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### 1. Clone dotfiles to home directory ### 1. Clone dotfiles to home directory
Open a nix-shell with git and begin the setup process. Open a nix-shell with git and begin the setup process. This setup will prompt you various questions such as your desired hostname and if the system you are installing is supposed to be a server or workstation.
This will prompt you to give a hostname for the system. For things to properly work you should ensure this repository contains the relevant assets for the hostname you provide.
In case you're setting up a new system you could use any of the existing hostnames in the `nconfig/nixos/hardware/` folder. Feel free to use an exisiting hostname to restore an old system or chose a new name.
Afterwards you should adopt the pre-generated configuration under `/etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix` to the repository and change the hostname to anything you like.
If you are running this in a VM be sure to answer yes if it prompts you. This will ensure it generates the correct boot loader configuration.
```bash ```bash
nix-shell -p git nix-shell -p git
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### 3. Run `dotf update` ### 3. Run `dotf update`
Run the `dotf update` command, although nixos-rebuild and home-manager already ran the dotf cli didn't yet place proper symlinks for everything. Run the `dotf update` command, although the setup script did most of the work some symlinks still need to be set which at the moment is done using shell scripts.
```bash ```bash
dotf update dotf update