David Heinemeier HanssonandClaude Opus 5
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The welcome toast spent three lines telling you about a cheatsheet that takes one keystroke to read, and the only way to act on it was to click the toast, which opened that cheatsheet. Open it directly instead. Dismissing the menu exits non-zero, since no selection was made, so the step tolerates that rather than failing first run and retrying the whole sequence next login. It also goes last now. The menu blocks until it is answered, and the Wi-Fi and update toasts are the only other things left to show, so sending those first leaves them waiting underneath rather than behind an open menu. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# File layout
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How `omarchy/` is organized and where everything ends up on an installed
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system.
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## Mental model
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Two Arch packages are built from this one repo (PKGBUILDs live in
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`omarchy-pkgs/pkgbuilds/`):
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- **`omarchy`** — runtime binaries (`bin/`, including `bin/omarchy-dev-*`),
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install/finalize scripts (`install/`), migrations, themes, and the
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Quickshell desktop (`shell/`). Depends on `omarchy-settings`.
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- **`omarchy-settings`** — everything that has to be on the target *before*
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the omarchy package installs (specifically before `useradd -m` and the
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limine bootloader install): all `/etc/skel/**`, `/etc/` drop-ins,
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package-owned system files under `/usr/share` and `/usr/lib`, fonts,
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plymouth theme, sddm theme, branding, plus the limine/snapper configs
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(mkinitcpio hooks, limine-entry-tool drop-ins, snapper template, the
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`default/limine/` and `default/snapper/` trees, and the boot/snapshot
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story end-to-end). Also ships the three debug binaries
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(`omarchy-debug`, `omarchy-debug-idle`, `omarchy-upload-log`) needed by
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the live ISO env.
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Two other packages live in `omarchy-pkgs/` but stand alone:
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`omarchy-keyring` (GPG keys for pacman) and `omarchy-nvim` (the Neovim
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setup; independently seeds `/etc/skel`).
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Three layers populate `$HOME`:
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1. **Seed** — `omarchy-settings` ships static defaults to `/etc/skel/`.
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Arch's `useradd -m` copies that tree into a new user's `$HOME` at user
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creation. This is the only mechanism that touches a brand-new user's home
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for these files.
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2. **Finalize** — `omarchy-finalize-user` runs once per user and handles the
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things `/etc/skel` can't do because they need `$HOME` expansion, the live
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`$OMARCHY_PATH`, or runtime detection of system state.
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3. **Resync** — `omarchy-reinstall-configs` is the explicit, destructive
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command for an existing user to clobber their configs back to shipped
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defaults.
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`/etc/skel` only fires at user creation. Existing users picking up new
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defaults must use the resync command.
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Current generated theme state lives under
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`~/.local/state/omarchy/current/`. Keep `~/.config/omarchy/` for files a user
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may intentionally version in a dotfile manager, such as user themes, hooks,
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shell layout, plugins, and themed template overrides.
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## Build-time map (repo → installed paths)
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```
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omarchy/ built into installed at
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───────────────────────── ────────────── ────────────────────────────────────
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bin/omarchy-* ──► omarchy /usr/bin/omarchy-*
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(and symlinks in /usr/share/omarchy/bin/)
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bin/omarchy-debug,
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bin/omarchy-debug-idle,
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bin/omarchy-upload-log ──► omarchy-settings /usr/bin/ (needed before omarchy is installed)
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default/libalpm/hooks/*.hook
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──► omarchy /usr/share/libalpm/hooks/*.hook
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install/** ──► omarchy /usr/share/omarchy/install/
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migrations/** ──► omarchy /usr/share/omarchy/migrations/
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themes/** ──► omarchy /usr/share/omarchy/themes/
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shell/** ──► omarchy /usr/share/omarchy/shell/
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version ──► omarchy /usr/share/omarchy/version
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+ /etc/skel/.local/state/omarchy/migrations/*
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config/** ──► omarchy-settings /etc/skel/.config/** (seeds new users)
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/usr/share/omarchy/config/** (resync source)
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etc/fastfetch/config.jsonc ──► omarchy-settings /etc/fastfetch/config.jsonc
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applications/*.desktop ──► omarchy-settings /etc/skel/.local/share/applications/
