configuring-zsh

Installation
SKILL.md

Configuring zsh

Edit the source, not the symlink

  • Startup files usually live in a dotfiles repo and are symlinked into $HOME (or $ZDOTDIR).
  • Write to the repo file, not the link: many editors and write tools replace a symlink with a regular file.
  • Register a new startup file wherever the repo creates its links, and ask before running its installer.
  • If the repo links a <name>.plugin.zsh into ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/<name>/, follow the oh-my-zsh plugin layout.

Choose the startup file

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