Ben’s dotfiles | forked from

Installation

Make sure to grant the terminal "Full Disk Access" to ensure the script works from a different dir than root (otherwise Library will not be permitted to be accessed)

Using Git and the bootstrap script

You can clone the repository wherever you want. (I like to keep it in ~/Desktop/github/dotfiles/, with ~/dotfiles as a symlink.) The bootstrapper script will pull in the latest version and copy the files to your home folder.

git clone https://github.com/memben/dotfiles.git && cd dotfiles

To update, cd into your local dotfiles repository and then:

bash brew.sh

bash bootstrap.sh

Git-free install

To install these dotfiles without Git (preferred):

curl -#L https://github.com/memben/dotfiles/tarball/main | tar -xzv --strip-components 1 --exclude={README.md,.osx,LICENSE-MIT.txt}

To update later on, just run that command again.

What to do after running the scripts

Two support multiple external monitors on M1 install: https://www.synaptics.com/products/displaylink-graphics/downloads/macos

MacOS Settings

• run bash .macos
• setup ssh (https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent)
• setup gpg (https://withblue.ink/2020/05/17/how-and-why-to-sign-git-commits.html)
• run bash source ~/.appConfig/.config to configure programms and keyboard layout as desired
• Add custom keyboard layout in Settings >> Keyboard >> Edit Input >> + >> Scroll down >> others >> EN-DE
• Set firefox as a standard webbrowser
• for ASUS PB287Q set color profile to sRGB (to prevent flickering), make sure 60hz refresh rate is applied
• edit Shortcuts
  • Shitf/Ctrl/R for Screenshot of Area to Clipboard
  • Ctrl/Space for Spotlight
• install browser addons for firefox (bitwarden, Addblocker unlimited, Leechblock, Remove Youtube suggestions)

Specify the $PATH

If ~/.path exists, it will be sourced along with the other files, before any feature testing (such as detecting which version of ls is being used) takes place.

Here’s an example ~/.path file that adds /usr/local/bin to the $PATH:

export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"

Add custom commands without creating a new fork

If ~/.extra exists, it will be sourced along with the other files. You can use this to add a few custom commands without the need to fork this entire repository, or to add commands you don’t want to commit to a public repository.

My ~/.extra looks something like this:

# Git credentials
# Not in the repository, to prevent people from accidentally committing under my name
GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="Mathias Bynens"
GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"
git config --global user.name "$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"
GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="[email protected]"
GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"
git config --global user.email "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"

You could also use ~/.extra to override settings, functions and aliases from my dotfiles repository. It’s probably better to fork this repository instead, though.

Sensible macOS defaults

When setting up a new Mac, you may want to set some sensible macOS defaults:

./.macos

Install Homebrew formulae

When setting up a new Mac, you may want to install some common Homebrew formulae (after installing Homebrew, of course):

./brew.sh

Some of the functionality of these dotfiles depends on formulae installed by brew.sh. If you don’t plan to run brew.sh, you should look carefully through the script and manually install any particularly important ones. A good example is Bash/Git completion: the dotfiles use a special version from Homebrew.

Feedback

Suggestions/improvements welcome!

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