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dot-files

My working setup for Ghostty, zsh, Bash, Vim, tmux, Git, and repeatable machine configuration. Small tools, explicit trade-offs, and checks I can rerun.

  1. Ghostty sessions that survive a full quit
    Native tabs and splits, macOS integration, a quick terminal, and rz snapshots that recover working directories, geometry, Codex conversation IDs, and optional scrollback.
  2. fugitive: Git inside Vim
    Stage, diff, blame, browse history, and write Git objects without leaving Vim.
  3. fzf.vim: fuzzy files, text, buffers, and Git
    The commands and keys for navigating the repository through fzf and ripgrep.
  4. Custom Git helpers for Vim
    Inline blame and log search commands for tracing where a line came from.
  5. GoldenView: keep the active split larger
    Automatic golden-ratio resizing for multi-window Vim layouts.
  6. lightline.vim: the status line
    What each status-line segment shows and how the current theme is configured.
  7. NERDTree: file navigation and operations
    Open, navigate, re-root, and manage files from the tree sidebar.
  8. SuperTab: context-aware completion
    Insert-mode completion for keywords, paths, language-aware sources, and tags.
  9. Tabular: align text by a pattern
    Repeatable alignment for assignments, hashes, lists, and Markdown tables.
  10. vim-commentary: comment with motions
    Comment lines, selections, paragraphs, and text objects using normal Vim motions.
  11. vim-endwise: automatic closing keywords
    Automatic endings for Ruby, shell, Vim script, Lua, Elixir, and similar languages.
  12. vim-gitgutter: work with changed hunks
    Navigate, preview, stage, undo, and inspect changes from the sign column.
  13. vim-repeat: make plugin edits repeatable
    Extend Vim's dot command to surround, commentary, and other plugin mappings.
  14. vim-rhubarb: open Vim context on GitHub
    Browse files, selected lines, commits, and branches through fugitive.
  15. vim-rooter: stay at the project root
    Keep fuzzy search, ripgrep, and Git commands anchored to the current project.
  16. vim-surround: add, change, and remove pairs
    Practical key sequences for quotes, brackets, parentheses, and HTML tags.

Configuration source

The articles explain the workflow. These links go directly to the files that implement it.

  • .vim/Vim plugins and local extensions
  • .zshrcShell navigation and command-line tools
  • .tmux.confRemote and persistent terminal sessions
  • bootstrap/Installation, validation, backups, and environment checks

Start with inspection

Clone the repository, run the read-only checks, and only then link the configuration into the home directory.

git clone git@github.com:marianposaceanu/dot-files.git ~/dot-files
cd ~/dot-files
./bootstrap/doctor.sh
./bootstrap/check_configs.sh
./bootstrap/link_configs.sh
Before linking Review the repository and the check output. The linker backs up existing configuration files before installing symlinks.