Author: Kyle Fuller <kyle@fuller.li> 2025-07-09 09:55:32 +0100 +0100
Committer: Kyle Fuller <kyle@fuller.li> 2025-07-09 09:55:32 +0100 +0100
Commit: 9ffe81f22ce350bebbdd9707717b0996f866191b
Parent: b4edc62997fd4d9cfc8a0063bdc4fe68a964b421
docs: update README instructions to work on nixos
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 170f56773f93ad9a935d7f2e425963078b43ce6a..fcaf0f3acbea8ba110f1b3c5511b060371010d8b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,18 +4,18 @@ See ["Organising dotfiles in a git repository"](https://fuller.li/posts/organising-dotfiles-in-a-git-repository/) for more info.
## Installation
-Cloning the dotfiles:
+Cloning the dotfiles, on [nix](https://nixos.org) run `nix-shell -p git` first.
```shell
-$ alias h="env GIT_WORK_TREE=$HOME GIT_DIR=$HOME/.files.git"
-$ h git init
-$ h git remote add origin https://github.com/kylef/dotfiles.git
-$ h git fetch
-$ h git checkout master
+alias h="env GIT_WORK_TREE=$HOME GIT_DIR=$HOME/.files.git"
+h git init
+h git remote add origin https://git.fuller.li/kyle/dotfiles.git
+h git fetch
+h git checkout master
```
Installing tools:
```shell
-$ nix run home-manager/master switch
+nix run home-manager/master switch
```