Dotfiles

My personal dotfiles for quick setup on new machines. Change once, update everywhere.

What's Included

File	Description
.bashrc	Bash configuration with custom prompt, aliases, lazy-loaded conda/nvm
.vimrc	Vim configuration with clipboard support, syntax highlighting, and sensible defaults
setup.sh	Bootstrap script for new Debian-like machines

Quick Install on a New Machine

curl -fsSL https://gitea.sjhl.nz/james/dotfiles/raw/branch/main/setup.sh | bash

Or manually:

git clone --bare https://gitea.sjhl.nz/james/dotfiles ~/.dotfiles

dotfiles() {
    /usr/bin/git --git-dir="$HOME/.dotfiles/" --work-tree="$HOME" "$@"
}

dotfiles checkout
dotfiles config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no

Managing Your Dotfiles

dotfiles status
dotfiles add .bashrc
dotfiles commit -m "Update prompt"
dotfiles push

kitty Usage

kitty is the terminal emulator - open it from your desktop launcher or run kitty.

Basic Commands:

Command	Action
Ctrl+Shift+Enter	New window
Ctrl+Shift+]	Horizontal split
Ctrl+Shift+[	Vertical split
Ctrl+Shift+h/j/k/l	Navigate splits
Ctrl+Shift+Arrow	Resize split
Ctrl+Shift+c	Copy to clipboard
Ctrl+Shift+v	Paste from clipboard
Ctrl+Shift+p	Scrollback pager
Ctrl+Shift+h	Show scrollback

Copy mode (in scrollback): vi keys to navigate, Enter to copy selection.

SSH: When using kitty, run ssh normally - kitty intercepts it for a better experience.

Vim Usage

Command	Action
vi or vim	Open editor
:w	Save
:q	Quit
:q!	Force quit
/pattern	Search
n	Next search match
yy	Yank (copy) line
p	Paste
u	Undo
Ctrl+r	Redo

Clipboard is integrated - yanking/pasting works with system clipboard.

Uninstall

dotfiles checkout HEAD
dotfiles clean -fd
rm -rf ~/.dotfiles ~/.dotfiles-backup