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/usr/share/omarchy/applications/
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default/applications/battlenet.desktop
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──► omarchy-settings /usr/share/omarchy/default/applications/
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(installer-only launcher template)
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applications/icons/* ──► omarchy-settings /usr/share/icons/hicolor/{48,256,scalable}/apps/
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etc/** ──► omarchy-settings /etc/** (drop-ins we own outright)
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├─ mkinitcpio.conf.d/{omarchy_hooks,thunderbolt_module}.conf
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└─ limine-entry-tool.d/{omarchy-defaults,omarchy-uki}.conf
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default/limine/limine.conf ──► omarchy-settings /usr/share/omarchy/default/limine/limine.conf
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default/limine/default.conf ──► omarchy-settings /usr/share/omarchy/default/limine/default.conf
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(template; ISO substitutes @@CMDLINE@@ → /etc/default/limine)
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default/snapper/root ──► omarchy-settings /etc/snapper/config-templates/omarchy
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(+ /usr/share/omarchy/default/snapper/root)
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default/** ──► omarchy-settings /usr/share/omarchy/default/
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├─ bash/env-bootstrap /usr/share/omarchy/default/bash/env-bootstrap
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│ (sourced by every shell/session entry point; see "Env bootstrap")
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├─ bashrc /usr/share/omarchy/etc-overrides/dot.bashrc
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│ → /etc/skel/.bashrc (post_install cp -f)
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├─ hypr/toggles/flags.lua /etc/skel/.local/state/omarchy/toggles/hypr/
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├─ nautilus-python/extensions/*.py /etc/skel/.local/share/nautilus-python/extensions/
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├─ tensaku/state.toml /etc/skel/.local/state/tensaku/state.toml
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├─ uwsm/env.d/10-omarchy /usr/share/uwsm/env.d/
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├─ environment.d/*.conf /usr/lib/environment.d/
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├─ fontconfig/conf.avail/50-omarchy.conf /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/
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│ + symlink /etc/fonts/conf.d/50-omarchy.conf
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├─ xdg-terminal-exec/*.list /usr/share/xdg-terminal-exec/
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├─ applications/mimeapps.list /usr/share/applications/mimeapps.list
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├─ systemd/user/*.{service,path} /usr/lib/systemd/user/
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├─ systemd/user/app.slice.d/10-oomd.conf /usr/lib/systemd/user/app.slice.d/
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├─ systemd/system-sleep/unmount-fuse /usr/lib/systemd/system-sleep/
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├─ systemd/zram-generator.conf.d/90-omarchy.conf /usr/lib/systemd/zram-generator.conf.d/
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├─ fonts/omarchy/omarchy.ttf /usr/share/fonts/omarchy/
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├─ sddm/omarchy/ /usr/share/sddm/themes/omarchy/
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├─ sddm/hyprland.lua /usr/share/sddm/hyprland.lua
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├─ wayland-sessions/omarchy.desktop /usr/local/share/wayland-sessions/
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├─ plymouth/ /usr/share/plymouth/themes/omarchy/
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└─ security/faillock, nsswitch, cups-browsed,
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plymouthd.conf, os-release /usr/share/omarchy/etc-overrides/
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→ /etc/* (post_install cp -f, see below)
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logo.{txt,svg}, icon.{txt,png} ──► omarchy-settings /usr/share/omarchy/ (resync source)
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/usr/share/pixmaps/omarchy.png
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/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/omarchy.png
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/etc/skel/.config/omarchy/branding/{about,screensaver}.txt
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```
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### Why `etc-overrides/` exists
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Some files under `/etc/` (`.bashrc` in `/etc/skel`, `nsswitch.conf`,
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`security/faillock.conf`, `cups/cups-browsed.conf`, `plymouth/plymouthd.conf`,
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`os-release`) are owned by upstream Arch packages, so we can't install over
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them via pacman without a file conflict. Instead they ship at
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`/usr/share/omarchy/etc-overrides/` and the `omarchy-settings` `post_install`
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/ `post_upgrade` scriptlet `cp -f`'s them into place.
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Tradeoff: user edits to those files get clobbered on every `omarchy-settings`
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upgrade. This is documented in the PKGBUILD.
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## Env bootstrap (`default/bash/env-bootstrap`)
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Single source of truth for `OMARCHY_PATH` and dev-link-aware `PATH`. It:
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- Sources `/etc/omarchy.conf` (written by `omarchy-dev-link`, reset to the
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package path by `omarchy-dev-unlink`) if present; otherwise forces
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`OMARCHY_PATH=/usr/share/omarchy` so a stale inherited value can't survive
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an `omarchy-dev-unlink`.
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- Prepends `$OMARCHY_PATH/bin` to `PATH` **only when** `OMARCHY_PATH` is
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not `/usr/share/omarchy`. On a production install the binaries are
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already on `PATH` as `/usr/bin/omarchy-*` via the `omarchy` package.
