dotfiles

Install nix

sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install)

Install home manager

# Install home-manager from e.g. 'release-23.11' branch
nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/release-23.11.tar.gz home-manager
nix-channel --update
nix-shell '<home-manager>' -A install

Enable nix experimental features

mkdir -p ~/.config/nix/
echo "experimental-features = nix-command flakes" > ~/.config/nix/nix.conf

Configure dotfiles by running

nix run home-manager -- switch --no-write-lock-file --refresh --flake github:flaeppe/dotfiles

Setting fish as default shell on macOS

1. Append entry for home-manager managed fish binary to /etc/shells
2. Set default shell with chsh -s ~/.nix-profile/bin/fish

Update packages by running

nix-channel --update
nix flake update
nix run home-manager -- switch --refresh --flake path/to/repo

Add in an .envrc for local development. There's a devShell declared in flake.nix

use flake

export VIRTUAL_ENV=.venv
layout python