dotfiles

Personal dotfiles for standardizing shell (Zsh + Oh My Zsh), Git, and Vim environments across macOS and Linux.

Quick Start

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/bkendall/dotfiles.git ~/dotfiles
   cd ~/dotfiles

2. Run the installer:

   ./install.sh

3. Verify configuration with Doctor mode:

   ./install.sh --doctor

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Features & Configuration

• install.sh: One-command installer that symlinks configs into $HOME and provides a --doctor mode to diagnose issues.
• Zsh & Prompt: Automatically uses Starship if installed, or falls back to native Zsh vcs_info for fast, zero-dependency Git status indicators and job counters. Includes 50k deduplicated persistent history (SHARE_HISTORY).
• Vim: Configured with vim-plug and vim-lsp / vim-lsp-settings for zero-config Language Server Protocol (auto-format on save, diagnostics, definition lookup) and Solarized dark theme.
• Git: Configured with Gary Bernhardt's pretty_git_log tree helper, modern defaults (init.defaultBranch = main, pull.rebase = true, branch.sort = -committerdate), and custom diff tools.

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Manual Setup Reference

If you prefer manual setup over ./install.sh:

Vim

Add to ~/.vimrc:

set runtimepath^=$HOME/dotfiles/vim | runtime vimrc

Zsh

Add to ~/.zshrc:

source "$HOME/dotfiles/shell/zshrc"

Git

ln -s ~/dotfiles/git/.gitconfig ~/.gitconfig
ln -s ~/dotfiles/git/.githelpers ~/.githelpers
ln -s ~/dotfiles/git/.gitignore ~/.gitignore