Dotfiles Setup

Personal config files, managed with GNU Stow.

Structure

dotfiles/
├── os-specific/
│   ├── mac/
│   │   ├── zsh/
│   │   │   └── .zshrc
│   │   └── ...
│   └── linux/
│       ├── zsh/
│       │   └── .zshrc
│       └── ...
└── os-agnostic/
    ├── tmux/
    │   └── .tmux.conf
    ├── ghostty/
    │   └── ...
    └── yazi/
        └── ...

Requirements

• Git
• Gnu Stow

# macOS
brew install stow

# Ubuntu / Debian
sudo apt install stow

# Arch
sudo pacman -S stow

Getting Started

Make sure you're in Home directory. Otherwise change the commands accordingly.

1. Clone the Repo

git clone https://github.com/Toha764/dotfiles ~/dotfiles
cd ~/dotfiles

2. Apply configs

stow -d <source directory> -t ~ <package>

• -d is where Stow looks for packages (defaults to the current directory)
• -t is where Stow creates the symlinks (your home directory)

Apply everything for your OS at once:

# macOS
cd ~/dotfiles/os-specific/mac && stow -t ~ */

# Linux
cd ~/dotfiles/os-specific/linux && stow -t ~ */

Or pick and choose:

# Just zsh on mac
stow -d ~/dotfiles/os-specific/mac -t ~ zsh

# Just zsh on linux
stow -d ~/dotfiles/os-specific/linux -t ~ zsh

Apply shared packages (OS agnostic stuff):

stow -d ~/dotfiles/os-agnostic -t ~ tmux
stow -d ~/dotfiles/os-agnostic -t ~ ghostty
stow -d ~/dotfiles/os-agnostic -t ~ yazi

# Or all of them at once
cd ~/dotfiles/os-agnostic && stow -t ~ */

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Useful commands

# Reapply a package (useful after adding new files to it)
stow -R -d ~/dotfiles/os-agnostic -t ~ tmux

# Remove a package's symlinks
stow -D -d ~/dotfiles/os-agnostic -t ~ tmux

# Dry run — see what Stow *would* do without actually doing it
stow -n -d ~/dotfiles/os-agnostic -t ~ tmux

# Verbose dry run (see every symlink it plans to create)
stow -nv -d ~/dotfiles/os-agnostic -t ~ tmux

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macOs Animations Disable

Turn off all animations on mac

defaults write -g NSScrollViewRubberbanding -int 0
defaults write -g NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool false
defaults write -g NSScrollAnimationEnabled -bool false
defaults write -g NSWindowResizeTime -float 0.001
defaults write -g QLPanelAnimationDuration -float 0
defaults write -g NSScrollViewRubberbanding -bool false
defaults write -g NSDocumentRevisionsWindowTransformAnimation -bool false
defaults write -g NSToolbarFullScreenAnimationDuration -float 0
defaults write -g NSBrowserColumnAnimationSpeedMultiplier -float 0
defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -float 0
defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-delay -float 0
defaults write com.apple.dock expose-animation-duration -float 0
defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-show-duration -float 0
defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-hide-duration -float 0
defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-page-duration -float 0
defaults write com.apple.finder DisableAllAnimations -bool true
defaults write com.apple.Mail DisableSendAnimations -bool true
defaults write com.apple.Mail DisableReplyAnimations -bool true
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSWindowResizeTime .001
defaults write com.apple.dock expose-animation-duration -int 0; killall Dock
defaults write com.apple.dock expose-animation-duration -float 0.1; killall Dock