Abdullah Hashim's Dotfiles

Symbolic links

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

ln -sf ~/code/personal/dotfiles/zshrc ~/.zshrc
ln -sf ~/code/personal/dotfiles/gemrc ~/.gemrc
ln -sf ~/code/personal/dotfiles/tmux.conf ~/.tmux.conf
ln -sf ~/code/personal/dotfiles/vimrc ~/.vimrc
ln -sf ~/code/personal/dotfiles/gitignore_global ~/.gitignore_global
ln -sf ~/code/personal/dotfiles/gitconfig ~/.gitconfig
ln -sf ~/code/personal/dotfiles/claude_settings.json ~/.claude/settings.json
mkdir -p ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude
ln -sf ~/code/personal/dotfiles/claude_desktop_config.json ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Shell Aliases

Key aliases defined in zshrc:

• rs: Run RSpec via bin/rspec
• rsu: Run RSpec excluding system specs
• rt: Run Rails tests
• r: Rails commands via bin/rails
• b: Bundle commands via bin/bundle

Project Name Aliases

The prompt shows the project name instead of the current directory, which is useful when working in git worktrees where the directory name often matches the branch name.

To create short aliases for project names (without committing them to this public repo), create ~/.project_aliases:

# ~/.project_aliases
typeset -A PROJECT_ALIASES
PROJECT_ALIASES=(
  "my-long-project-name" "short"
  "another-project" "proj"
)

This file is sourced automatically if it exists. Your prompt will then show the alias instead of the full project name.

Vim Plugins

mkdir -p ~/.vim/pack/plugins/opt
cd ~/.vim/pack/plugins/opt
git clone git@github.com:tpope/vim-sensible.git
git clone git@github.com:christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator.git
git clone git@github.com:junegunn/fzf.git
git clone git@github.com:junegunn/fzf.vim.git
git clone git@github.com:dense-analysis/ale.git
git clone git@github.com:slim-template/vim-slim.git
git clone git@github.com:airblade/vim-gitgutter.git
git clone git@github.com:pantharshit00/vim-prisma.git

Vim Color Scheme

mkdir -p ~/.vim/colors
cd ~/.vim/colors
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nanotech/jellybeans.vim/master/colors/jellybeans.vim

Vim Usage

• Space is configured as the leader key
• Based on vim-sensible for good defaults
• Includes ALE for asynchronous linting
• Slim template syntax highlighting

FZF Integration

The configuration includes fuzzy finding with FZF for efficient file navigation.

Prerequisites

1. Install the FZF executable:

   # For macOS with Homebrew
   brew install fzf
   
   # For Linux
   git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.git ~/.fzf
   ~/.fzf/install

2. Optional: Add FZF to runtime path in vimrc if the above plugins don't work:

   " For macOS with Homebrew
   set rtp+=/opt/homebrew/opt/fzf

Key Bindings

• Ctrl+p: Open file finder
• <leader>b: Browse open buffers
• <leader>g: Search git files (respects .gitignore)
• <leader>r: Search file contents using ripgrep

ALE Integration

The configuration includes ALE (Asynchronous Lint Engine) for real-time linting:

• Linting occurs on file save, not continuously
• Trailing whitespace is automatically removed
• Rubocop enabled for Ruby files
• Prettier and ESLint for JavaScript/TypeScript files
• Prettier for JSON and CSS
• Signs in the gutter indicate errors and warnings
• Error/warning messages show which linter reported them

Tmux Usage

• Ctrl+s is the prefix key
• Prefix + c: Create new window
• Prefix + -: Split horizontally
• Prefix + \: Split vertically
• Ctrl+h/j/k/l: Navigate panes
• Prefix + C-r: Reload config
• Shift+Arrow: Resize pane small
• Ctrl+Arrow: Resize pane large
• Prefix + b: Break pane
• Prefix + C-j: Show session tree
• Prefix + z: Toggle zoom/maximize pane

Visual Customization

The active pane is highlighted for better visibility:

• Active pane has bright blue borders
• Active pane has darker background
• Inactive panes are slightly dimmed with grey borders

Managing Tmux Sessions

• Create a new session: tmux new-session -s project_name -c /path/to/project
• Create a new session from within tmux: Same command as above
• Switch to another session from within tmux: tmux switch-client -t project_name
• List all sessions: tmux list-sessions or tmux ls
• Attach to an existing session: tmux attach -t project_name