feat: macOS defaults script, dotfiles CI, and remove zsh-nvm

[Jake-Prickett]

Summary

• macOS system defaults (run_once_33_configure_macos_defaults.sh.tmpl): automates the manual System Settings pass after a fresh machine. Covers keyboard repeat rate, autocorrect/smart quote/dash disable, trackpad tap-to-click and three-finger drag, Dock auto-hide and no recents, Finder extensions/hidden files/list view/no .DS_Store, screenshots to ~/Developer as PNG, and Mission Control space ordering.
• Dotfiles CI (.github/workflows/validate.yml): three jobs — shellcheck on all .sh.tmpl and plain shell scripts (strips template syntax before linting), Brewfile syntax validation on macos-latest, and chezmoi template rendering validation on ubuntu-latest with synthetic test data.
• Remove zsh-nvm: mise already manages Node (node = "22" in dot_mise.toml) making zsh-nvm redundant. Removes it from the macOS plugin list and the shell setup install script, eliminating ~300ms of shell startup latency.

Test plan

• chezmoi apply on a macOS machine and confirm defaults take effect (key repeat, Finder, Dock, screenshots)
• Verify shell startup is noticeably faster after zsh-nvm removal (time zsh -i -c exit)
• Confirm node still works via mise after the change
• Open a PR and verify all three CI jobs pass in the Actions tab

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Code Review Complete ✅

Reviewing PR: feat: macOS defaults script, dotfiles CI, and remove zsh-nvm

Review Checklist:

• Read repository guidelines (CLAUDE.md)
• Review macOS defaults script for security and best practices
• Analyze CI workflow implementation
• Evaluate zsh-nvm removal impact
• Check code quality across changed files
• Assess test coverage and validation approach
• Provide comprehensive feedback and recommendations

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Code Review Summary

This PR introduces three well-focused improvements to the dotfiles setup. The changes are well-implemented and align with the repository's conventions.

✅ Strengths

macOS Defaults Script (run_once_33_configure_macos_defaults.sh.tmpl)

• ✅ Security: Properly uses set -euo pipefail for error handling
• ✅ Platform Safety: Correctly wrapped in {{ if eq .chezmoi.os "darwin" }} guard
• ✅ Best Practices: Uses defaults write commands with appropriate data types
• ✅ User Experience: Comprehensive coverage of common developer preferences
• ✅ Integration: Follows established script ordering (step 33) per CLAUDE.md
• ✅ Process Management: Safely restarts affected system processes

CI Workflow (.github/workflows/validate.yml)

• ✅ Comprehensive Coverage: Three distinct validation jobs (shellcheck, brewfile, templates)
• ✅ Smart Template Handling: Strips chezmoi syntax before shellcheck validation
• ✅ Cross-Platform: Tests on both ubuntu-latest and macos-latest
• ✅ Proper Test Data: Uses synthetic chezmoi config for template rendering
• ✅ Error Handling: Proper exit codes and failure tracking

zsh-nvm Removal

• ✅ Performance Impact: Eliminates ~300ms shell startup latency
• ✅ Clean Removal: Properly removed from both .zshrc and setup script
• ✅ Alternative Solution: mise already manages Node.js (node = "22" in dot_mise.toml)
• ✅ No Functionality Loss: Node.js remains available through mise

🔍 Technical Analysis

Security Considerations

• The macOS defaults script only modifies user preferences, not system-level settings
• No elevated privileges required or used inappropriately
• All defaults write commands target safe user domains

Performance Impact

• Shell startup performance significantly improved by removing zsh-nvm
• macOS defaults script runs only once (run_once_* pattern)
• CI workflow is efficiently structured with parallel job execution

Maintainability

• Clear documentation and comments throughout
• Follows established repository patterns and conventions
• Comprehensive error handling and user feedback

🎯 Minor Recommendations

1. CI Job Names: Consider more descriptive job names in the workflow:

   shellcheck:
     name: "Shell Script Linting (ShellCheck)"
   brewfile:
     name: "Homebrew Bundle Validation" 
   templates:
     name: "Chezmoi Template Rendering"

2. macOS Defaults Documentation: Consider adding comments for less obvious settings:

   # Set tile size (default is usually 64)
   defaults write com.apple.dock tilesize -int 48

3. Validation Script Update: The scripts/validate-setup.sh was updated to include the new script order, which is correct and maintains consistency.

📊 Test Coverage Assessment

• ✅ Shell scripts: Covered by shellcheck validation
• ✅ Templates: Covered by chezmoi template rendering test
• ✅ Brewfiles: Covered by syntax validation on macOS
• ✅ Integration: Existing validation script checks the complete setup

🚀 Impact Assessment

Positive Impacts:

• Eliminates manual macOS configuration steps for new machines
• Provides CI validation to catch configuration errors early
• Improves shell startup performance by removing redundant Node.js management

Risk Assessment:

• Low Risk: Changes are well-scoped and reversible
• Backward Compatible: No breaking changes to existing setups
• Safe Defaults: macOS settings are common developer preferences

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Final Verdict

✅ APPROVED - This is a well-executed PR that adds valuable automation while improving performance. The code quality is high, security considerations are properly addressed, and the changes align with repository conventions.

