Walkthrough

A hands-on tour of the dotfiles after installation. Run each step in your terminal to get comfortable with what's available.

Step 1: Verify Installation

Make sure everything landed correctly:

dot --version
dot doctor
dot status

dot doctor catches common problems early. If something's off, it'll tell you.

Step 2: Explore the Shell

The shell ships with modern replacements wired in:

z dotfiles          # Jump to ~/.dotfiles (zoxide)
z -                 # Go back

<Ctrl-R>            # Fuzzy search command history (fzf)
<Ctrl-T>            # Fuzzy find files

ls                  # Aliased to eza
cat file.txt        # Aliased to bat

Step 3: Git Workflow

gst                 # git status
lg                  # Pretty log graph
ga .                # git add
gcm "message"       # git commit -m
lgui                # Launch lazygit

Step 4: Tmux

Prefix is Ctrl-a:

<Ctrl-a> c          # New window
<Ctrl-a> |          # Split vertically
<Ctrl-a> -          # Split horizontally
<Ctrl-a> h/j/k/l    # Navigate panes (vim-style)
<Ctrl-a> f          # Fuzzy session switcher

Step 5: Neovim

nvim .

# Inside Neovim:
<Space>             # Leader — shows command palette
<Space>ff           # Find files
<Space>fg           # Live grep
<Space>e            # Toggle file tree

Step 6: Docker

dps                 # List running containers
dco up -d           # docker compose up
dlogsf container    # Follow container logs
lzd                 # Launch lazydocker

Step 7: Kubernetes (if enabled)

k get pods          # kubectl
kctx                # Switch context
kn                  # Switch namespace
k9                  # Launch k9s