.files

This is my quick dot files repo started on a Saturday night to make my new old MacBook Air looks like my old new MacBook. It is based in webpro/dotfiles (you may want to check it out his repo to understand this one if you feel lost).

How to use it?

• Make sure that you have an updated macOS and Command Line Tools for Xcode: sudo softwareupdate -i -a && xcode-select --install
• Clone the repo in your home directory: cd ~ & git clone git@github.com:leonardofaria/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
• Run ./install.sh

What is installed?

Installed via brew

Check install/Brewfile and install/dev/Brewfile

Quick Look plugins

• betterzip
• qladdict
• qlcolorcode
• qlimagesize
• qlmarkdown
• qlstephen
• qlvideo
• quicklook-csv
• quicklook-json
• suspicious-package
• webpquicklook

Other stuff also installed

• Current Node via nvm, with a few global packages:
  • dockly
  • list-scripts
  • npm-check-updates
  • npm-scripts-tree
  • script-list
  • space-hogs
  • speed-test
• Ruby 3 via rvm
• Oh my zsh, with powerlevel10k theme and git, rails, ruby, npm and osx plugins

Mac Defaults

There are lots of customizable Mac settings. Check macos/defaults.sh for all details.

Dock items

You can update your dock running: dotfiles dock.

Note: this will remove all your current dock items.

What is not done automatically

Extra environment variables

Add your extra information environment variables in system/.custom.

iTerm 2

• Open Preferences and in General, check: "Load Preferences from a custom folder or URL". Point the folder to macos - There is a file there called com.googlecode.iterm2.plist with all setup.
• Import the file macos/github-light-default.itermcolors to get the GitHub colour scheme.

VS Code

Use the Sync Settings feature to restore settings from a different computer.

Chrome

Log in with a Google account to restore bookmarks, extensions, etc.

ssh keys

Run ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your_email@example.com" - More instructions