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Sourced by every entry point that needs the env set:
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```
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/etc/profile.d/omarchy.sh (system login shells)
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/etc/skel/.bashrc (interactive shells)
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/usr/share/uwsm/env.d/10-omarchy (Hyprland session via uwsm)
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/usr/share/omarchy/default/bash/envs (SSH / non-login bash)
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```
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Idempotent — safe to source more than once in the same shell.
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## Runtime finalization (`omarchy-finalize-user`)
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Runs once per user. It does **not** copy `~/.config/**`, `~/.bashrc`,
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`flags.lua`, or the nautilus extensions — `/etc/skel` already seeded those.
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It only does the things `/etc/skel` can't:
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- Skill symlinks `~/.{agents,claude,codex,pi/agent}/skills/omarchy` →
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`$OMARCHY_PATH/default/agents/skills/omarchy`. Symlinks (not copies) so
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`omarchy dev link` against a dev checkout repoints them correctly.
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- `xdg-user-dirs-update` (Templates/Public/Desktop folded back into `$HOME`)
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and `~/.config/gtk-3.0/bookmarks` (needs `$HOME` expansion).
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- Hyprland's package-owned default input reads `XKBLAYOUT` / `XKBVARIANT`
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from `/etc/vconsole.conf`; no per-user Hyprland config rewrite is needed.
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- `xdg-settings set default-web-browser chromium.desktop` and
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`xdg-mime default HEY.desktop x-scheme-handler/mailto` (XDG-aware paths).
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- `omarchy-refresh-applications` (composes generated `.desktop` launchers).
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- Sources `install/user/all.sh` — theme, git, mise, keyring, per-user
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hardware quirks (asus mic/mixer, framework f13 audio, …).
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- On `--first-install`, marks every shipped user migration as already applied
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for the freshly-created user.
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Idempotency marker: `~/.local/state/omarchy/done/finalize-user`, managed
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by `omarchy-done`.
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The ISO calls it as `omarchy-finalize-user --force --first-install` in the
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target chroot as the install user, after `omarchy-apply-system` has finished
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the root-side work.
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## Migrations (`omarchy-migrate`)
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See [`migrations.md`](migrations.md) for the full migration model, authoring
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guidelines, and troubleshooting notes.
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Omarchy migrations live in `migrations/*.sh` and run per-user through
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`omarchy-migrate`. Completion state lives in
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`~/.local/state/omarchy/migrations/`, so every user gets a chance to run every
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migration. Migrations run as the user; privileged work should invoke the
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appropriate helper or privilege prompt. Migrations must be idempotent;
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machine-wide repairs should no-op when another user already applied them.
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Each graphical user has `omarchy-migrate-notify.service`, started once per login
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through `WantedBy=graphical-session.target` and ordered after that target so
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notification actions can safely launch through UWSM. The package also ships
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`omarchy-update-user-notify.service` as a symlink onto it, so users enabled
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under the old unit name keep working before they reach migration `1785095882`.
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It runs `omarchy-migrate-notify` as
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that user, which checks `omarchy-migrate --pending`. If this user has missing
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migration state, it shows a notification that opens a terminal for
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`omarchy-migrate`. The notifier never runs migrations in the background.
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Login is the only trigger. Nothing watches the packaged migration directory: a
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watcher cannot tell a bypassed `pacman -Syu` from the package transaction inside
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a normal `omarchy update`, so it notified about migrations that `omarchy-migrate`
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was already applying in the visible update terminal.
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`omarchy-migrate` waits for any active pacman transaction to finish, then runs
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pending migrations. It does not need `--force`; migrations happen when state
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files are missing. `omarchy update` runs `omarchy-migrate` after the package
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transaction in the already-visible update terminal, then runs
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`omarchy-hook post-update`.
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## First-run (`omarchy-provision-first-run`)
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Runs once on first interactive login, after the user manager is live. Used
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for steps that need a running graphical session and/or a working user
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systemd instance:
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- `omarchy-hook-install post-update install-voxtype.hook` — register the
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Voxtype post-update hook.
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- `install/user/first-run/enable-user-units.sh` — `systemctl --user enable`
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the shipped user units (`bt-agent`, `omarchy-sleep-lock`,
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`omarchy-recover-internal-monitor`, `omarchy-migrate-notify.service`,
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`omarchy-fcitx5.service`).
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Done here, not at finalize, because
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the user manager isn't reachable from the ISO chroot; `ConditionPath*`
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in the unit files keeps services inert when they don't apply.
