Dotfiles

Personal dotfiles managed with GNU Stow and automated with Nushell scripts.

Prerequisites

• stow, nushell, fzf, gitleaks (install via homebrew)

Configuration

MCP Server Configuration

The nushell-mcp.json file uses ~ for home directory paths. If your MCP client doesn't support tilde expansion, you'll need to replace ~ with your actual home directory path (e.g., /Users/yourusername) after installation.

Usage

Import configs from ~/.config

nu import-config.nu

Interactive script that lets you select configs with fzf, copies them to the repo, and handles sensitive configs automatically.

Apply symlinks

nu apply-symlinks.nu

Shows status of all configs, creates backups, and runs stow . to create symlinks.

Manual

stow .

Scripts

import-config.nu - Finds configs in ~/.config that aren't already managed, lets you multi-select with fzf, copies them to .config/, and optionally runs the symlink script.

apply-symlinks.nu - Shows which configs are linked (🔗), new (🆕), or need backup (📦). Creates timestamped backups in backups/ before running stow.

fix-macos-path.nu - Generates a macOS LaunchAgent plist file to set XDG environment variables system-wide. This fixes GUI apps that don't respect XDG config directories on macOS.

macOS XDG Environment Fix

Many GUI apps on macOS don't respect XDG config directories and save configs in ~/Library/Application Support. To fix this system-wide:

# Generate and install the LaunchAgent
nu fix-macos-path.nu

# Activate it (will run on every login)
launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/me.greg.environment.plist

This sets the following environment variables for all GUI applications:

• XDG_CONFIG_HOME → ~/.config
• XDG_CACHE_HOME → ~/.cache
• XDG_DATA_HOME → ~/.local/share
• XDG_STATE_HOME → ~/.local/state
• XDG_RUNTIME_DIR → ~/.local/run
• XDG_BIN_HOME → ~/.local/bin

Security

Pre-commit hook with gitleaks prevents committing secrets. Sensitive configs (raycast, ssh, etc.) are automatically added to .gitignore.

TODO

• fuzzy search in hidden files in vim
• file search in hidden files in vim
• configure sketchybar
• change tmux navigator vim plugin to work with aerospace detection
• add a script to quickly add new line to nav