Dotfiles

Personal dotfiles for my machines, managed with yadm (Yet Another Dotfiles Manager).

Structure

• Single main branch — no more branch-per-machine drift
• Alternates (##class.<name>) and templates (##template.esh) handle per-machine variations
• Archive tags under archive/pre-yadm/* preserve the old branch-per-machine history

Install on a new machine

# Install yadm
sudo pacman -S yadm                       # Arch
# sudo apt install yadm                   # Debian/Ubuntu
# brew install yadm                       # macOS

# Clone
yadm clone git@github.com:danielcopper/dotfiles.git

# Set class for this machine
yadm config local.class arch              # or: wsl, steamdeck, ...

# Resolve alternates + templates
yadm alt

Day-to-day

yadm status
yadm diff
yadm add <file>
yadm commit -m "..."
yadm push

Behaves like git. Use it exactly as you'd use git for a regular repo.

Templates

.claude/settings.json is a yadm esh template at .claude/settings.json##template.esh. It is class-conditional — Matrix-bridge hooks for the claude-matrix-bridge are only rendered when YADM_CLASS=arch. After editing the template, run yadm alt to regenerate ~/.claude/settings.json.

Archive tags

The old branch-per-machine layout is preserved as git tags:

• archive/pre-yadm/main
• archive/pre-yadm/arch
• archive/pre-yadm/wsl
• archive/pre-yadm/steamdeck
• archive/pre-yadm/windows

Pull any file from an old branch:

yadm show archive/pre-yadm/windows:Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 \
  > ~/Documents/PowerShell/Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1