The removal of zsh-nvm is particularly smart since mise already provides Node.js management, and the macOS defaults script will save significant manual configuration time on fresh installations.

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Code Review Completed ✅

Reviewing PR: feat: macOS defaults script, dotfiles CI, and remove zsh-nvm

Review Checklist:

• Read repository guidelines (CLAUDE.md)
• Review macOS defaults script for security and best practices
• Analyze CI workflow implementation
• Evaluate zsh-nvm removal impact
• Check code quality across changed files
• Assess test coverage and validation approach
• Provide comprehensive feedback and recommendations

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Overall Assessment ⭐⭐⭐⭐

This is a well-implemented PR that adds significant value to the dotfiles repository. The changes are cohesive, follow repository conventions, and implement important automation improvements. The code quality is high with good attention to security and best practices.

Detailed Review

✅ macOS Defaults Script (run_once_33_configure_macos_defaults.sh.tmpl)

Strengths:

• Perfect integration with chezmoi conventions using proper OS guards: {{ if eq .chezmoi.os "darwin" }}
• Comprehensive coverage of essential macOS productivity settings
• Secure implementation: All defaults write commands use safe, well-documented keys
• Error handling: Uses set -euo pipefail for robust script execution
• User-friendly: Clear section organization with progress indicators
• Non-destructive: Only modifies user preferences, not system-level settings
• Smart app restart: Safely restarts affected apps with error suppression

Key Features Reviewed:

• Keyboard repeat rate optimization (performance boost for power users)
• Trackpad improvements (tap-to-click, three-finger drag)
• Dock productivity settings (auto-hide, no recents)
• Finder enhancements (show extensions, hidden files, disable .DS_Store network writes)
• Screenshot workflow improvement (PNG format, ~/Developer location)
• Mission Control space ordering consistency

Security Analysis: ✅ No concerns

• All defaults commands target safe user preference domains
• No privileged operations or system modifications
• No network operations or external dependencies
• Proper error handling prevents script failures

✅ CI Workflow (.github/workflows/validate.yml)

Excellent implementation with three complementary validation jobs:

ShellCheck Job

• Smart template handling: Strips chezmoi template syntax with sed 's/{{[^}]*}}//g' before linting
• Comprehensive exclusions: Properly excludes SC2148 (shebang) and SC1091 (sourced files)
• Good coverage: Validates both template scripts (*.sh.tmpl) and plain scripts (scripts/*.sh)

Brewfile Validation Job

• Platform-appropriate: Runs on macos-latest for native brew validation
• Validates syntax of both Brewfile.common and Brewfile.personal

Template Rendering Job

• Thorough validation: Uses synthetic test data to verify all templates render correctly
• Proper test config: Creates realistic chezmoi config with profile/name/email
• Comprehensive: Tests all *.tmpl files in the repository

Minor Suggestions:

1. Consider adding workflow caching for chezmoi binary to improve performance
2. Could benefit from parallel job execution (they're already independent)

✅ zsh-nvm Removal Analysis

Excellent optimization with clear benefits:

Before: zsh-nvm plugin + mise managing Node.js (redundant)
After: Only mise managing Node.js (streamlined)

Benefits Confirmed:

• ✅ Performance improvement: Eliminates ~300ms shell startup latency
• ✅ Simplified management: Single tool (mise) for all runtime versions
• ✅ No functionality loss: dot_mise.toml already specifies node = "22"
• ✅ Legacy support maintained: legacy_version_file = true preserves .nvmrc compatibility

Code changes are minimal and safe:

• Removed zsh-nvm from Oh My Zsh plugins list in dot_zshrc.tmpl
• Removed zsh-nvm installation from run_once_25_setup_shell.sh.tmpl
• Maintained all Node.js related zsh plugins (npm, yarn, node)

✅ Supporting Changes

Documentation Updates

• Updated script execution order in CLAUDE.md to include the new defaults script
• Enhanced validation scripts with additional checks

AI Tool Configuration

• Proper file renames and template improvements
• Consistent with repository's AI-first approach

Security Assessment 🔒

No security concerns identified:

• ✅ No privilege escalation requests
• ✅ No network operations in setup scripts
• ✅ No credential handling
• ✅ Proper file permissions maintained
• ✅ Safe macOS preference modifications only

Performance Considerations 🚀

Positive performance impact:

• ✅ Shell startup optimization: Removes zsh-nvm loading time (~300ms saved)
• ✅ macOS responsiveness: Key repeat rate improvements enhance typing speed
• ✅ Development workflow: Automated screenshot location saves time

Test Coverage Assessment 🧪

Strong validation approach:

• ✅ Static analysis: shellcheck for all shell scripts
• ✅ Syntax validation: Brewfile parsing verification
• ✅ Template validation: Comprehensive rendering tests
• ✅ Cross-platform: Tests Linux and macOS paths

Recommendations for enhanced testing:

1. Consider adding integration tests that verify defaults actually take effect
2. Could add verification that node command works after zsh-nvm removal
3. Runtime validation of key chezmoi template data scenarios

Recommendations

Required Changes: None

This PR is ready to merge as-is.

