Dotfiles

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Dotfiles

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Dotfiles

A comprehensive collection of my personal dotfiles configuration for macOS development machines, powered by chezmoi. This repository provides a complete setup for managing development environment configuration files, ensuring consistency across multiple machines and easy synchronization of settings, aliases, and tools.

✨ Features

  • 🔧 Chezmoi-Powered Management – Leverages Chezmoi for seamless dotfiles management, enabling version control, secure handling of sensitive data, and easy deployment across machines.

  • 💻 MacOS Optimized – Specifically configured for macOS development environments, with settings optimized for the Mac ecosystem.

  • 🎨 Custom Shell Configuration – Comprehensive zsh configuration with custom aliases, functions, and environment variables for enhanced productivity.

  • 📦 Organized Structure – Well-organized repository structure with separate directories for different configuration types (config files, setup scripts, etc.).

  • 🔄 Easy Synchronization – One-command deployment and updates across all my machines, keeping my development environment consistent everywhere.

  • 🔐 Secure & Private – Built-in support for handling sensitive configuration files and private data separately from public dotfiles.

  • 🛠️ Setup Scripts – Automated setup scripts to quickly bootstrap a new development machine with all necessary configurations.

🎯 Use Cases

  • Development Environment Setup – Quickly configure a new macOS development machine with my preferred settings and tools.

  • Configuration Management – Maintain and version control my development environment configurations.

  • Multi-Machine Sync – Keep my development environment consistent across multiple macOS machines.

  • Learning Resource – Study modern dotfiles management practices and configuration patterns.

🛠️ Tech Stack

  • Chezmoi – Secure dotfiles manager that handles configuration files, secrets, and deployment across multiple machines.

  • Zsh – Powerful shell with extensive customization capabilities for command-line productivity.

  • Git – Version control system for managing and tracking changes to configuration files.

  • macOS – Apple’s operating system, the target platform for these development configurations.

  • Shell Scripting – Bash and zsh scripting for automation and setup scripts.