zsh

Zsh is a shell designed for interactive use - optimized for performance and reliability.

Performance Optimizations

This zsh configuration benefits from the comprehensive profile optimizations:

• Fast startup - Optimized profile and plugin loading
• Smart caching - Git operations cached per directory
• Intelligent completions - kubectl and other completions cached
• Error handling - Protected for reliability

Key Features

✅ Shared Optimizations

• Uses optimized profile from misc
• Git repository detection cached
• Command-not-found with intelligent caching
• kubectl completion cached (regenerates weekly)
• Binary lookups optimized with command -v

✅ Zsh-Specific

• Oh-My-Zsh framework support
• Powerlevel9k/10k theme compatible
• Syntax highlighting plugin
• Auto-suggestions support
• Advanced completion system

Installation

Automatic install/update

bash -c "$(curl -LSs https://github.com/dfmgr/zsh/raw/main/install.sh)"

Manual install

Requirements

Debian based:

apt install zsh

Fedora Based:

yum install zsh

Arch Based:

pacman -S zsh

MacOS:

brew install zsh

mv -fv "$HOME/.config/zsh" "$HOME/.config/zsh.bak"
git clone https://github.com/dfmgr/zsh "$HOME/.config/zsh"
ln -sf "$HOME/.config/zsh/zshrc" "$HOME/.zshrc"
git_clone https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh $HOME/.local/share/oh-my-zsh
git_clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting $HOME/.local/share/oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting
git_clone https://github.com/bhilburn/powerlevel9k.git $HOME/.local/share/oh-my-zsh/custom/themes/powerlevel9k

Testing

All configurations validated for:

• Fast startup times
• Proper error handling
• Plugin compatibility
• Theme functionality

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