dotfiles

Shared shell and git config for the four-box fleet: m5pro and m4max (macOS), vinelab and fedora (Linux). All zsh.

install.sh symlinks everything into $HOME (idempotent; a real file at a target is backed up to <name>.pre-dotfiles).

git clone https://github.com/jakesciotto/dotfiles ~/github/dotfiles
~/github/dotfiles/install.sh

Structure

• .zshrc -- shared core: fleet identity + prompt, aliases, functions. Sources the OS layer, then an optional host layer.
• os/darwin.zsh, os/linux.zsh -- OS-specific: brew and g-prefixed coreutils vs native GNU tools.
• hosts/<box>.zsh -- optional per-box one-offs, sourced last. Intentional divergence goes here, tracked, instead of hand-edits on the box.
• .dir_colors -- terminal colorization rules (256-color), shared by both gdircolors (mac) and dircolors (linux).
• .gitconfig -- identity + per-repo PostHog includes. Personal (gmail) is the default on every box; work dirs override via includeIf.
• .gitconfig-posthog -- work identity include for PostHog repo dirs.
• .gitconfig-signing -- SSH commit signing; loaded only on the Macs via includeIf "gitdir:/Users/", since only they hold the key. Keeps commit.gpgsign=true from breaking commits on the Linux boxes.
• ~/.gitconfig-local -- machine-local include, never tracked: credential helpers (gh auth git-credential paths differ per box) and any box-specific overrides.
• .vimrc -- yanked a good .vimrc from online
• .hammerspoon/init.lua -- mac only; binds Cmd+Shift+V to clean-paste (strips leading whitespace from clipboard before pasting)
• archive/ -- not deployed, historical reference

Fleet identity and prompt

Each box shows its fleet name in the prompt, in its own color: m5pro 212, m4max 39, vinelab 120, fedora 196. The name comes from host.name in ~/.claude/settings.local.json (seeded by claude-config's bootstrap.sh), because hostnames are DHCP-unreliable on the Macs. Fallback is $HOST.

Git identity notes

• Work repos are matched by includeIf "gitdir:..." blocks in .gitconfig (posthog, posthog.com, gtm-toolkit, runbooks). Add one block per new work repo dir.
• Verify: git -C ~/github/posthog config user.email -> jake.s@posthog.com; anywhere else -> gmail.
• GitHub squash-merges attribute commits by the account's verified email, independent of this local config. Keep jake.s@posthog.com verified at github.com/settings/emails.

Hammerspoon setup

1. Install: brew install --cask hammerspoon
2. Launch once. Grant Accessibility permission: System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility → enable Hammerspoon.
3. install.sh links the config on macOS.
4. Menubar icon → Reload Config. "Config loaded" toast confirms.
5. Use Cmd+Shift+V to paste clipboard with leading whitespace stripped. Cmd+V untouched.