If you use chezmoi_modify_manager together with chezmoi, there is one annoying bootstrap problem: chezmoi_modify_manager is needed while chezmoi apply computes file contents but the usual .chezmoiscripts/run_before_* hooks run too late to install it for the first apply I wanted a solution that was: automatic shell-based version-pinned rerun only when the installer script changes This post […]
When I bootstrap a new machine with chezmoi, I usually start by cloning my dotfiles repo from GitHub over HTTPS:
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chezmoi init https://github.com/username/dotfiles.git |
That works well for the very first setup, because my SSH keys are not installed yet. After the first chezmoi apply, though, my SSH keys are finally in place, and I want the dotfiles […]
If you use a Wayland compositor like Sway or Hyprland, mako is a great lightweight notification daemon. Many distros make it “start automatically” via a systemd user service, so you don’t need to add exec mako to your compositor config. I’m experimenting with a setup with KDE, Sway, and Hyprland installed on the same machine […]
I have already blogged about managing KDE dotfiles with chezmoi and chezmoi_modify_manager. But what about maintaining them? For example, one of the KDE configuration files changes, and you want to update the version managed by chezmoi. Here’s an example where the Kate configuration file changed on the system and chezmoi detects that:
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❯ chezmoi status MM .config/katerc |
You can […]
If you’re a KDE user who wants to keep your desktop configuration under version control, you’ve probably discovered that KDE’s configuration files can be quite challenging to manage with traditional dotfile tools. KDE stores settings in complex INI files that frequently change, contain system-specific data, and include sections you may not want to track. This […]
Similar to what I had already shown in a previous post, in this post, I show how you can install (and keep up-to-date) the “tpm” (Tmux Plugin Manager) with Chezmoi, which I highly recommend! Typically, you manually install “tpm” by cloning its GitHub repository into the proper directory:
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git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm |
Let’s do that automatically with Chezmoi instead. Chezmoi […]
I love to manage my dotfiles with Chezmoi, which I highly recommend! In a single Git repository, I have common dotfiles and Window Manager specific (KDE, GNOME, Hyprland, and Sway). However, I prefer to have my Neovim configuration in another Git repository, separate from my Chezmoi dotfiles. I’ve just started learning Neovim, and I’m not […]