Dotfiles

Portable CLI configuration that works across NixOS, macOS, Linux distros, and containers.

Quick Start

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/willgriffin/dotfiles.git ~/dotfiles
cd ~/dotfiles

# Run the installer
./install.sh

Structure

dotfiles/
├── zsh/                    # Zsh configuration
│   └── .zshrc
├── bash/                   # Bash configuration
│   └── .bashrc
├── nushell/                # Nushell configuration
│   └── .config/nushell/
│       ├── config.nu
│       └── env.nu
├── git/                    # Git configuration
│   └── .gitconfig
└── starship/               # Starship prompt (optional)
    └── .config/starship.toml

How It Works

On Non-Nix Systems (Ubuntu, macOS, Containers)

Uses GNU Stow to create symlinks:

./install.sh
# or manually:
stow zsh bash nushell git

On NixOS

The NixOS config uses mkOutOfStoreSymlink to point to this dotfiles repo:

home.file.".zshrc".source = config.lib.file.mkOutOfStoreSymlink
  "${config.home.homeDirectory}/dotfiles/zsh/.zshrc";

This means:

• Edit files in ~/dotfiles/ directly
• Changes apply immediately (no nixos-rebuild needed for config tweaks)
• Package installation still managed by Nix

Local Overrides

For machine-specific customizations, create local override files:

• ~/.zshrc.local - Zsh overrides
• ~/.bashrc.local - Bash overrides
• ~/.gitconfig.local - Git overrides (signing keys, work email, etc.)
• ~/.config/nushell/local.nu - Nushell overrides

These files are sourced at the end of the main configs.

Platform Support

Feature	NixOS	macOS	Linux	Containers
Symlink method	mkOutOfStoreSymlink	stow	stow	stow
Package install	home-manager	brew/nix	apt/dnf	apk
Secrets	source-global-env	N/A	N/A	N/A
Rebuild alias	nixos-rebuild	mac-rebuild	nixos-rebuild	N/A

Included Aliases

Navigation

• ll - ls -l
• la - ls -la
• .. - cd ..
• ... - cd ../..

Git

• gs - git status
• ga - git add
• gc - git commit
• gp - git push
• gl - git log --oneline --graph

Development

• repomix - npx repomix
• claude - ~/.claude/local/claude
• rebuild / update - Platform-specific rebuild command