dotfiles

Personal cross-platform dotfiles for Linux (CachyOS/Arch) and macOS, managed with GNU Stow. One repo, symlinked into $HOME, shared across a desktop and laptops.

Quick Start

git clone ssh://git@git.bobparsons.dev:2222/deadstyle/dotfiles.git ~/dotfiles
cd ~/dotfiles
stow .

Stow symlinks everything (except the ignore list in .stow-local-ignore) into your home directory. Re-run stow . after pulling changes; restart your terminal/session to pick them up.

Prerequisites

• stow — symlink management
• fish — primary shell, plus fisher for plugins
• Tool-specific binaries are loaded conditionally, so missing tools degrade gracefully rather than erroring.

Repository Layout

Path	What
.config/fish/	Primary shell — modular fish config (env → OS → aliases → tools)
.config/zsh/	Alternative shell — modular zsh config
.bashrc	Minimal bash for scripts/compatibility
.config/nvim/	Primary Neovim setup (custom, modular)
.config/nvim-lite/	Lightweight Neovim for quick edits (NVIM_APPNAME=nvim-lite)
.config/hypr/	Hyprland window manager (see keybindings)
.config/niri/	Niri scrollable-tiling WM (alternative to Hyprland)
.config/waybar/	Status bar
.config/mako/	Notification daemon
.config/ghostty/ · .config/kitty/	Terminal emulators
.config/zellij/	Terminal multiplexer
.config/oh-my-posh/	Prompt themes
.config/lazygit/ · .config/k9s/	Git TUI / Kubernetes TUI
.config/kanata/	Keyboard remapping
.config/refind/ · .config/limine/	Bootloader configs
.claude/	Claude Code config — statusline, agents, skills (not stowed, symlinked manually)
scripts/	System setup & maintenance scripts (not stowed)
docs/	Documentation (not stowed)

Shells

Fish (primary)

Loads in order:

1. ~/.config/fish/env.fish — environment variables
2. OS-specific: ~/.config/fish/os/{darwin,linux}.fish
3. ~/.config/fish/aliases.fish
4. ~/.config/fish/tools/*.fish — per-tool config (fzf, zoxide, go, rust, fnm, …)

Set as default shell:

which fish && grep -q fish /etc/shells && chsh -s "$(which fish)"
fisher install jorgebucaran/fisher edc/bass

Zsh (alternative)

Mirrors the fish structure under .config/zsh/ (env.zsh, os/{darwin,linux}.zsh, tools/*.zsh, aliases.zsh, functions.zsh). Entry point: .zshrc.

Desktop (Linux)

• Window managers: Hyprland (primary) and Niri (alternative)
• Bar / notifications: Waybar + Mako
• Launcher / clipboard: cosmic-launcher, cliphist + wofi
• Idle / lock: hypridle + hyprlock
• See docs/keybindings.md for the full Hyprland keymap.

Editors

• nvim — primary custom configuration, modular plugin architecture
• nvim-lite — minimal config for quick editing

Bootstrap Neovim dependencies:

./scripts/nvim-setup.zsh

Cross-Platform Rules

Stow deploys every file to every machine — there is no OS-conditional deployment. So OS- or machine-specific values must never live in a shared, version- controlled config that both systems load.

Three ways to handle machine-specific settings:

Approach	When	Example
Gitignored *.local files	Different values per machine (paths, hardware, GPU)	hypr/config/monitors/local.conf, hypr/config/env.local.conf, ghostty/config.local
Runtime OS detection	Shell configs that branch at runtime	switch (uname) in fish, [[ "$OSTYPE" == darwin* ]] in zsh
OS-specific directories	Modules the shell sources conditionally	.config/zsh/os/darwin.zsh

Rule of thumb: before committing a config value, ask "if this file existed on my other machine, would it break anything?" If yes, it belongs in a *.local file.

Per-machine setup

# Hyprland monitors (gitignored)
cp ~/.config/hypr/config/monitors/cachyos-xps17.conf ~/.config/hypr/config/monitors/local.conf
# or, on the XPS 15:
# cp ~/.config/hypr/config/monitors/cachyos-xps15.conf ~/.config/hypr/config/monitors/local.conf

# Hyprland GPU env (gitignored)
cp ~/.config/hypr/config/env.local.example.conf ~/.config/hypr/config/env.local.conf
# edit for NVIDIA / Intel / AMD, or leave empty

hyprctl reload

Claude Code

.claude/ is excluded from .stow-local-ignore (Claude Code manages other files there, like credentials, that must never be stowed), so its dotfiles-tracked pieces are symlinked by hand instead of via stow .:

ln -s ~/dotfiles/.claude/CLAUDE.md ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md
ln -s ~/dotfiles/.claude/statusline-command.sh ~/.claude/statusline-command.sh

Then point statusLine in ~/.claude/settings.json (not tracked — machine-specific) at it:

"statusLine": {
  "type": "command",
  "command": "bash $HOME/.claude/statusline-command.sh"
}

Infisical

Every machine reads secrets as the shared machine identity through infisical-machine, never through a per-machine infisical login. One-time per-machine setup, after stow .:

~/dotfiles/scripts/infisical-machine-setup.sh

It asks for the client secret (from the password manager), stores it in ~/.config/infisical/machine-identity.env (mode 600, never committed), checks it works, and registers the Claude Code MCP servers that need secrets (Grafana). Kirria's dev .env refresh picks it up automatically.

Full guide — how it works, wiring a new service, troubleshooting: docs/infisical-machine-identity.md.

Scripts

System setup and maintenance live in scripts/ (run directly, not stowed):

Script	Purpose
cachyos-base-install.sh · arch-dev-setup.sh	Bootstrap a fresh install
nvim-setup.zsh · nvim-treesitter-parsers.zsh	Neovim dependencies & parsers
linux-system-limits.sh	Raise system limits for development (needs sudo)
linux-performance-profile.sh	Performance tuning
hypr-monitor-setup.sh · cosmic-monitor-setup.sh	Display configuration helpers
system-cleanup.sh	Housekeeping
infisical-machine-setup.sh	Store the Infisical machine identity and register secret-backed MCP servers (once per machine)
builtin-kbd-toggle/install.sh	Inhibit the laptop keyboard while the external keyboard is connected (needs sudo)

Documentation

• Keybindings — Hyprland keybinds, gestures, and media keys
• Infisical machine identity — one-time per-machine secrets setup, wiring new services to it
• zram swappiness on CachyOS — why swappiness is 60 not 150, udev override
• Rust build load — shared cargo target dir on a separate drive, ananicy rule, debuginfo profile