Phil's Dotfiles

A fully nixified macOS configuration using nix-darwin and home-manager.

What's Included

• Terminal: Alacritty with base16-default-dark theme
• Editor: Neovim with LSP support for TypeScript, Python, Ruby, and Rust
• Shell: Zsh with Prezto framework and pure prompt
• Multiplexer: Tmux with vim-style navigation
• Development Tools: Git, ripgrep, fzf, jq, htop, bun, and more
• Fonts: Iosevka Nerd Font
• macOS Settings: Fast key repeat, Caps Lock → Escape, and more

Installation

Prerequisites

Fresh macOS installation

Steps

1. Install Nix via Determinate Systems installer (with upstream Nix, not their fork):

   curl -fsSL https://install.determinate.systems/nix | sh -s -- install

   Important: This installs upstream Nix, which is required for nix-darwin to work properly. Do not use Determinate Systems' forked version.

2. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/hale/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles

3. Run nix-darwin:

   sudo nix run nix-darwin -- switch --flake ~/.dotfiles/nix-darwin-config

Usage

After installation, manage your system with:

# Apply configuration changes
darwin-rebuild switch --flake ~/.dotfiles/nix-darwin-config

# Update flake inputs
nix flake update --flake ~/.dotfiles/nix-darwin-config

Key Features

Shell Functions

• tat - Smart tmux session management
• trash - Move files to trash instead of deleting
• fr - Fuzzy search command history
• fe - Fuzzy file opener
• fco - Fuzzy git branch checkout

Aliases

• Git shortcuts (g, ga, gc, gp, etc.)
• vim/vi → nvim
• tm → tmux -2
• t → tree

Structure

Everything is managed through nix-darwin-config/flake.nix:

• System packages
• User packages via home-manager
• Shell configuration (zsh/prezto)
• Application configs (alacritty, tmux, neovim, git)
• macOS system defaults