dotfiles Josef Glatz (always work-in-progress due to it's nature)

Read this ingenious blog post about dotfiles to know when it's time to start using the so called "dotfiles".

Installation

Before you re-install

First, go through the checklist below to make sure you didn't forget anything before you wipe your hard drive.

• Did you commit and push any changes/branches to your git repositories?
• Did you remember to save all important documents from non-iCloud directories?
• Did you save all of your work from apps which aren't synced through iCloud?
• Did you remember to export important data from your local database?
• Did you update mackup to the latest version and ran mackup backup?

On a sparkling frest installation of macOS:

# App Store
# Login to your App Store with your correct Account you're using for the App Store

# The Xcode Command Line Tools includes `git` and `make` (not available on stock macOS).
softwareupdate --all --install --force
xcode-select --install

## Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/josefglatz/dotfiles ~/.dotfiles && cd ~/.dotfiles

# Generating a new SSH key (set passphrase!!! and add it to your password vault)
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"

# Adding your SSH key to the SSH-agent
cp -n ./Templates/home/.ssh/config ~/.ssh/config
# follow https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/authenticating-to-github/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent#adding-your-ssh-key-to-the-ssh-agent


# Install Oh My Zsh
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)" "" --unattended --skip-chsh

# Run `./fresh.sh` to start the installation

# Restore preferences by running `mackup restore`

# Restart your computer to finalize the process

Your Mac is now read to use!

Configuration

Directory ~/.dotfiles_local

Acts as a container for all local dotfiles specific adoptions. It scopes most dotfiles' relevant local files which are not part of the repository.

File ~/.extra

This file is needed to keep your private informations or credentials which must be not part of any dotfiles repository.

Folder ~/.dotfiles_local/bin

This folder is added to $PATH variable. You can put there your custom executable scripts which are available through PATH variable.

Folder ~/bin

This folder is added to $PATH variable. You can put there your custom executable scripts which are available through PATH variable. It is added in front of ~/.dotfiles_local/bin in $PATH variable.

File ~/.gitconfig_local

This file can be used to add custom global git config which is not part of the dotfiles repo.

File ~/.functions_local

This file can be used to add custom functions which are loaded in oh-my-zsh's custom folder in script functions.zsh.

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Reference Links

prefFiles / plist

• mas: 1157491961 PLIST Editor
• https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4709713 (Use AppleScript to set nested dict's/array/values in plist files)
• https://scriptingosx.com/2016/11/editing-property-lists/ Introduction to plutil
• https://shadowfile.inode.link/blog/2018/06/advanced-defaults1-usage/ Possible explanation of writing DICT with defaults
• https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/terminal/apda49a1bb2-577e-4721-8f25-ffc0836f6997/mac Official plist dokumentation Apple