My Personal Dotfiles

Welcome to my dotfiles repository! This collection contains all my carefully crafted configuration files for Arch Linux, designed to create a seamless, efficient, and personalized workflow. These configurations cover a wide range of tools and applications, including:

• Hyprland (Wayland compositor)
• Neovim (text editor)
• Alacritty (terminal emulator)
• tmux (terminal multiplexer)
• zsh (shell)
• Waybar (status bar)
• And more!

Feel free to explore, use, and modify these configurations according to your needs. Remember, the best dotfiles are the ones tailored to your own workflow!

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have the following installed on your Arch Linux system:

1. GNU Stow: A symlink farm manager that helps with managing multiple symlinks in a convenient way.
2. Git: To clone this repository.

To install GNU Stow, use the following command:

sudo pacman -S stow

Installation

Follow these steps to set up the dotfiles on your system:

1. Clone the repository into your home directory. This ensures that the paths are correctly set up for the symlinks:

git clone https://github.com/albugowy15/dotfiles.git ~/dotfiles

2. Navigate to the dotfiles directory:

cd ~/dotfiles

3. Use GNU Stow to create symlinks for the configuration files. This command will create symlinks in your home directory that point to the files in the repository:

stow .

Configuration Overview

Here's a brief overview of the main configurations included in this repository:

• Hyprland: A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor
• Neovim: A highly configurable text editor
• Alacritty: A fast, cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator
• tmux: A terminal multiplexer for managing multiple terminal sessions
• zsh: An extended version of the Bourne Shell with many improvements
• Waybar: A highly customizable Wayland bar for Sway and Wlroots based compositors

Each tool's configuration can be found in its respective directory within this repository.

Customization

Feel free to customize these configurations to suit your preferences. Here are some tips:

1. Before making changes, create a backup of the original configurations.
2. Modify the files in the ~/dotfiles directory.
3. After making changes, you may need to restart the respective application or log out and log back in for some changes to take effect.

Updating

To update your dotfiles with the latest changes from this repository:

1. Navigate to your dotfiles directory:

cd ~/dotfiles

2. Pull the latest changes:

git pull origin main

3. Re-run stow to update the symlinks:

stow .