https://github.com/afeld/dotfiles
my dotfiles
https://github.com/afeld/dotfiles
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my dotfiles
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/afeld/dotfiles
- Owner: afeld
- Created: 2011-02-25T18:50:47.000Z (over 15 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-04-10T03:58:56.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-10T04:39:08.840Z (over 1 year ago)
- Language: Shell
- Homepage:
- Size: 10.6 MB
- Stars: 16
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 3
- Open Issues: 6
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
# Aidan's dotfiles
Moving towards one-liner setup of a development machine.
## Getting Started
1. Fork this repo
1. Run the following in a terminal:
```bash
cd ~
git clone YOUR_FORK_URL.git
cd dotfiles
./init.sh
```
You may need to run `./init.sh` a few times for it to successfully complete.
## Manual steps
### OSX settings
...that need to be changed manually:
- Keyboard
- [Change modifier keys](https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/change-the-behavior-of-the-modifier-keys-mchlp1011/mac) to have Caps Lock act like Control
- [Speed up the key repeat and shorten the delay](https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/set-how-quickly-a-key-repeats-mchl0311bdb4/mac)
- [Remove extraneous items from the Dock](https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/dock-mh35859/mac#mchlpf80766d)
- Trackpad
- Increase tracking speed
- Turn on App Expose
- [Turn off "swipe between pages"](https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/change-trackpad-preferences-mchlp1226/10.14/mac/10.14)
- Finder
- [Add folders to sidebar](https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/customize-finder-toolbar-sidebar-mac-mchlp3011/mac)
- [Enable Path Bar](https://www.lifewire.com/use-macs-hidden-finder-path-bar-2260868)
- Set default browser
- Bluetooth
- Pair headphones
- Show Bluetooth menu in menu bar
- [Automatically keep up to date](https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/get-macos-updates-mchlpx1065/mac)
### Other
- Install Purchased items from App Store
- [iTerm 2](http://www.iterm2.com)
- Set "Load preferences from a custom folder or URL" to be `/Users/USER/dotfiles`
- [Set up the VSCode command line helper](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/mac#_launching-from-the-command-line)
- [Visual Studio Code: Turn on Settings Sync](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/settings-sync#_turning-on-settings-sync)
## Web-Based Tools
- [Fast.com](https://fast.com/)
- [MITM.cool](http://mitm.cool/)
- [RequestBin](http://requestb.in/)
- [W3C Markup Validation Service](http://validator.w3.org/)
## See Also
- [Zach Holman's](http://zachholman.com/) talk [Ruby Patterns from GitHub's Codebase](http://speakerdeck.com/u/holman/p/ruby-patterns-from-githubs-codebase?slide=7)
- [GitHub does dotfiles](http://dotfiles.github.com)
- [Flatiron School Environmentalizer](https://github.com/flatiron-school/environmentalizer/)
- Automation
- [pivotal_workstation](https://github.com/pivotal/pivotal_workstation)
- [soloist](https://github.com/mkocher/soloist)
- [Kitchenplan](https://github.com/kitchenplan/kitchenplan)
- [Boxen](https://boxen.github.com)
- [Strap](https://github.com/mikemcquaid/strap)