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noconnorandClaude Opus 5.5 9cb18a795d Coexist with a desktop that already manages its tools (Omarchy)
On an Omarchy laptop bootstrap left two of almost everything: VS Code from
both pacman and the tarball (two menu entries, one shared ~/.config/Code
profile), and kubectl/helm/k9s/kubectx/yq/jq/node/ansible in ~/.local/bin
behind mise and pacman copies that always won on PATH. The zsh helpers
(op*, grmb, secrets.env) also never reached the bash login shell.

- lib/fetch.sh: add `shadowed`, true when another copy of a tool comes
  earlier on PATH than ~/.local/bin. Always false where zshrc puts
  ~/.local/bin first, so VM installs are unchanged.
- bin/, node/, ansible/: skip tools that are shadowed.
- vscode/: defer to any system `code`, and remove a tarball copy this
  module installed earlier.
- bash/: new module; bash port of the zshrc helpers, sourced from
  ~/.bashrc via a marked block. No-ops without ~/.bashrc.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-04 23:44:18 -04:00

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# dotfiles
Configures fresh VMs (RHEL-family or Debian-family) with a consistent
environment. Run `./bootstrap.sh` (or curl-pipe it) to apply everything;
each module also runs standalone and is safe to re-run.
## Quick start
On a fresh box, apply everything with one command:
```sh
curl -fsSL https://git.nic-oconnor.com/public/dotfiles/raw/branch/main/bootstrap.sh | sh
```
When piped like this (no local checkout), `bootstrap.sh` clones the repo to
`~/.dotfiles` and runs from there, so `git` must be installed first. Re-running
the command updates the checkout (`git pull`) and re-applies every module.
Override the destination or source with `DOTFILES_DIR` / `DOTFILES_REPO`.
Already have a clone? Just run it directly:
```sh
./bootstrap.sh
```
## Modules
- `zsh/` — installs zsh + oh-my-zsh, drops a managed `~/.zshrc`
(robbyrussell theme, git plugin), and sets zsh as the login shell. The
managed rc sources `~/.zshrc.local` last for per-machine customizations
(see below).
- `bash/` — for hosts that keep bash as the login shell (Omarchy), copies a
bash port of the `zsh/zshrc` helpers (`opr`/`opc`/`opd`/`opl`/`ops`,
`grmb`, and `secrets.env` loading) to `~/.config/dotfiles/dotfiles.bash` and
adds one marked source line to `~/.bashrc`. Never owns `~/.bashrc`; no-ops
when there is none. No sudo.
- `git/` — sets git `user.name`/`user.email` and configures
`credential.helper store` (plaintext `~/.git-credentials`, 0600) for
HTTPS auth.
- `bin/` — installs userland devops CLIs as self-contained, statically
linked release binaries into `~/.local/bin`: jq, kubectl, kubelogin (the
`kubectl oidc-login` plugin, for OIDC auth to Omni clusters), helm, k9s,
kubectx/kubens, stern, yq, OpenTofu, terragrunt, task (go-task, the
Taskfile runner), the 1Password CLI `op` for secrets storage, the
opencode coding agent, zarf (DevSecOps for Offline and Airgapped
Kubernetes), packer (HashiCorp's infrastructure build tool), and the
coder CLI for Coder workspaces.
kind is installed only when full (non-rootless) Docker is available —
it doesn't work against rootless Docker, so it is skipped on Kasm.
Dotfiles does not install Docker itself; install it on the host (or bake
it into the image) where you want it.
No sudo, nothing outside `$HOME`, so tools persist across Kasm
redeploys with no reinstall. Idempotent: each tool records its version
under `~/.local/bin/.versions` and is skipped when the pinned version
is already present. `zsh/zshrc` puts `~/.local/bin` on `PATH`.
