"
git push

On another machine, pull and re-stow:

cd ~/dotfiles
git pull
stow zsh git hammerspoon keyboard