Install applications before installing dotfiles

• git

• zsh (and make it your default terminal)

apt install zsh

chsh -s /bin/zsh

• ohmyzsh

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

• nvim

• plug for nvim

sh -c 'curl -fLo "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/nvim/site/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs \
       https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim'

• nvm

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.38.0/install.sh | bash

• node (using nvm)

nvm install node # "node" is an alias for the latest version

Install your dotfiles onto a new system (or migrate to this setup)

If you already store your configuration/dotfiles in a Git repository, on a new system you can migrate to this setup with the following steps:

• Prior to the installation make sure you have committed the alias to your .bashrc or .zsh: After that you can use the dt command to interact with the dotfiles.

alias dt='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME'

• And that your source repository ignores the folder where you'll clone it, so that you don't create weird recursion problems:

echo ".dotfiles" >> .gitignore

• Now clone your dotfiles into a bare repository in a "dot" folder of your $HOME:

git clone --bare https://github.com/asimsedhain/.dotfiles.git $HOME/.dotfiles

• Define the alias in the current shell scope. This might already be an alias in your .zshrc. Check before adding:

alias dt='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME'

• Checkout the actual content from the bare repository to your $HOME:

dt checkout

• Don't show untracked file

dt config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no

• Run :PlugInstall on nvim
• Run :CocInstall on nvim