A tool is also skipped when another copy comes *earlier* on `PATH` than
`~/.local/bin` (e.g. mise or pacman on Omarchy, where `~/.local/bin` is last),
since a copy there would never run. `node/` and `ansible/` follow the same
rule. On boxes where zshrc puts `~/.local/bin` first, nothing changes.
- `secrets/` — reads your 1Password vault once and writes every field to
`~/.config/dotfiles/secrets.env` (0600), which the managed `~/.zshrc`
sources, so opening a shell never calls `op`. One vault per user and one
item in it, both named after your login by default; each field's label is
the variable name (`GITEA_KEY`, `LITELLM_KEY`, `PROXMOX_TOKEN_SECRET`, …).
The first run prompts for the service-account token and checks it with
1Password straight away, re-prompting on a bad paste. It then picks the vault
and item: the only one the token can see, or a prompt that lists them. It keeps
all three in `~/.config/dotfiles/op.env` (0600, not loaded into shells). If
that fails, bootstrap skips mcp-config/ and hermes/ with an error rather
than asking for the LiteLLM key by hand.
Runs after `bin/` (needs `op` and `jq`); bootstrap loads the result so later
modules get the keys without prompting. Day to day: `opr NAME` reads a
field, `opc NAME [VALUE]` creates or updates one (prompts, hidden, without
VALUE), `opd NAME` deletes one; both of those refresh the file and this
shell. `opl [VAULT [ITEM]]` shows every field with its current value, and
`ops` refreshes after a change made elsewhere. No sudo.
opencode is configured by `mcp-config/`: it points at the covert-gpt
LiteLLM gateway (`https://llm.covert-gpt.com/v1`) for models. MCP tools do
NOT come from the gateway — it hosts no MCP servers, deliberately; they run
client-side under your own credentials (see `mcp-config/README.md`). Run
`mcp-config/install.sh` once to store your LiteLLM key and enable
config sync — without it, opencode installs but can't reach the
gateway.
- `ansible/` — installs Ansible into a virtualenv at `~/.local/opt/ansible`
(it's Python, not a single binary) and symlinks its CLIs into
`~/.local/bin`. Persists across redeploys; only rebuilt when the venv is
missing or broken. Building it may install `python3`/`python3-venv` via
the system package manager (the one place this module uses sudo).
- `vscode/` — installs Visual Studio Code from upstream's portable tarball into
`~/.local/opt/vscode`, symlinks `code` into `~/.local/bin`, and writes a
user-level `.desktop` entry so it shows up in the application menu. **No
sudo, nothing outside `$HOME`** — the same contract as `bin/`, so it survives
a Kasm redeploy. Pinned via `VSCODE_VERSION` in the module; bump it to upgrade.
Also sets `password-store: basic` in `~/.vscode/argv.json` so KDE's kwallet
does not prompt for an unlock on every launch (see below). **No-ops on
headless hosts** — it's a ~400MB GUI app — override with `DOTFILES_VSCODE`.
**Defers to a system VS Code** (any `code` on `PATH` outside `~/.local/bin`,
e.g. Arch's `visual-studio-code-bin`): it skips the install and removes a
tarball copy it put there earlier, since two builds would show two menu
entries and share one `~/.config/Code` profile.
- `docker-rootless-cgroup/` — on systemd-less hosts (e.g. Kasm), hand-delegates
cgroup v2 controllers to the rootless Docker daemon so per-container cgroups
work (rootless Docker otherwise comes up with
`CgroupDriver=none`). Uses sudo for host cgroup writes and restarts the
daemon; no-ops on systemd or non-rootless hosts. Re-run at each bootstrap
(the cgroup layout resets on redeploy); its PATH shim lives in `$HOME`.
- `mcp-config/` — shared MCP gateway config sync for laptops (LiteLLM /
opencode). Run by `bootstrap.sh`, and standalone too. The config and skills
are read from the **local checkout**, not re-downloaded from Gitea, so this
repo does not have to be public for a shell to work; see its own README.
