There is no place like $HOME

A collection of configuration files for the typical console programs bash, vim, screen, tmux, and misc.

Dotfiles management through Git following this blog post and HN post.

Installation

Install essential console tools:

sudo apt install git tmux curl vim autojump apt-file inotify-tools aria2 \
ripgrep pgcli fswatch fzf hyperfine flatpak gcc automake autoconf gettext \
htop httpie nala bash-completion cargo lm-sensors xclip golang haskell-stack
pkg-config python-is-python3

Only if Rust and Cargo are available:

cargo install --locked hgrep typos-cli dua-cli typst-cli

Only if Go are available:

go install github.com/asdf-vm/asdf/cmd/asdf@v0.19.0

asdf plugin add elixir https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf-elixir.git
asdf plugin add erlang https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf-erlang.git

Install essential graphical tools:

sudo apt install gitk gedit chromium-chromedriver epiphany-browser \
chromium-browser gnome-shell-extensions \
gnome-browser-connector gnome-shell-extension-manager meld

Setup the alias:

alias hgit='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.cfg/ --work-tree=$HOME'

Clone the repository:

hgit clone --bare git@github.com:kianmeng/dotfiles.git $HOME/.cfg

Backup all your existing dotfiles, if any (not needed for fresh install):

mkdir -p .config-backup
hgit checkout 2>&1 | egrep "\s+\." | awk {'print $1'} | xargs -I{} mv {} .config-backup/{}

Pull all dotfiles:

hgit checkout

Reload Bash and install all the necessary packages:

source ~/.bashrc

To manage these dot files, just use the hgit alias which is a wrapper to git.

Vim's Key Bindings

• <space>, leader key
• jj, exit from insert mode into normal mode
• <space>p, toggle between paste mode and normal mode

Tmux's Key Bindings

• <alt><space>, prefix key alt + space
• <alt>j, switch to left tab
• <alt>k, switch to right tab
• <alt>o, create new tab
• <shift>pgup, scroll previous page