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zsh - Extending functionality

Tue, 19 May 2026 16:48:30 +0200

I might be an old fart that like it like it was. But I still decided to pimp my zsh with some useful additions, most notably git status symbols.

This is what I ended up with as a starting point.

Installed the following applications:

doas pkg install zoxide eza starship

Added below settings to $HOME/.zshrc:

alias zls='zoxide query -l |fzf'
alias ls='eza --icons -g'
alias ll='eza --icons --git -glo --color=never'
alias la='eza --icons --git -gloaa --color=never'
alias tree='eza --icons --tree'
alias grep='rg --color=auto'

compdef eza=ls

source <(fzf --zsh)
bindkey -M viins "^H" fzf-history-widget
bindkey -M vicmd "^H" fzf-history-widget

# Alt+G: fzf cd from root (think global)
fzf-cd-root-widget() {
  local dir
  dir=$(fd --type d . / --color=never --hidden 2>/dev/null | fzf +m)
  if [[ -n "$dir" ]]; then
    cd "$dir"
    zle reset-prompt
  fi
}
zle -N fzf-cd-root-widget
bindkey '\eg' fzf-cd-root-widget

eval "$(zoxide init zsh)"
eval "$(starship init zsh)"

And for the prompt I configured $HOME/.config/starship.toml like this:

format = " $directory$git_status$character"
add_newline = false

[directory]
format = "[$path]($style) "
style = "plain"
truncation_length = 0
truncate_to_repo = false

[character]
success_symbol = "[%](plain)"
error_symbol = "[%](plain)"

[git_status]
format = '([$all_status$ahead_behind]($style) )'
style = "plain"
staged = "●"
modified = "∗"
untracked = "…"
deleted = "×"
renamed = "→"
conflicted = "⚡"
ahead = "↑"
behind = "↓"

zsh - Autoloading functions

Thu, 14 May 2026 19:48:02 +0200

I figured it would be fun to convert some of my scripts into zsh functions. Who knows, one might learn a thing or two.

I decided to store my functions in $HOME/bin/functions, and therefor added the below settings to $HOME/.zshrc:

export fpath=($HOME/bin/functions /usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions $fpath)
autoload -Uz $HOME/bin/functions/*(.:t)

NixOS - Cleaning up old generations

Sun, 10 May 2026 18:59:19 +0200

Eventually every new NixOS user is going to run out of disk space. Or, atleast I did.

Here’s how I did my housekeeping:

# Keep 5 system generations
sudo nix-env --profile /nix/var/nix/profiles/system --delete-generations +5

# Same for your user profile
nix-env --delete-generations old

# Run garbage collection (this actually frees space)
sudo nix-collect-garbage -d

# Clean boot entries (removes old kernels from /boot)
sudo /run/current-system/bin/switch-to-configuration boot

Odlingsplan - 2026

Sun, 10 May 2026 18:53:22 +0200

Detta är planen för årets odlingar, redo att revideras.