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Archived Repo - because I went back to a mac 😜 after 6 months with WSL2

Julie's Bash on Windows

When a mac developer codes on a Windows...

Highlights

  • Ubuntu - Linux Subsystem on Window (WSL)
  • Oh My ZSH
  • Spaceship Prompt - with minimalist ui
  • Hyper.js Terminal - for tabs and styling
  • Node.js and n for version management
  • git
    • login with encrypted .netrc
    • sign commits by default

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Setting up Linux on Windows

  1. Enable feature. Inside Powershell (right click windows symbol), type:

    Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux
    
  2. Install Ubuntu from Windows App Store. Note: you will be prompted to create a separate user and password for the linux subsystem.

  3. Update Ubuntu - install latest versions of dependencies, etc.

    sudo apt update
    sudo apt upgrade
    
  4. Install essential developer tools incl. gcc and make, which are required later.

    sudo apt install build-essential
    
  5. Install git

    sudo apt install git
    

Installing Node.js

  1. Install Node Version Manager

    We will use n to manage versions of node.js. To install, we need to run:

    curl -L https://git.io/n-install | bash
    

    Note: this may fail if build-essential tools are not installed in previous step.

  2. Install latest Node.js LTS version:

    n lts
    
  3. Check everything works:

    npm --version
    node --version
    

    If it doesn't check that ~/n/bin is in your $PATH.

Customizing the Shell

  1. Install Oh My ZSH
    sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
    
  2. Install the Hyper.js Terminal
  3. Install Powerline Fonts per these instructions:
    1. Download fonts from github.com/powerline/fonts and navigate to the folder in Powershell.
    2. Inside Powershell: Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass
    3. Run .\install.ps1 to install all fonts at once. Might take a few minutes
    4. Inside Powershell: Set-ExecutionPolicy Default
  4. Install Spaceship prompt
    npm install -g spaceship-prompt
    

Customize Hyper.js

Open the Hyper app. Then open up preferences via the Hamburger menu or by pressing Ctrl + , (comma)

Copy the contents of the .hyper.js file in this repository, which changes the shell to C:\\Windows\\System32\\bash.exe

and adds the following plugins

The other customizations are cosmetic.

Note: Hyper.js is not installed in your linux home, but rather at your Windows home: /mnt/c/Users/<username>

Install custom dotfiles

Copy these files into your home directory, aka ~, which should be /home/<username>:

Setup GPG, save GitHub Credentials

  1. Create .netrc

    Inside your ~ home directory, create a .netrc file with the following contents (password is plain text):

    machine github.com
    login <USERNAME>
    Password <PASSWORD>
    
  2. Generate GPG Key

    gpg --gen-key
    

    which will prompt you for name, email and secret.

  3. Encrypt .netrc

    Now encrypt it using the gpg key, where <EMAIL> is the address you used when creating the key

    gpg -e -r <EMAIL> ~/.netrc
    
  4. Add credential Helper

    Inside your ~ home folder, create a new folder

    mkdir ~/bin
    

    and then download the credential helper:

    curl -o ~/bin/git-credential-netrc https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/contrib/credential/netrc/git-credential-netrc
    

    give it executable permissions:

    chmod 755 ~/bin/git-credential-netrc
    

    Verify the following is in your .zshrc:

    export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH
    export GPG_TTY=$(tty)
    
  5. Configure git to use credential helper

    git config --global credential.helper "netrc -f ~/.netrc.gpg -v"
    
  6. Configure git to automatically sign commits

    git config --global commit.gpgsign true
    

    For details about adding the public key to your GitHub.com profile, see:

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