home

Versioning $HOME. Contains nix configs, dotfiles, scripts.

Config for NixOS only.

Fresh install, wat do

1. Clone this repo in the home folder: git clone https://github.com/f-f/home.git ~
2. Fetch everything: cd ~ && git submodule update --init --recursive --remote
3. Add the fzf module:

   mkdir -p .zprezto/contrib && cd $_
   git clone https://github.com/gpanders/fzf-prezto.git fzf
   cd fzf
   git submodule update --init

4. Write down the config for the new machine, start from the example: cd ~/nixos-config && cp local-example.nix $(hostname).nix, and integrate with what's in /etc/nixos/configuration.nix
5. Import it as a local configuration: echo "import ./$(hostname).nix" > local.nix
6. mv /etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix ~
7. Add channels:

sudo nix-channel --add http://nixos.org/channels/nixos-21.05 nixos
sudo nix-channel --add http://nixos.org/channels/nixos-unstable nixos-unstable
sudo nix-channel --update

Then: nixos-switch

Next:

1. Make a new ssh key for github: ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "$USER+github@$(hostname)" -f github, add it as deploy key here
2. Replace this repo remote from http to git: git remote set-url origin [email protected]:f-f/home.git

On macOS

It's a little harder to bootstrap Nix on macOS, but it can be done. After cloning the stuff:

# In case of M1
softwareupdate --install-rosetta

# Install brew and nix
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh

# Set hostname
export NEW_HOSTNAME=foo
sudo scutil --set HostName $NEW_HOSTNAME
sudo scutil --set LocalHostName $NEW_HOSTNAME
sudo scutil --set ComputerName $NEW_HOSTNAME

# At this point, edit nixos-config/flake.nix to add the new machine

# Then:
nixos-switch

# Note: it will complain at first that the nix command requires experimental features, so that will require executing the script by hand adding the right flags, but after that it's all fine

Useful reads:

• https://xyno.space/post/nix-darwin-introduction
• https://gist.github.com/jmatsushita/5c50ef14b4b96cb24ae5268dab613050
• https://github.com/srstrong/nix-env
• https://daiderd.com/nix-darwin/manual/index.html

TODO: refactor readme. With the flakes it's not quite the right approach Reference this link: https://colinramsay.co.uk/2021/10/19/migrating-a-nixos-install-to-flakes.html