conf

Personal dotfiles — lives at ~/conf (doubles as XDG_CONFIG_HOME).

Design

The repo is the config directory. Setting XDG_CONFIG_HOME=~/conf means tools that respect XDG (neovim, zsh, etc.) find their configs automatically with no symlinks needed. Only a handful of tools that hard-code ~/.foo paths require a one-time symlink.

~/conf/
├── nvim/ → picked up by neovim via XDG_CONFIG_HOME
├── zsh/ → ZDOTDIR set in ~/.zshenv
├── tmux/.tmux.conf → symlinked to ~/.tmux.conf
├── git/config → symlinked to ~/.gitconfig
├── bin/ → added to PATH via profile
├── profile → sets XDG vars, PATH, ZDOTDIR
└── Makefile → bootstrap targets

Quick start

git clone https://github.com/youbin/conf ~/conf
cd~/conf
make install # wire everything upexec zsh # reload shell

Make targets

Target	What it does
make install	Full bootstrap: zsh + nvim + tmux + git + bin
make zsh	Append ZDOTDIR and profile source to ~/.zshenv
make nvim	Symlink ~/.config/nvim if XDG_CONFIG_HOME isn't already ~/conf
make tmux	Symlink ~/.tmux.conf → ~/conf/tmux/.tmux.conf
make git	Symlink ~/.gitconfig → ~/conf/git/config
make bin	Mark all scripts in bin/ executable
make tools	Install CLI tools (auto-detect macOS/Linux)
make tools-mac	Install tools via Homebrew
make tools-linux	Install tools via apt + direct downloads
make update	git pull + Lazy! sync + zinit update --all
make check	Show which links/tools are present or missing

Components

ZSH (zsh/)

• Plugin manager: zinit
• Prompt: powerlevel10k
• Vi mode: zsh-vi-mode
• Completions: fzf-tab, fast-syntax-highlighting, zsh-autosuggestions
• Key files: zsh/zshrc.d/zinit.zsh, zsh/zshrc.d/aliases.zsh

Neovim (nvim/)

Built on AstroNvim v4 with custom plugins:

Plugin	Purpose
minuet.lua	Inline AI ghost-text completion (Claude Haiku via oneapi)
avante.lua	AI chat panel (Claude Sonnet)
blink-cmp.lua	Fast completion engine with cmdline support
grug-far.lua	Project-wide search & replace (<leader>fr/fR)
todo-comments.lua	Highlight + jump TODO/FIXME/NOTE (]t/[t, <leader>ft)
trouble.lua	Structured diagnostics & LSP lists (<leader>xx)
snacks.lua	Word highlight + ]]/[[ navigation
telescope-luasnip.lua	Browse snippets (<leader>fs)
vim-mark.lua	Multi-colour marks (<leader>mm/mr/mc)
wtf.lua	AI explain diagnostic (<leader>Dw)

Tmux (tmux/)

Static config at tmux/.tmux.conf.

Git (git/)

Shared aliases and colour config at git/config. Machine-local identity (user.name, user.email) goes in ~/.gitconfig.local which is included at the bottom of git/config.

Bin (bin/)

Personal scripts on PATH. All made executable by make bin.

Cross-platform notes

Tool	macOS	Linux
Package manager	Homebrew	apt / direct download
ls replacement	eza	eza
cat replacement	bat	bat
find replacement	fd	fd (or fdfind)
grep replacement	ripgrep	ripgrep
Nerd Font	Install manually or via brew install --cask font-*	Copy .ttf to ~/.local/share/fonts/

Termux (Android)

See rc.d/termux.setup.sh for the mobile bootstrap.