Use Nix to manage your user environment.
https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager
Getting Started
https://github.com/juspay/nix-dev-home
To view help from terminal,
$ man home-configuration.nix
home-manager
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home-manager Tutorial Series
A tutorial series on home-manager,
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direnv: manage dev environmentsIf you use home-manager, both
nix-direnvandstarshipcan be installed using the following configuration:[!tip] Newcomer Tip If you have never used home-manager before, we recommend that you set it up* by following the instrutions at https://github.com/juspay/nix-dev-home.
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Using
home-managerto manage dotfiles, packages, servicesSridhar Ratnakumar will demonstrate using Nix to declaratively manage your dotfiles, programs and services using home-manager, thus replacing the likes of legacy software like homebrew. The goal is to create an one-click environment to setup an user environment on any system, be it a Macbook or a Linux machine.
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Install Nix
home-manager (and nix-darwin if you are on macOS) if you would like to use Nix for more than packages and devShells.
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Git
Git can be declaratively configured in Nix via home-manager. Here is an example: