dotfiles

My personal dotfiles, managed with nix flakes.

Configurations

Personal

• nixos:
  • nixos-wsl

Work (defined by work-ref)

• nixos:
  • laptop
• home-manager:
  • ubuntu

Setup

Nix-darwin

Need to have a mac again to test ¯_(ツ)_/¯

NixOS-WSL

1. Ensure 1Password beta is installed to use the 1Password SSH agent with WSL

2. In PowerShell: wsl --import NixOS .\NixOS\ nixos-wsl.tar.gz --version 2

3. In NixOs:

sudo nix-channel --update

nix-shell -p git --command "git -c core.sshCommand=ssh.exe clone git@github.com:Chowlz/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles"

nix-shell -p git --command "cd ~/.dotfiles && git config user.email \"mail@charlescruz.dev\""

nix-shell -p git --command "cd ~/.dotfiles && git config user.name \"Charles Cruz\""

4. Run the setup script:

~/.dotfiles/setup.sh --type nixos --configuration <configuration name>

5. In PowerShell: wsl --terminate NixOS

6. Enjoy!

Updating

# From ~/.dotfiles/config/nixpkgs
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake path:$(pwd)#nixos-wsl

Some changes may require a restart. In a powershell:

wsl --terminate NixOS

NixOS-WSL for work

Most likely the VPN at work will require certificate installation updating things with the internet.

1. Start NixOS in one window and start wsl-vpnkit as a wsl distro if needed to reach the internet through the VPN (some VPNs mess up the routes for WSL).

2. Get root certificate into wsl.

3. sudo -i and export NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE=/cert/file/location in order to nix-channel --update.

4. Add certificates as text in an array into security.pki.certificates in /etc/nixos/configuration.nix.

5. sudo nixos-rebuild switch and then restart wsl with wsl --terminate NixOS.

6. Create a work work directory to hold work-specific nix configuration. Use work-ref as a reference.

7. Afterwards, follow the above instructions for setting up NixOS-WSL.

Updating

Use sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake path:$(pwd)#<configuration name>.

Home-manager for work

Run ./setup.sh --type home-manager --configuration <configuration name> to setup dotfiles only.

Common Errors

No such file or directory for new files

error: getting status of '/nix/store/*': No such file or directory

nixos-rebuild requires new files/directories are staged/committed in git.

Insufficient permission for adding an object to repository database .git/objects

fatal: cannot create an empty blob in the object database
error: program 'git' failed with exit code 128

A file or folder was commited to git using elevated permissions and now git can't modify those objects. Recursively force ownership of all files under .git:

sudo chown -R $(whoami) ~/.dotfiles/.git/*