Ryan Bates Dot Files

These are config files to set up Mac OS X command line the way I like it using Zsh.

For an older version that uses Oh My Zsh, check out this branch.

Installation

Run the bin/install command to copy files over. It will prompt you before replacing if the files already exist.

git clone git@github.com/ryanb/dotfiles ~/.dotfiles
cd ~/.dotfiles
./bin/install

After installing, open a new terminal window to see the effects.

Feel free to customize the .zshrc file to match your preference.

Features

I normally place all of my coding projects in ~/code, so this directory can easily be accessed (and tab completed) with the "c" command.

c railsca<tab>

If you don't specify an argument it will open fzf allowing you to fuzzy-find code directories. You can add directories to this with CODE_PATH. Just ensure the first one is the base one.

# in .zshrc
export CODE_PATH="$HOME/code:$HOME/code/railscasts-episodes"

There is also an "h" command which behaves similar, but acts on the home path.

h doc<tab>

If you're using git, you'll notice the current branch name shows up in the prompt while in a git repository.

Use gw to switch branches with fzf. If the branch is checked out in a worktree, it will cd there instead.

Claude Code

The claude/ directory is a Claude Code plugin with the following skills:

• gfix — Amend a commit further back in history with fixup + auto-rebase
• rebase — Interactive rebase workflow
• remote-diff — Compare local vs remote branch to detect rebase/merge mistakes
• review-queue — Ranked PR review list with dependency trees and filtered line counts
• walkthrough — Walk through PR changes from the user's perspective

Installing as a plugin

/plugin marketplace add ryanb/dotfiles
/plugin install gfix@ryanb-dotfiles
/plugin install review-queue@ryanb-dotfiles

review-queue preferences

Create ~/.claude/review-queue.json to customize which PRs are prioritized per repo:

{
  "owner/repo": "Prioritize POS PRs. Exclude my PRs (author: username) that are not yet approved."
}

Uninstall

To remove the dotfile configs, run the following commands. Be certain to double check the contents of the files before removing so you don't lose custom settings.

unlink ~/.bin
unlink ~/.gitignore
unlink ~/.gitconfig
unlink ~/.gemrc
unlink ~/.gvimrc
unlink ~/.irbrc
unlink ~/.vim
unlink ~/.vimrc
rm ~/.zshrc # careful here
rm -rf ~/.dotfiles

Then open a new terminal window to see the effects.