https://github.com/victorfrye/dotfiles

⚙️ My personal dotfiles to initialize Windows machine configuration
https://github.com/victorfrye/dotfiles

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⚙️ My personal dotfiles to initialize Windows machine configuration

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/victorfrye/dotfiles
• Owner: victorfrye
• Created: 2019-08-23T11:42:36.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-05-21T12:00:30.000Z (9 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-22T13:13:16.476Z (9 months ago)
• Topics: devex, devtools, dotfiles, git, machineconfiguration, personal, powershell, windows, winget
• Language: PowerShell
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• Size: 9.67 MB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml

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My Windows Dotfiles

    
My personal dotfiles to initialize Windows machine configuration





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My Windows dotfiles are a collection of steps, scripts, and configuration files to initialize a Windows machine. The primary technologies attributed to this project are:

- **PowerShell**: The primary scripting language used to automate the configuration of the local machine.

- **GitHub**: The version control system and platform used to store and serve the distribution of the dotfiles.

- **Windows**: The intended operating system for the development environment.

- **WinGet**: The package manager used to install software and tools on the destination machine.

## Overview

This repository is a partially automated set up of local machine configuration on a Windows device. A few pre-requisite steps are outlined in the below set up guide. The final step is the download and invocation of the [Install-Dotfiles.ps1](./scripts/Install-Dotfiles.ps1) script. This script will do the following:

- Install [Git for Windows](https://git-scm.com/)

- Format a [Dev Drive](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dev-drive/) if one doesn't already exist

- Clone repository to Dev Drive or fetch latest if already exists

- Import [WinGet packages](./files/Packages.json)

- Install a [Nerd Font](./files/Fonts)

- Install [PoshGit](https://github.com/dahlbyk/posh-git)

- Install [PoShFuck](https://github.com/mattparkes/PoShFuck)

- Install [Azure PowerShell](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/azure/install-azps-windows)

- Set [PowerShell Profile](./files/Profile.ps1)

- Set Environment Variables

## Instructions

### Install PowerShell

1. Install PowerShell via WinGet:

    ``` cmd

    winget install --exact --id Microsoft.PowerShell.Preview --source winget

    ```

2. Open a PowerShell session for further steps.

### Install Windows Subsystem for Linux (aka WSL)

1. Install WSL directly via the following command:

    ``` cmd

    wsl --install

    ```

2. Afterwards, you will need to restart the machine before continuing.

### Invoke Dotfiles

1. From an administrative PowerShell session, set execution policy to remote signed and invoke dotfiles installation:

    ``` pwsh

    Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope LocalMachine

    Invoke-RestMethod -Uri 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/victorfrye/dotfiles/main/scripts/Install-Dotfiles.ps1' | Invoke-Expression

    ```