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- `install/user/first-run/gnome-theme.sh`,
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`install/user/first-run/gtk-primary-paste.sh` — GNOME/GTK settings that
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need the dconf daemon.
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- `install/user/first-run/wifi.sh` — Wi-Fi/update toasts (waits for a live
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notification server before firing).
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- `install/user/first-run/keybindings.sh` — opens the keybindings menu to
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greet the first login; blocks until it is answered.
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The entire sequence has one idempotency marker:
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`~/.local/state/omarchy/done/first-run-user`, managed by `omarchy-done`.
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Completed users exit before any first-run step. On failure the marker is not
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written and the sequence retries next login.
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Completion markers live under `~/.local/state/omarchy/done/`. Use
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`omarchy-done check <name>` to check one and `omarchy-done mark <name>` to record it.
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Use `omarchy-done ensure <name>` as a conditional when the guarded work should
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run only once; it records completion before returning success.
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The Quattro upgrade completes graphical first-run for upgraded users and moves
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the legacy finalization marker from `~/.local/state/omarchy/` into `done/`.
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## Root-side install orchestration
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`omarchy-apply-system` (root, in chroot) runs target-side setup at ISO
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finalization. It sources:
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- `install/config/all.sh` — theme links, lockout limits, lockscreen PAM,
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powerprofilesctl shebang fix, docker setup, Snapper retention, locate
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index tuning, service enablement, firewall.
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- `install/hardware/all.sh` via `omarchy-apply-hardware` — vendor- and
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device-specific kernel modules, udev rules, microcode, wireless regdom,
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ASUS / Framework / Intel / Apple / Lenovo quirks.
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- `install/login/all.sh` — SDDM theme/session config.
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- `install/post-install/all.sh` — final pacman/udev/localdb passes.
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Logging goes to `/var/log/omarchy-install.log` via
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`install/helpers/logging.sh`.
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## Explicit resync (`omarchy-reinstall-configs`)
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When an existing user wants to reset to shipped defaults:
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```
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~/ ← cp -af /etc/skel/.
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```
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Replaying `/etc/skel` over `$HOME` is exactly what `useradd -m` does for a
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brand-new user, so this one copy resyncs `.bashrc`, `.config/**`,
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`.local/share/applications/`, the nautilus-python extensions, hypr toggles,
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branding files, and the shipped migration markers in a single pass.
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Then it runs `omarchy-refresh-limine`, `omarchy-refresh-plymouth`, and the
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nvim refresh. Destructive: existing user files copied from `/etc/skel` are
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clobbered without backup. Fastfetch is package-owned at
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`/etc/fastfetch/config.jsonc`; delete `~/.config/fastfetch/config.jsonc` to
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return to the packaged default.
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## Quick reference: where does X live?
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| Goal | Touch |
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| Default file at `~/.config/foo/` | `config/foo/` |
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| `/etc/` drop-in we own outright | `etc/` |
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| `/etc/` file owned by an upstream package | `default/`, then add to `etc-overrides` in `omarchy-settings` PKGBUILD + scriptlet |
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| Package-owned system file (e.g. systemd user service/path in `/usr/lib`) | `default/`, document the mapping in `default/package-defaults.tsv`, then add the `install -Dm644` line in `omarchy-settings` PKGBUILD |
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| Per-user file that's static but lives outside `~/.config` | `default/`, then add `install -Dm644 ... $pkgdir/etc/skel/...` in `omarchy-settings` PKGBUILD |
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| Runtime tweak that needs `$HOME` or live system state | extend `omarchy-finalize-user`, or add a per-user leaf under `install/user/` and wire into `install/user/all.sh` |
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| One-time root-side setup step | `install/config/*.sh` or `install/hardware/*.sh`, wire into `install/config/all.sh` or `install/hardware/all.sh` |
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| One-time fix for existing installs | `migrations/<unix-timestamp>.sh` |
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| Package-owned path something else may already write | Prefer a path nothing else writes, such as a vendor drop-in under `/usr/lib`. Otherwise the `--overwrite` entry in `bin/omarchy-update-system-pkgs` has to ship a release before the file |
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| User-facing `omarchy-*` command | `bin/omarchy-<group>-<verb>` — see `GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS` in `bin/omarchy` |
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| New stock theme | `themes/<name>/` (+ matching templates under `default/themed/` if they need theme colors) |
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| User-installed theme | `~/.config/omarchy/themes/<name>/` |
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| Generated current theme/background state | `~/.local/state/omarchy/current/` |
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