Home Directory on macOS

Installation

cd ~
git init
git remote add origin git@github.com:amekusa/home.git
git pull origin master
git submodule update --init --recursive

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System Tweaks

# Turning off Spotlight indexing
sudo mdutil -a -i off -d

# Deleting Spotlight indices
sudo mdutil -X /

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Git

# Global ignore
git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global

# Default user identity
git config --global user.name 'John Doe'
git config --global user.email 'john@example.com'  # do not expose *real email address

# Default editor (nano)
git config --global core.editor 'nano'

# Showing all config values
git config --global -l

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Homebrew

# Install:
git clone https://github.com/Homebrew/brew.git .brew

# Make sure if there are any issues with:
brew doctor

Packages to install

# Additional repositories:
brew tap homebrew/services
brew tap homebrew/cask-fonts

# Shell (zsh)
brew install zsh

# Utilities:
brew install tmux tig lazygit googler

# Web server, SQL, PHP:
brew install nginx mariadb php composer

# Fonts:
brew install --cask font-fira-code font-fira-code-nerd-font font-iosevka

# Ungoogled Chromium for browser testing:
brew cask install eloston-chromium

Fixing curl failing due to expired certs

1. Download https://curl.se/ca/cacert.pem
2. Replace /etc/ssl/cert.pem with it

cd /etc/ssl
sudo mv cert.pem cert.pem.org
sudo cp ~/Downloads/cacert.pem ./cert.pem

Enable the homebrew version of zsh as the default shell

# Check the path to the zsh you want to enable
which zsh

# Add the path to /etc/shells
sudo nano /etc/shells

# Set the path as your default shell
chsh -s $(which zsh)

After restarting the computer, make sure that $SHELL is pointing at the correct path.

echo $SHELL

Maintenance

# Cleanup caches
brew cleanup -s

# Uinstall unnecessary packages
brew autoremove

# Update packages
brew update

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NPM

# Change global install path to `~/.npm-global`
npm config set prefix "${HOME}/.npm-global"

Packages to install

# Utilities:
npm i -g npm-check-updates

# Automation:
npm i -g npm-watch

# Bundler:
npm i -g rollup
npm i -g @rollup/plugin-babel @rollup/plugin-node-resolve @rollup/plugin-commonjs

# Debug, Testing, Code Coverage:
npm i -g source-map-support
npm i -g mocha c8 codecov

# Documentation Generator:
npm i -g jsdoc

Maintenance

# To see all the packages installed:
npm ls -g --depth=0

# Update packages (required: npm-check-updates)
ncu -g -u

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TMUX

Copying text

1. Go to scroll mode with Ctrl+A U
2. Move cursor to the text you want to copy
3. Space to go to selection mode
4. Enter to copy the selected text

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Python

Circumventing the restriction of pip install by nix

# Use pipx instead
pipx install <pkg>
#   NOTE:
#   - pipx is only for managing end-user applications, not for libraries
#   - Installed apps reside in ~/.local/bin