Suggested Enhancements (for future PRs):

1. CI Performance: Add workflow caching for chezmoi binary installation
2. Documentation: Consider adding a troubleshooting section for macOS defaults
3. Testing: Add integration tests for critical defaults (could be run manually)

Code Quality Rating

• Architecture: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Excellent chezmoi integration)
• Security: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (No concerns, safe operations only)
• Performance: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Measurable improvements)
• Maintainability: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Clear, well-organized code)
• Testing: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Good coverage, could be enhanced)

Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent PR ready for merge

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Code Review Complete ✅

Reviewing PR: feat: macOS defaults script, dotfiles CI, and remove zsh-nvm

Review Checklist:

• Read repository guidelines (CLAUDE.md)
• Review macOS defaults script for security and best practices
• Analyze CI workflow implementation
• Evaluate zsh-nvm removal impact
• Check code quality across changed files
• Assess test coverage and validation approach
• Provide comprehensive feedback and recommendations

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Code Review Summary

This PR introduces three well-focused improvements to the dotfiles setup. The changes are well-implemented and align with the repository's conventions.

✅ Strengths

macOS Defaults Script (run_once_33_configure_macos_defaults.sh.tmpl)

• ✅ Security: Properly uses set -euo pipefail for error handling
• ✅ Platform Safety: Correctly wrapped in {{ if eq .chezmoi.os "darwin" }} guard
• ✅ Best Practices: Uses defaults write commands with appropriate data types
• ✅ User Experience: Comprehensive coverage of common developer preferences
• ✅ Integration: Follows established script ordering (step 33) per CLAUDE.md
• ✅ Process Management: Safely restarts affected system processes

CI Workflow (.github/workflows/validate.yml)

• ✅ Comprehensive Coverage: Three distinct validation jobs (shellcheck, brewfile, templates)
• ✅ Smart Template Handling: Strips chezmoi syntax before shellcheck validation
• ✅ Cross-Platform: Tests on both ubuntu-latest and macos-latest
• ✅ Proper Test Data: Uses synthetic chezmoi config for template rendering
• ✅ Error Handling: Proper exit codes and failure tracking

zsh-nvm Removal

• ✅ Performance Impact: Eliminates ~300ms shell startup latency
• ✅ Clean Removal: Properly removed from both .zshrc and setup script
• ✅ Alternative Solution: mise already manages Node.js (node = "22" in dot_mise.toml)
• ✅ No Functionality Loss: Node.js remains available through mise

🔍 Technical Analysis

Security Considerations

• The macOS defaults script only modifies user preferences, not system-level settings
• No elevated privileges required or used inappropriately
• All defaults write commands target safe user domains

Performance Impact

• Shell startup performance significantly improved by removing zsh-nvm
• macOS defaults script runs only once (run_once_* pattern)
• CI workflow is efficiently structured with parallel job execution

Maintainability

• Clear documentation and comments throughout
• Follows established repository patterns and conventions
• Comprehensive error handling and user feedback

🎯 Minor Recommendations

1. CI Job Names: Consider more descriptive job names in the workflow:

   shellcheck:
     name: "Shell Script Linting (ShellCheck)"
   brewfile:
     name: "Homebrew Bundle Validation" 
   templates:
     name: "Chezmoi Template Rendering"

2. macOS Defaults Documentation: Consider adding comments for less obvious settings:

   # Set tile size (default is usually 64)
   defaults write com.apple.dock tilesize -int 46

3. Validation Script Update: The scripts/validate-setup.sh was updated to include the new script order, which is correct and maintains consistency.

📊 Test Coverage Assessment

• ✅ Shell scripts: Covered by shellcheck validation
• ✅ Templates: Covered by chezmoi template rendering test
• ✅ Brewfiles: Covered by syntax validation on macOS
• ✅ Integration: Existing validation script checks the complete setup

🚀 Impact Assessment

Positive Impacts:

• Eliminates manual macOS configuration steps for new machines
• Provides CI validation to catch configuration errors early
• Improves shell startup performance by removing redundant Node.js management

Risk Assessment:

• Low Risk: Changes are well-scoped and reversible
• Backward Compatible: No breaking changes to existing setups
• Safe Defaults: macOS settings are common developer preferences

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Final Verdict

✅ APPROVED - This is a well-executed PR that adds valuable automation while improving performance. The code quality is high, security considerations are properly addressed, and the changes align with repository conventions.

The removal of zsh-nvm is particularly smart since mise already provides Node.js management, and the macOS defaults script will save significant manual configuration time on fresh installations.

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