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craftzdog/dotfiles-public

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TLDR

A developer's personal config files for Neovim, Fish shell, tmux, and Git, shared publicly with YouTube tutorials so others can borrow ideas for their own terminal setup without copying blindly.

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  root((dotfiles-public))
    What it does
      Dev environment config
      Neovim Fish tmux
      macOS Windows Linux
    Tech Stack
      Lua Neovim LazyVim
      Fish shell
      tmux PowerShell
    Use Cases
      Borrow editor config
      Shell setup reference
      YouTube tutorials
    Audience
      Terminal developers
      Vim enthusiasts
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Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Borrow a well-tuned Neovim setup built on LazyVim to jumpstart your editor config without starting from scratch.

USE CASE 2

Copy the Fish shell setup with fuzzy search, smart directory jumping, and a custom prompt already wired up.

USE CASE 3

Set up a matching terminal workflow on both macOS and Windows using the same tools and habits.

USE CASE 4

Follow along with the YouTube tutorials to understand what each config piece does before adopting it.

Tech stack

LuaNeovimFishtmuxPowerShellLazyVim

Getting it running

Difficulty · hard Time to first run · 1day+

Full setup spans Neovim, Fish, tmux, and patched fonts across multiple platforms, the YouTube tutorials are required reading.

In plain English

This is Takuya's personal configuration repository, known as dotfiles. It contains the settings files he uses to configure his development environment, covering Neovim (a keyboard-driven text editor), the Fish shell, tmux (a terminal multiplexer), git, and PowerShell for Windows. The repository is public so others can look at the configuration and borrow ideas, though the README warns not to copy the settings blindly without understanding what each part does. The Neovim configuration is written in Lua and built on top of LazyVim, a preset that bundles many popular plugins together. It requires a modern terminal that supports full color and special cursor styling, along with a patched font that displays icons correctly. Optional tools like ripgrep and fd improve file search inside the editor. The shell setup on macOS and Linux uses Fish, a shell with a different syntax than bash or zsh. The configuration adds a plugin manager, a custom prompt theme, a smarter directory-jumping command, an improved file listing tool, a fuzzy search interface, and a local Git repository organizer. For Windows, the same goals are achieved with PowerShell plus several companion tools including Oh My Posh for the prompt and fzf for fuzzy finding. The repository is accompanied by a series of YouTube tutorials where Takuya walks through his Neovim setup, his tmux and vim workflow, his Fish shell configuration, and his Git practices. The owner also develops Inkdrop, a markdown note-taking app, which is mentioned in the README.

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Prompt 1
I want to set up Neovim using LazyVim like craftzdog's dotfiles. What plugins are included and how do I get started step by step?
Prompt 2
How do I install and configure the Fish shell setup from these dotfiles, including fzf, the directory jumper, and the custom prompt?
Prompt 3
I'm on Windows and want a Fish-like terminal experience using PowerShell. Which tools from this dotfiles repo should I install?
Prompt 4
How does tmux work alongside Neovim in craftzdog's workflow? Show me the key bindings for switching panes and sessions.
Prompt 5
What font do I need to install to make the icons in the Neovim status line and file tree display correctly?
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