Dotfiles

My personal configuration files, managed with chezmoi.

Key Variables

The following variables are used in generating appropriate configurations for different environments and contexts:

• Host type (.host.type): native, wsl, or container (for dev containers and possibly other containerized environments)
• Host purpose (.host.purpose): personal, work, or unknown
• Operating system (.chezmoi.os): Windows-specific settings when applicable
• Hostname (.chezmoi.hostname): Special handling for specific machines (e.g., personal desktop with Git signing keys)

Dev Container Setup

VS Code Settings

I use the following settings provided by the VS Code Dev Containers extension:

{
    "dev.containers.copyGitConfig": false,
    "dotfiles.installCommand": "install-devcontainer.sh",
    "dotfiles.repository": "bijancamp/dotfiles",
    "dotfiles.targetPath": "~/.local/share/chezmoi"
}

These settings ensure that:

• The host's .gitconfig is not automatically copied into the container (we generate it within the container via a chezmoi template)
• This repository is cloned to the default chezmoi source path within the container
• The custom installation script is executed after the repo is cloned

install-devcontainer.sh

Automates the initial setup of chezmoi and dotfiles within dev containers.

What it does:

• Installs chezmoi
• Initializes chezmoi for containers with purpose "unknown"
• Applies dotfiles

Usage: This script is automatically executed by VS Code when creating dev containers (via the dotfiles.installCommand setting). Run chezmoi init --apply after the container has finished starting to reapply the dotfiles with the necessary purpose.