Dotfiles

Personal dotfiles organized as GNU Stow packages, designed for Arch Linux / Hyprland. Each top-level directory is a stow package that symlinks into $HOME.

Quick install

Prerequisites: git, stow, curl, nvim

git clone https://github.com/trevorchaney/Dotfiles.git ~/Dotfiles
cd ~/Dotfiles
./install.sh

Packages

Package	Contents	When to stow
shells	.bashrc, .zshrc, .shell_commons, etc.	Always
vim	.vimrc, vim-plug, spell, templates	Always
nvim	Neovim spell files (shares .vimrc)	Always
git	.gitconfig, global hooks, gitignore	Always
tmux	.tmux.conf	Always
ctags	.ctags	Always
gdb	.gdbinit	Always
hyprland	~/.config/hypr/ (full Hyprland config)	Wayland sessions only
x11	.Xresources, i3 config	X11 sessions only
Windows	PowerShell profile, startup scripts	Windows only
Makefiles	C++ Makefile template	Copy manually
keyd	capslock remap config (needs /etc/keyd/)	See below

install.sh automatically detects Wayland vs X11 and stows the right set.

Keyboard remapping (Wayland)

Capslock is remapped via keyd (kernel-level, works on Wayland):

• Tap → Escape
• Hold → Ctrl

Both Shifts together → Caps Lock (handled by Hyprland kb_options).

To install:

sudo pacman -S keyd
sudo mkdir -p /etc/keyd
sudo cp keyd/default.conf /etc/keyd/default.conf
sudo systemctl enable --now keyd

On X11, setxkbmap + xcape configs are in the x11/ package instead.

Vim / Neovim

Neovim shares the vim config: ~/.config/nvim/init.vim is symlinked to ~/.vimrc. Plugins are managed by vim-plug (included in the repo at vim/.vim/autoload/plug.vim). Run :PlugInstall inside vim/nvim after first install, or let install.sh do it headlessly.

Git package notes

git/server-hooks/ and git/HOOKS_README.md are reference material and are excluded from stowing via .stow-local-ignore. Copy server hooks manually to any git server repo's hooks/ directory.

Why GNU Stow?

Stow creates symlinks from package directories into a target ($HOME). It's simple, transparent, and easy to reason about. Each package can be stowed or unstowed independently, making it easy to maintain separate X11 and Wayland configurations on the same machine.

Troubleshooting

• Stow conflicts: if stow reports a conflict, the target file already exists and is not a symlink. Back it up and remove it, then re-run stow.
• CRLF errors in shell/vim: repo enforces LF via .gitattributes. If you see ^M errors after cloning, run: find . -type f -name "*.vim" -o -name "*.sh" | xargs sed -i 's/\r//'
• jump not found: install jump from the AUR (yay -S jump), or the jump eval in .bashrc/.zshrc is safely guarded and will silently skip.