Knapsack

Kyle Hughes's dotfiles and development environment configuration for macOS.

Installation

# Clone repository
cd ~ && git clone git@github.com:kylehughes/knapsack.git Knapsack
cd ~/Knapsack

# Run all setup tasks
make set-up/all

Or run individual setup tasks:

make set-up/homebrew        # Install Homebrew
make set-up/dependencies    # Install dependencies from Brewfile
make set-up/submodules      # Initialize git submodules
make set-up/dotfiles        # Install dotfiles
make set-up/local-functions # Create local functions directory

Structure

Dotfiles

Configuration files managed by make set-up/dotfiles:

Configuration	Type	Description
`claude/CLAUDE.md`	Symlink	Claude AI configuration.
`config/ghostty/*`	Symlink	Ghostty terminal configuration.
`config/zsh/functions/*`	Symlink	Custom shell functions.
`gitconfig`	Symlink	Global git configuration.
`gitconfig_local`	Copy	Local git overrides (not tracked).
`tmux.conf`	Symlink	tmux configuration.
`vim/*`	Symlink	vim configuration and plugins.
`vimrc`	Symlink	vim configuration.
`zshrc`	Symlink	zsh shell configuration.

Shell Functions

Custom zsh functions for common workflows, autoloaded from ~/.config/zsh/functions/:

Git Workflow Functions

Function	Description	Usage
`git-add-amend-force-push`	Stage all changes, amend commit, and force push.	`git-add-amend-force-push`
`git-add-commit`	Stage all changes and commit with message.	`git-add-commit "message"`
`git-fetch-pull`	Fetch remote changes and pull with rebase.	`git-fetch-pull`
`git-log-dag`	Show detailed commit graph with author info.	`git-log-dag [options]`
`git-log-graph`	Show commit history as decorated graph.	`git-log-graph [options]`
`git-log-pretty`	Show formatted log with details on one line.	`git-log-pretty [options]`
`git-push-upstream`	Push current branch and set upstream tracking.	`git-push-upstream`
`git-status-diff`	Show status and diff for review.	`git-status-diff`

Functions follow the tool-action naming convention for clarity and tab completion support.

Local Functions

Machine-specific functions can be placed in ~/.config/zsh/functions-local/ (not tracked in git):

# Create local functions directory
make set-up/local-functions

# Add a local function
echo '#!/usr/bin/env zsh
# my-local-function - Description here.
echo "This function only exists on this machine"' > ~/.config/zsh/functions-local/my-local-function
chmod +x ~/.config/zsh/functions-local/my-local-function

Local functions are autoloaded just like tracked functions but remain private to each machine.

Dependencies

Managed via Brewfile:

brew bundle install    # Install all dependencies
brew bundle check      # Check for missing packages
brew bundle cleanup    # Remove unlisted packages

Development

Documentation Standards

All scripts and configuration files follow consistent documentation patterns:

File headers: Simple one-line descriptions with usage information for scripts.
Section headers: Title Case sections marked with --- Section Name ---.
Comments: Complete sentences with periods, explaining why not what.
No decorations: Clean, readable formatting without excessive separators.

Theme

A Gengar-inspired purple theme consistent across all terminal applications:

Color	Hex	Usage
Background	`#1c1c1c`	Terminal background.
Foreground	`#eeeeee`	Primary text.
Purple	`#af5fff`	Status bars, borders.
Bright Purple	`#d7afff`	Active elements.
Grey	`#444444`	Inactive elements.

understanding-context-entropy

SKILL.md