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Dotfile management with stow, chezmoi, or git bare repo for configuration sync across machines. Use when user asks to "manage dotfiles", "sync configs", "setup dotfiles", "backup shell config", or organize configuration files.
npx skill4agent add 1mangesh1/dev-skills-collection dotfiles# Install
brew install stow # macOS
apt install stow # Ubuntu
# Create dotfiles directory
mkdir -p ~/dotfiles
cd ~/dotfiles~/dotfiles/
├── zsh/
│ └── .zshrc
├── git/
│ └── .gitconfig
├── nvim/
│ └── .config/
│ └── nvim/
│ └── init.lua
└── tmux/
└── .tmux.confcd ~/dotfiles
# Symlink one package
stow zsh
# Symlink all
stow */
# Unlink
stow -D zsh
# Restow (update)
stow -R zsh
# Target different directory
stow -t ~ zsh# Install
brew install chezmoi # or sh -c "$(curl -fsLS get.chezmoi.io)"
# Initialize
chezmoi init
# Or from existing repo
chezmoi init https://github.com/user/dotfiles.git# Add file
chezmoi add ~/.zshrc
chezmoi add ~/.config/nvim/init.lua
# Edit
chezmoi edit ~/.zshrc
# See changes
chezmoi diff
# Apply changes
chezmoi apply
# Update from repo
chezmoi update# ~/.local/share/chezmoi/dot_gitconfig.tmpl
[user]
name = {{ .name }}
email = {{ .email }}
# ~/.config/chezmoi/chezmoi.toml
[data]
name = "John Doe"
email = "john@example.com"# Use 1Password
{{ onepasswordRead "op://Personal/GitHub/token" }}
# Use pass
{{ pass "github/token" }}
# Prompt for value
{{ promptString "Enter API key" }}# Initialize
git init --bare $HOME/.dotfiles
# Alias
alias dotfiles='git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles --work-tree=$HOME'
# Ignore untracked
dotfiles config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no# Add files
dotfiles add ~/.zshrc
dotfiles commit -m "Add zshrc"
dotfiles push
# Clone to new machine
git clone --bare git@github.com:user/dotfiles.git $HOME/.dotfiles
alias dotfiles='git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles --work-tree=$HOME'
dotfiles checkout# Add to ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc
alias dotfiles='git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles --work-tree=$HOME'~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc # Shell config
~/.gitconfig # Git config
~/.ssh/config # SSH config
~/.tmux.conf # Tmux config
~/.config/nvim/ # Neovim config
~/.config/starship.toml # Starship prompt[user]
name = Your Name
email = your@email.com
[alias]
co = checkout
br = branch
ci = commit
st = status
lg = log --oneline --graph
[core]
editor = nvim
[init]
defaultBranch = main
[pull]
rebase = true# History
HISTFILE=~/.zsh_history
HISTSIZE=10000
SAVEHIST=10000
setopt SHARE_HISTORY
# Aliases
alias ll='ls -la'
alias g='git'
alias dc='docker compose'
# Path
export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
# Editor
export EDITOR='nvim'#!/bin/bash
# bootstrap.sh
set -e
# Install dependencies
if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
brew install stow git neovim
fi
# Clone dotfiles
git clone https://github.com/user/dotfiles.git ~/dotfiles
# Stow all
cd ~/dotfiles
for dir in */; do
stow "$dir"
done
echo "Dotfiles installed!"