Windots

Setup files for getting my Windows machines configured.

Getting started

Run the following command in the directory of the cloned repository:

.\Setup.ps1

File Anatomy

• Setup.ps1
  • Runs setup
    • Requires an Elevated Prompt and must be run in a PowerShell Core terminal
• Profile.ps1
  • PowerShell profile that gets symbolically linked to the directories for Windows PowerShell, PowerShell Core and VS Code PowerShell
• InstallModules.ps1
  • Installs NuGet package manager for Windows PowerShell (needed to install other modules)
  • Installs list of hard-coded modules
• SetupApplications.ps1
  • Installs applications that I commonly use at home or at work
• .config/
  • git/
    • .gitconfig
      • Settings for git CLI
      • I use a .gitconfig_local for name, email and user name preferences but I maintain this file locally.
  • starship.toml
    • Contains customizations such as a palette to use Monokai themed colors

Inspirations

• Creating Symbolic Links

  • Save your PowerShell Profile in dotfiles repo by Koen Verburg
  • Windots from Scott McKendry

• Installing applications

  • setupmachine.bat from Scott Hanselman's gist

• Installing NerdFonts

  • powershell-profile from ChrisTitusTech

• .gitconfig setup

  • So You Think You Know Git by Scott Chacon