Christine's Dotfiles

Config files of a Ruby developer who refuses to leave the terminal and is teaching AI to pair program

Primarily for me (hi future Christine!), but if you're a Ruby dev who lives in the terminal or you're curious about AI-assisted workflows, steal what works.

What's Inside

Shell & Terminal

• .bash_profile & .bashrc - Homebrew bash 5 with mise for version management
• .zprofile & .zshrc - Minimal zsh, kept in step with bash for when I reach for it
• Starship prompt with a palette generated for every tmux theme

Neovim

• .config/nvim/init.lua - Lua config with vim-plug (it works and I'm stubborn)
• Gruvbox theme, Rails plugins, FZF integration

Tmux

• .config/tmux/ - Modular config with eleven themes and a switcher (see THEMES.md)
• Vim-style copy/paste that actually works with macOS
• Pane borders with status indicators

Themes (switch with switch-theme.sh <name> or prefix + T):

Name	Mode	Notes
tokyo	dark	Blue/purple, the original
catppuccin	dark	Soft pastels
everforest	dark	Nature-inspired, best readability for diffs
solstice	dark	Tropical ocean at dusk
equinox	dark	Woodsmoke and late harvest
original	dark	The first saved theme, a Catppuccin variant
latte	light	Catppuccin light variant
rosepine-dawn	light	Warm cream, high contrast for reading AI output
gruvbox-light	light	Warm neutral, highest contrast for terminal tools
solstice-dawn	light	Sunrise on the beach
equinox-dawn	light	Light through turning leaves

Switching a theme also sets the Starship palette, the Alacritty theme, glow's style, and Neovim's background to match. Details in .config/tmux/THEMES.md.

Alacritty

• alacritty/alacritty.toml - Window, shell, and two pointer imports: theme and font
• alacritty/fonts/ - One file per font; switch-font.sh <name> picks one

AI Workflow

• bin/dev-session - Sets up a 2-pane tmux layout: shell + Claude (docs in bin/README.md)
• bin/git-recent* - Recently active branches, sized to the terminal
• .claude/ - Claude Code preferences (code style, git workflow, PR conventions)

Git

• .gitconfig - Aliases (git pf, git can, git up), worktree helpers (git wclean, git wlist), GPG signing
• Stacked-branch defaults: rebase.updateRefs, autoSquash, autoStash, rerere, push.autoSetupRemote

The Layout

┌─────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────┐
│                         │                         │
│   Shell                 │   Claude Code           │
│   (commands, server)    │   (AI pair programmer)  │
│                         │                         │
└─────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────┘

Claude handles editing, git, tests, and codebase exploration directly. The shell is for servers, migrations, and anything needing direct control.

Quick Start

git clone git@github.com:cseeman/dotfiles.git ~/Documents/Repos/dotfiles
cd ~/Documents/Repos/dotfiles
./install.sh --dry-run   # see what would change
./install.sh

The installer, in order:

1. Symlinks every config into $HOME, moving anything it replaces to ~/.dotfiles-backup/<timestamp>/.
2. Runs brew bundle from the Brewfile (skip with --no-brew).
3. Clones tpm and installs the tmux plugins.
4. Clones the alacritty-theme collection.
5. Sets the default tmux theme (equinox-dawn) and Alacritty font (Maple) if none is active.
6. Fetches vim-plug and installs the Neovim plugins.

Re-running is safe; links already in place are skipped.

Machine-specific settings stay out of the repo: ~/.bashrc.local, ~/.zshrc.local, and ~/.gitconfig.local are sourced or included when present. The installer seeds ~/.gitconfig.local with a github.user line, which .bashrc uses to hand Bundler a GitHub Packages credential.

make check lints the shell scripts, sources every tmux config into a scratch server, and starts Neovim headless. Run it before committing.

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Opinionated and personal. Your mileage may vary. If you spot something wrong, let me know, Rails devs gotta stick together.