nix-configs

macOS setup

1. After initial macOS setup (user account, iCloud sign-in etc.) open Terminal.app and run xcode-select --install to install the macOS developer tools.
2. Generate a new SSH key using ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "EMAIL_ADDRESS"
3. Using Safari.app, login to GitHub and add the new key to the account.
4. Clone the nix-configs repo locally:

git clone [email protected]:thommahoney/nix-configs.git ~/.config/nix-configs

5. Add the new host to the configuration if necessary.

6. Install homebrew:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

7. Install nix using the Determinate Systems Nix Installer

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf -L https://install.determinate.systems/nix | sh -s -- install

8. Install nix-darwin:

nix run nix-darwin -- switch --flake ~/.config/nix-configs/$name

9. Iterate on config and apply it with:

darwin-rebuild switch --flake ~/.config/nix-configs/$name