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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:

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:

./bootstrap.sh

Modules

  • zsh/ — installs zsh + oh-my-zsh, drops a managed ~/.zshrc (robbyrussell theme, git plugin), and sets zsh as the login shell.
  • git/ — sets git user.name/user.email and configures credential.helper store (plaintext ~/.git-credentials, 0600) for HTTPS auth.
  • mcp-config/ — shared MCP gateway config sync for laptops (LiteLLM / opencode). Independent of bootstrap.sh; see its own README.

lib/os-detect.sh provides shared package-manager detection (dnf/yum vs apt) used by module install scripts.