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Personal configuration for zsh, vim, tmux and other tools
https://github.com/z0rc/dotfiles

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# Zero Home Presence Dotfiles



## License



[WTFPL](COPYING)



## There are many like it, but this one is mine



This repository contains tools and configurations I use in the shell. It

includes no graphical configurations, making it usable on servers and personal

workstations. It has been battle-tested on macOS and various Linux

distributions, including Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, and even WSL.



I'm a big fan of the [XDG Base Directory

Specification](http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html)

and organize my dotfiles in a way that they don't clutter the `$HOME`

directory. I have reduced the files required in `$HOME` to a single `.zshenv`;

everything else goes under standard XDG paths or is launched via aliases.

Additionally, if you have root permissions, you can install dotfiles with [zero

home presence](#zero-home-presence).



## Features



* Extensive Zsh [configuration](zsh/rc.d) and [plugins](zsh/plugins), including:

  * [powerlevel10k](https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k) prompt

  * [additional completions](https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-completions)

  * [async autosuggestions plugin](https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions)

  * [syntax highlighting plugin](https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting)

  * [autoenv plugin](https://github.com/Tarrasch/zsh-autoenv)

  * [autopair plugin](https://github.com/hlissner/zsh-autopair)

  * [clean Zsh implementation of `z`](https://github.com/agkozak/zsh-z)

* Vim [configuration](vim/vimrc) and [plugins](vim/pack)

* Neovim [configuration](nvim/init.lua) and [plugins](nvim/plugins)

* Tmux [configuration](tmux/tmux.conf) and [plugins](tmux/plugins)

* Other configurations:

  * [Midnight Commander](configs/mc.ini)

  * [ranger](configs/ranger)

  * [quilt](configs/quiltrc)

  * [Git](configs/gitconfig)

  * [htop](configs/htoprc)

* Handy [utilities](tools), including:

  * [fzf](https://github.com/junegunn/fzf)

  * [spark](https://github.com/holman/spark) to draw bar charts right in the console

  * [diff-so-fancy](https://github.com/so-fancy/diff-so-fancy) for a much better git diff layout

  * [git-extras](https://github.com/tj/git-extras) additional helpers for Git

* [Environment wrappers](env-wrappers) for multiple programming languages:

  * [goenv](https://github.com/syndbg/goenv)

  * [jenv](https://github.com/jenv/jenv)

  * [luaenv](https://github.com/cehoffman/luaenv)

  * [nodenv](https://github.com/nodenv/nodenv)

  * [phpenv](https://github.com/phpenv/phpenv)

  * [plenv](https://github.com/tokuhirom/plenv)

  * [pyenv](https://github.com/yyuu/pyenv)

  * [rbenv](https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv)



## Installation



> [!WARNING]

> I'm in process on switching to Neovim. Vim configuration isn't maintained

> anymore, might be removed in future.



### Requirements



* `zsh` version 5.9 or newer is strongly recommended

* `git` all external components are added as git submodules



### Recommended



* `make` (optional: required to install git helpers)

* `perl` (optional: used by diff-so-fancy)

* [`fd`](https://github.com/sharkdp/fd) (optional: will be used in fzf by

  default, if present)

* [`rg`](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep) or

  [`ag`](https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher) (optional: will be used

  in fzf by default, if present)

* [`bat`](https://github.com/sharkdp/bat) (optional: will be used in fzf by

  default, if present)



### Location



Dotfiles can be installed in any directory, but probably somewhere under

`$HOME`. Personally, I use `$HOME/.local/dotfiles`. The installation is simple:



```shell

git clone https://github.com/z0rc/dotfiles.git "$HOME/.local/dotfiles"

$HOME/.local/dotfiles/deploy.zsh

chsh -s /bin/zsh

```



The [deployment script](deploy.zsh) helps set up all required symlinks after

the initial clone. It also adds a cron job to pull updates every midnight and

serves as a post-merge git hook, so you don't have to worry about updating

submodules after a successful pull.



## Zero Home Presence



It's possible to install dotfiles without creating a `~/.zshenv` symlink. To do

so, set the environment variable `ZDOTDIR` to `/zsh`, e.g.,

`$HOME/.local/dotfiles/zsh`. This variable should be set very early in the login

process, before zsh starts sourcing the user's `.zshenv`. One possible option is

to add:



```sh

export ZDOTDIR="$HOME/.local/dotfiles/zsh"

```



into `/etc/zsh/zshenv`. Alternatively, you can set it with a PAM environment

module.



## Neovim Version



Neovim configuration is tested with latest released Neovim version only. At the

moment of writing it's version 0.10.0.



## Vim Version



Vim 9.1 or higher is required to support the XDG Base Directory Specification.

To use all bundled vim plugins, install vim with Python and Ruby support

built-in.



## Configuration



### Git Configuration



Update `~/.config/git/local/user` with your email and name. It should look like

this:



```ini

[user]

    email = [email protected]

    name = John Doe

```



You can also add additional configurations in `~/.config/git/local/stuff`.



### Zsh Configuration



Note that Zsh configuration skips every global configuration file except

`/etc/zsh/zshenv`.



You can add your local configuration into `$ZDOTDIR/env.d/9[0-9]_*` and

`$ZDOTDIR/rc.d/9[0-9]_*`. The difference is that `env.d` is sourced always,

while `rc.d` is sourced only in interactive sessions.



Additionally, `$ZDOTDIR/.zlogin` and `$ZDOTDIR/.zlogout` are available for

modifications, though they are missing by default.



### Neovim Configuration



Support of local configuration might be added in future.



### Vim Configuration



Add your local configuration to `$DOTFILES/vim/vimrc.local`.



### Local Paths



Local binaries can be placed in `$HOME/.local/bin`; it's added to `PATH` by

default. Man pages can be placed in `$XDG_DATA_HOME/man`.



### Lazy \*env



Pyenv and similar wrappers are lazy-loaded, meaning they won't be initialized

at shell start. Activation occurs on the first execution. Check the output of

`type -f pyenv` in the shell and the

[implementation](zsh/rc.d/11_many_env.zsh). Because of this, files like

`.python-version` won't work as expected; it's recommended to use `autoenv.zsh`

to explicitly activate the needed environment.



### Ignore Config Files Changes Locally



Midnight Commander is quite volatile in terms of writing to its configuration

file. Running `mc` with different screen sizes results in updating the panel

size value in `mc.ini`. The same goes for `htop`.



To ignore local changes to configuration files, you can do:



```sh

git update-index --assume-unchanged configs/mc.ini

```



To restore git tracking of those files, use:



```

git update-index --no-assume-unchanged configs/mc.ini

```