dotfiles

Personal dotfiles managed with chezmoi. Covers zsh, Vim, IdeaVim (JetBrains), and VS Code.

What's included

zsh (~/.zshrc)

• Starship prompt
• Plugins: zsh-autosuggestions, zsh-syntax-highlighting, zsh-history-substring-search, fzf-tab, forgit
• Runtime managers: rbenv, NVM (lazy-loaded), GVM, SDKMAN, Bun
• kubectl completion (cached for faster startup)
• Google Cloud SDK integration
• Directory aliases and Docker/kubectl shortcuts
• Machine-local secrets via ~/.zshrc.secrets (not tracked in git)

Vim (~/.vimrc, ~/vim/)

• vim-plug for plugin management
• onedark colorscheme
• Modular plugin files:
  • plugins.vim — NERDTree, fzf, vim-airline, vim-fugitive, EasyMotion, CtrlSF, and more
  • ctags_plugins.vim — gutentags + gutentags_plus for automatic tag generation
  • ruby_plugins.vim — vim-ruby, vim-rails, vim-bundler, vim-test
  • js_plugins.vim — JavaScript, JSX, TypeScript, TSX, and Node.js syntax support
• Custom key bindings (leader: Space)

IdeaVim (~/.ideavimrc)

Modal editing for JetBrains IDEs with bindings for:

• Navigation: Ctrl+P (Go to File), Ctrl+B (Recent Files), Ctrl+F (Find in Path)
• Code: Ctrl+] (Go to Declaration), gi (Go to Implementation), gs (Go to Super)
• Debugging: ;b (breakpoint), ;r (resume), ;s (step into), ;n (step over)
• Formatting: == (Reformat Code), leader+/ (toggle comment)
• Multi-cursor via vim-multiple-cursors

VS Code (keybindings.json)

Custom keyboard shortcuts for VS Code on macOS.

Installation

1. Install Homebrew (if not already installed)
2. Install chezmoi
3. Apply the dotfiles:

chezmoi init https://github.com/jevanwu/dotfiles.git
chezmoi apply

4. Run the bootstrap script to install all required tools and zsh plugins:

~/.local/share/chezmoi/install.sh

5. Open a new shell (or run exec zsh) to load everything.

What install.sh installs

Tool	Purpose
starship	Shell prompt
bat	cat with syntax highlighting
fzf	Fuzzy finder
tldr	Simplified man pages
lazygit	Terminal UI for git
zoxide	Smarter cd
forgit	Interactive git commands via fzf
zsh-completions	Extra zsh completions
zsh-autosuggestions	Fish-style suggestions
zsh-syntax-highlighting	Command syntax highlighting
zsh-history-substring-search	History search with arrow keys
fzf-tab	fzf-powered tab completion

Machine-local secrets

Sensitive environment variables (API keys, tokens, etc.) go in ~/.zshrc.secrets — this file is not tracked in git and is sourced automatically if it exists.

Optional prerequisites

Install these manually as needed:

Tool	Used by
rbenv	zsh (Ruby)
NVM	zsh (Node.js)
GVM	zsh (Go)
SDKMAN	zsh (Java)
Bun	zsh
Google Cloud SDK	zsh
kubectl	zsh
vim-plug	Vim
IdeaVim	JetBrains IDEs