Dotfiles

Personal OS and Unix tool configuration files.

Installation

Files are organised by individual application, which can be selectively linked to the host home directory using the GNU Stow utility.

stow -t ~/ git

Exceptions

Some packages don't use stow due to app-specific constraints:

• Rectangle — Config file is copied (not symlinked), as Rectangle replaces the file on launch.

  cp -f rectangle/RectangleConfig.json ~/Library/Application\ Support/Rectangle/
  

• VS Code — Manually merged. Extensions are installed via install.sh.

Hooks

Enable the repo's Git hooks to auto-bump the Claude Code plugin version on commit:

git config core.hooksPath .hooks

Highlights

fish

• fish_plugins

git

• Aliases

tmux

• Intuitive split bindings

Homebrew

• Manage packages via Brewfile

macOS

• Map print_screen to system screenshot tool
• Map home and end to cmd+left and cmd+right
• Reduce keyboard repeat rate

VS Code

• Add keybindings for sub-word selection
• Add keybindings for Sublime-like split layouts
• Enable Emmet for additional languages (JSX), set expand shortcut
• Disable auto-reveal of active file, add reveal file binding

Notes on terminal/app colours

• iTerm2 may over-saturate colours if the P3 colour space is enabled: https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/-/issues/9652.

See previous commits related to colour fixes:

• vscode: Disable aggressive minimum terminal contrast
• fish, tmux: Add COLORTERM override to fix colors in Vim terminal
• tmux: Add 256color override for iTerm