Dotfiles

Useful for setting up new machines.

Got a lot of opinionated stuff, or very specific work things, especially in Vim. So it's probably best to cherry-pick the stuff you like.

Install:

git clone https://github.com/harmenjanssen/dotfiles ~/dotfiles
cd ~/dotfiles
bash install.sh

vim-plug

The Neovim setup uses vim-plug. Bootstrap it and install plugins in one go:

sh -c 'curl -fLo "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/nvim/site/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs \
       https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim'
nvim +PlugInstall +qall

Node and pnpm

Node is managed via nvm; the fish setup auto-switches versions based on .nvmrc. Install nvm first — the fish config calls load_nvm on every new shell, so this needs to be in place before Fisher can bootstrap cleanly:

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/master/install.sh | bash

Then in a fresh bash shell, install Node and register it as the default so load_nvm has something to fall back to:

nvm install node
nvm alias default node

pnpm is the package manager of choice and is enabled through Corepack:

corepack enable pnpm

PNPM_HOME is set in config/fish/config.fish, so any globally installed packages (pnpm add -g <pkg>) end up on PATH automatically. No global manifest is tracked in this repo — install ad-hoc as needed.

Fish

The fish setup uses Fisher for plugins. Plugin files are not tracked in this repo — only the manifest config/fish/fish_plugins. On a new machine, bootstrap Fisher and install everything in one go:

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jorgebucaran/fisher/main/functions/fisher.fish | source
fisher update

fisher update reads fish_plugins and installs each listed plugin into ~/.config/fish/.

macOS settings

osx_config.sh tweaks a bunch of macOS defaults (trackpad tap-to-click, fast key repeat, no smart dashes, sensible Finder defaults, etc.). It's tested on macOS Sequoia (15.x). Run it once on a new machine:

bash osx_config.sh

Some changes only take effect after a logout or restart.

Brewfile

I sorta manually try to remember to update the Brewfile from time to time.
Install all Brew dependencies by running

brew tap homebrew/bundle
brew bundle

in the dotfiles folder.