dotfiles

Windows terminal setup — PowerShell 7, Oh My Posh, Windows Terminal, and CLI tools.

What's included

Tool	Purpose
Oh My Posh (emodipt-extend)	Prompt theme
PSReadLine	History search, inline suggestions
fzf	Fuzzy Ctrl+R history, Ctrl+P project jump
zoxide	Smart cd replacement
fnm	Node version manager
bat	cat with syntax highlighting
delta	Better git diffs
fd	Fast file finder
ripgrep	Fast code search
lazygit	Terminal git UI
bottom	System monitor
uv	Fast Python package manager

Fresh machine setup

1. Enable Developer Mode

Required for symlinks (so edits to your live config sync back to this repo automatically).

Settings → System → For developers → Developer Mode → On

2. Allow PowerShell scripts

Open PowerShell 5 as Administrator and run:

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser

3. Clone and run

git clone https://github.com/seejux/dotfiles.git $HOME\dotfiles
cd $HOME\dotfiles
.\install.ps1

The script will:

• Install Scoop if missing
• Add the main and extras buckets
• Install all packages from scoop/packages.json
• Install PowerShell 7 via winget
• Install Oh My Posh via winget
• Install MesloLGL Nerd Font
• Symlink configs/powershell/profile.ps1 → your PS profile
• Symlink configs/windowsterminal/settings.json → Windows Terminal settings

Existing files are backed up as .bak before being replaced.

4. Restart Windows Terminal

Open a new PowerShell 7 tab — your prompt and aliases will be active.

Keeping configs in sync

Since the install script creates symlinks, any change you make to your live PowerShell profile or Windows Terminal settings is automatically reflected in this repo folder. Just commit and push:

cd $HOME\dotfiles
git add .
git commit -m "update config"
git push

Adding a new Scoop package

Install it normally, then add the name to scoop/packages.json:

scoop install <package>
# then edit scoop/packages.json and add "<package>" to the apps array

Shell aliases

Alias	Command
gs	git status
ga	git add
gc	git commit -m
gp	git push
gpl	git pull
gco	git checkout
gb	git branch
gd	git diff
gl	git log --oneline --graph -20
gcof	fuzzy branch checkout via fzf
venv	activate or create .venv
serve	python -m http.server
killport <n>	kill process on port n
ll	Get-ChildItem -Force
which	resolve command path