I mainly keep this readme for myself, but if you're trying to adopt my dotfiles and stuck somewhere, contact me! You should be able to find my details on https://strawmelonjuice.com/me/links.

1. Clone the repo#

Cloning the nix branch using jj from my Tangled knot:

# Preparing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# Temporary pre-install these required packages
nix shell nixpkgs#git nixpkgs#jujutsu --extra-experimental-features nix-command --extra-experimental-features flakes

# Cloning ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# Clone the dotfiles
jj git clone https://tangled.org/did:plc:f7kla3ryltgfgbecm44sg2mm -b main ~/.dotfiles

cd ~/.dotfiles
# Set origin correctly for dotfiles, assuming you by the time you push again have the keys.
jj git remote set-url origin git@knot.ollie.earth:did:plc:f7kla3ryltgfgbecm44sg2mm
# If you're not me you may want to fork for this above step!


# Optional cloning ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# Clone wallpapers.
jj git clone https://forge.strawmelonjuice.com/strawmelonjuice/aesthetic-wallpapers-mirror.git ~/.local/share/wallpapers/aesthetic-wallpapers
# Or https://github.com/D3Ext/aesthetic-wallpapers.git

2. Initialize a new Host (optional, if this is a brand new device)#

mkdir -p hosts/$(hostname) # Create the folder
cp /etc/nixos/*.nix ./hosts/$(hostname)/ # Copy installer configs
nano ./flake.nix # Include the new defineSystem/defineHome-entry in the nixosConfigurations block.
nano ./hosts/$(hostname)/configuration.nix # You may want to tweak this, or maybe import `../all-hosts.nix`!
echo "{}" > ./home/host-specific/$(hostname).nix # For home-manager per-machine config

Otherwise make sure the hostname matches the one before and continue to 3!

If it is a new device, but not running NixOS, you'll have to only create the defineHome and home-manager-per-machine config.

3. Deploy#

For NixOS#

jj # Capture new files so the flake can see them
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#$(hostname) # Apply based on current hostname

# If you included all-hosts.nix, you now won't have sudo anymore, so make sure doas works!

doas git config --global --add safe.directory /home/mar/.dotfiles # Safelist dotfiles for root, so doas can be used to rebuild!

For Home Manager Standalone (Non-NixOS or User-only)#

jj # Capture new files
nix run home-manager -- switch --flake .#$(hostname)

Structure#

Hosts currently known#