Homies

Reproducible set of dotfiles and packages for Linux and macOS

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This is the setup I use on all my machines. The installation process is very simple and allows me to get up and running on any new machine in a matter of seconds. The following is run on a pristine Ubuntu machine with curl available:

$ # install Nix
$ curl https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh
$ echo ". $HOME/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/nix.sh" >> .bashrc # optional
$ . $HOME/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/nix.sh
$ # pull the homies
$ nix-shell -p git --run 'git clone http://github.com/nmattia/homies'
$ # applying the config
$ cd homies; nix-env -f default.nix -i --remove-all
$ echo 'if [ -x "$(command -v bashrc)" ]; then $(bashrc); fi' >> .bashrc

The homies will be available in all subsequent shells, including the customizations (vim with my favorite plugins, tmux with my customized configuration, etc). See the introduction blog post for an overview.

How-To

Trying out the package set:

$ nix-shell --pure

Installing the package set:

$ nix-env -f default.nix -i --remove-all

Listing the currently installed packages:

$ nix-env -q

Listing the previous and current configurations:

$ nix-env --list-generations

Rolling back to the previous configuration:

$ nix-env --rollback

Deleting old configurations:

$ nix-env --delete-generations [3 4 9 | old | 30d]