Dotfiles

My personal dotfiles for macOS and Linux, managed with chezmoi and secured with age encryption.

Prerequisites

• chezmoi
• age
• 1Password and 1Password CLI

Quick Install

sh -c "$(curl -fsLS get.chezmoi.io)" -- init --apply maxclax

Manual Installation

1. Install chezmoi:

sh -c "$(curl -fsLS get.chezmoi.io)"

2. Initialize chezmoi:

chezmoi init https://github.com/maxclax/dotfiles.git

Security Setup

1. Generate age Key (First Time Setup)

chezmoi cd ~
age-keygen | age --armor --passphrase > key.txt.age

Next use to add data in chezmoi.toml Encryption

2. Configure 1Password

Create required 1Password entries:

# Create secure note with git and GitHub configuration
op item create --category="Secure Note" --title="chezmoi-data" \
  git-config-name="YOUR_NAME" \
  git-config-email="YOUR_EMAIL" \
  github-username="YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME" \
  github-email="YOUR_GITHUB_EMAIL" \
  github-signing-key="YOUR_SSH_SIGNING_KEY"

3. Sign in to 1Password CLI

op signin

Usage

Apply Configuration

chezmoi apply

Update Configuration

# Pull and apply updates
chezmoi update

# Edit configuration
chezmoi edit

# See pending changes
chezmoi diff

Crontab Configuration

To customize your system's crontab configuration:

1. Switch to the develop branch
2. Edit the dot_crontab file in your repository
3. Add your desired cron jobs following standard crontab syntax
4. Apply changes using chezmoi apply

Example dot_crontab content:

# m h dom mon dow command
0 * * * * /path/to/hourly/script
0 0 * * * /path/to/daily/backup

Features

• 🔒 Encrypted sensitive data using age
• 🔑 Secure credential management with 1Password
• 📝 Git configuration with SSH signing
• 🐳 Container setup (Podman/Docker)
• 🚀 Development environment configurations
• 📦 Package management
• 🔧 Various tool configurations