John Pulford's dotfiles repo

Quick Update Commands

To update the system configuration, use one of these commands:

# For NixOS systems (can run as root initially, but long-term should run as user)
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#nixos --cores 0

# For specific host configurations
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#kawaiinixos --cores 0
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#rossnixos --cores 0

Important Notes

• Initial Setup: You can run these commands as root during initial setup
• Long-term Usage: Should be run as the user specified in the relevant userdata file from their home directory (~/dotfiles)
• Why User Directory: Some configuration folders expect to be writable by the user, so running from the user's home directory ensures configs work properly

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⚠️ OUTDATED CONTENT BELOW

The information below is outdated. For current usage, see the updated instructions:

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Nix

NixOS

Bootstrap

To bootstrap NixOS with my dotfiles, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository to ~/dotfiles under a username matching the username HOME directory defined in configuration.nix
2. Change the username defined configuration.nix

To update the system

1. Run nix flake update ~/dotfiles
2. Run ~/dotfiles/scripts/switch.sh

Cleanup old generations

sudo nix-collect-garbage --delete-older-than 7d
sudo nix-store --optimise

MacOS

Install XCode manually as this cannot currently be automated

then run these commands: sudo xcode-select --switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer && sudo xcodebuild -runFirstLaunch

Bootstrap

To bootstrap nix on MacOS with my dotfiles, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository to ~/dotfiles
2. Change the username defined configuration.nix
3. Install Nix on MacOS sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install)
4. Run nix flake update ~/dotfiles
5. Run nix --extra-experimental-features nix-command --extra-experimental-features flakes run nix-darwin -- switch --flake ~/dotfiles#macbook-m1

To update the system

After bootstrapping, you can update your system by running ~/dotfiles/scripts/switch.sh