dotfiles

Managed with chezmoi. Source lives under home/.

New machine

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://get.chezmoi.io)" -- init --apply natevick

Devcontainer / Codespaces

Point your dotfiles setting at github.com/natevick/dotfiles; it runs install.sh, which bootstraps non-interactively.

Shell tools & aliases

Modern CLI tools are installed via mise (~/.config/mise/conf.d/cli-tools.toml): fzf, eza, bat, fd, ripgrep, zoxide, starship. tmux and vim (the git editor) are installed by the bootstrap via the native package manager (brew/apt/dnf/apk) when missing — the only true prerequisites are zsh, git, and curl. All shell wiring lives in home/dot_config/zsh/aliases.zsh and is command -v-guarded, so anything missing degrades to the native command.

Aliases

Alias	Expands to	Notes
ls	eza --group-directories-first	dirs first, colorized
ll	eza -lah --git --group-directories-first	long view, human sizes, git status column
la	eza -a	include dotfiles
lt	eza --tree --level=2	tree, 2 levels
cat	bat --paging=never	syntax highlighting; auto-plain when piped; scripts still get real cat
grep	grep --color=auto	original grep, colorized
zrc / tmrc	$EDITOR ~/.zshrc / ~/.tmux.conf	quick-edit configs
xcopy / xpaste	pbcopy/pbpaste (macOS), else wl-copy/wl-paste, else xclip	clipboard

Called directly (no alias — originals left intact)

Command	Replaces	Notes
bat <file>	cat	pager + highlighting
fd <pattern>	find	fast, .gitignore-aware; -H includes hidden, -e rb by extension
rg <pattern>	grep -r	fast recursive content search, .gitignore-aware
z <name> / zi	cd	zoxide: jump to a visited dir by frecency / interactive picker

find and grep are intentionally not aliased — fd/rg use different argument syntax.

fzf keybindings

Key	Action
Ctrl-R	fuzzy shell-history search
Ctrl-T	fuzzy file/dir picker (powered by fd) with bat/eza preview pane; pastes the path
Alt-C	fuzzy cd (powered by fd) with an eza tree preview

fd is fzf's default source (FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND), so it's fast and .gitignore-aware everywhere. On macOS, Alt-C needs the terminal set to treat Option as Meta (Esc+); Ctrl-T/Ctrl-R work regardless.

Day-to-day

• chezmoi edit ~/.zshrc — edit a managed file
• chezmoi diff — preview what apply would change (always run first)
• chezmoi apply — apply changes
• chezmoi cd — drop into the source repo

Per-machine/secret junk goes in ~/.config/zsh/local.zsh (git-ignored, sourced last). Work machines additionally clone the private dotfiles-work overlay and run its install.sh.