## Per-machine customizations and secrets
`~/.zshrc` is managed — bootstrap overwrites it, so never hand-edit it.
Per-machine settings and secrets go in `~/.zshrc.local`, which the managed
rc sources last (so it can override anything) and bootstrap never touches:
```sh
cp zsh/zshrc.local.example ~/.zshrc.local && chmod 600 ~/.zshrc.local
```
Variables modules look for. With `secrets/` set up, put these in your vault
item instead of `~/.zshrc.local`:
- `GITEA_KEY` — personal access token for `git.nic-oconnor.com`. Used for
API/CLI work, and by `bootstrap.sh`/`mcp-config/` to read this repo when it
is **private** and there is no checkout yet. With a checkout on disk nothing
here needs it; HTTPS git auth otherwise goes through `git/`'s credential
helper.
- `LITELLM_KEY` — covert-gpt gateway key used by opencode. Normally you
don't set this by hand: run `mcp-config/install.sh` once and its shell
hook exports it from `~/.config/mcp-sync/key`. Set it in `~/.zshrc.local`
only on a box without mcp-sync.
- `DOTFILES_VSCODE` — controls the `vscode/` module. Unset (default) installs
VS Code only when a graphical session is detected; `1` forces the install on
a headless host (e.g. for `code tunnel`); `0` skips it everywhere. A plain
shell/env var, not a vault secret.
On the keyring: VS Code's secret storage reaches for the OS keyring through
libsecret, which on KDE makes kwalletd prompt for an unlock before the editor
is usable — every session, since `kwallet-pam` is not installed. The module
sets `"password-store": "basic"` in `~/.vscode/argv.json` to stop that, which
means VS Code's stored tokens are obfuscated on disk rather than sealed
behind a wallet password. To use the wallet instead, install `kwallet-pam` so
it unlocks at login, then change that value to `"kwallet5"`.
- `OP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN` — 1Password service-account token. Not a shell
variable any more: `secrets/install.sh` asks for it once and stores it in
`~/.config/dotfiles/op.env`. Pass it in the env only for an unattended run.
- `GITEA_KEY`, `PROXMOX_TOKEN_ID`, `PROXMOX_TOKEN_SECRET` — **your own**
credentials for the client-side MCP servers in `mcp-config/`. opencode reads
them from your environment (`{env:VAR}`) and passes them to the MCP server it
spawns, so the tools act as *you*. Keep them in `~/.zshrc.local`; they are
never written into any config file.
These are NOT used by `ai-k8s-iac` / `task up`: the LiteLLM gateway hosts no
MCP servers and stores no MCP credentials. See `mcp-config/README.md`.
- `hermes/` — installs Hermes Agent (Nous Research's self-improving AI agent)
via npm. Hermes uses npx to spawn and downloads the Python hermes-agent from
PyPI. Everything under $HOME, so it survives Kasm redeploys.
It then merges `hermes/gateway.yaml` into `~/.hermes/config.yaml`, wiring
Hermes to the covert-gpt LiteLLM gateway as a named custom provider. The merge
is idempotent and touches only that provider entry, so the rest of your
personal config is left alone; `model.default` / `model.provider` are seeded
only on a fresh box. Unlike `mcp-config/`, this deploys at BOOTSTRAP time, not
per-shell — re-run `hermes/install.sh` to pick up a gateway.yaml change.
Depends on `mcp-config/install.sh` having run: gateway.yaml names the key
(`key_env: LITELLM_KEY`) but never contains it, and `mcp-config/sync.sh` is
what exports LITELLM_KEY into your shell. Without it Hermes 401s.
Secrets never go in this repo or in `zsh/zshrc` — that file is shared
config applied to every box.
`lib/os-detect.sh` provides shared package-manager detection (`dnf`/`yum`
vs `apt`); `lib/fetch.sh` provides arch detection and binary-download
helpers. Both are used by module install scripts.