---
type: reference
title: Home Configuration Census (blankpad)
description: Per-file tracked-vs-box-only census of ~/.config on blankpad — the input for the dotfiles pruning/adoption session.
tags: [inventory, census, dotfiles, config]
created: 2026-08-28
census-date: 2026-10-20
verified: 2026-10-20
source: blankpad (CachyOS, /home/blank)
---

This page is the input for the dotfiles pruning/adoption session: for every
`~/.config` entry it separates what the repo already tracks from what lives only
on this box, and sorts the box-only half into adopt / never-track / prune.

## Method

Classification is per **FILE**, not per directory: the tracked unit is a symlink
into `~/.omp/dotfiles/`. A directory can look "real" (a plain folder, not itself
a symlink) while every file inside it is a tracked symlink — `niri` and `gtk-3.0`
do exactly that. Conversely a directory can be a whole symlink into `dotfiles`
(`lazyvim`) and be entirely tracked. So a directory-level verdict lies; only the
leaf symlink target is ground truth.

- **tracked** = a file whose fully-resolved target (`readlink -f`) is under
  `/home/blank/.omp/dotfiles/`.
- **box-only** = a regular file, or a symlink that resolves elsewhere.

Rerun this classifier rather than trusting the table below:

```bash
DOT=/home/blank/.omp/dotfiles; CFG=/home/blank/.config
for d in "$CFG"/*; do
  [ -L "$d" ] && case "$(readlink -f "$d")" in "$DOT"/*) echo "$(basename "$d"): tracked=ALL box-only=0"; continue;; esac
  [ -d "$d" ] || { echo "$(basename "$d"): FILE (top-level)"; continue; }
  tr=0; bo=0; names=""
  while IFS= read -r -d '' f; do
    if [ -L "$f" ]; then case "$(readlink -f "$f")" in "$DOT"/*) tr=$((tr+1)); continue;; esac; fi
    bo=$((bo+1)); names+=" ${f#"$CFG"/}"
  done < <(find "$d" -mindepth 1 \( -type f -o -type l \) -print0 2>/dev/null)
  printf '%s: tracked=%d box-only=%d%s\n' "$(basename "$d")" "$tr" "$bo" "$names"
done
```

## ~/.config — tracked vs box-only

Profile/browser dirs (`mozilla` 5471 files, `obsidian` 99, `FreeTube` 56,
`nirimod` 116, `google-chrome-for-testing` 5) are app state, never tracked, and
are omitted as rows. Box-only bulk that is regenerated-by-the-program is named
by category, not file-by-file.

| `~/.config/` dir | tracked | box-only | box-only files |
|---|--:|--:|---|
| alacritty | 1 | 1 | `themes/noctalia.toml` (generated) |
| autostart | 0 | 3 | `Flameshot.desktop`, `cachyos-hello.desktop`, `.AGENTTRASH/Handy.desktop` |
| bat | 0 | 2 | `config`, `themes/noctalia.tmTheme` (generated) |
| btop | 0 | 2 | `btop.conf`, `themes/noctalia.theme` (generated) |
| cachyos | 0 | 1 | `cachyos-hello/cachyos-hello.log` (state) |
| cava | 0 | 1 | `themes/noctalia` (generated) — program absent, prune |
| crush | 0 | 37 | `skills/<37>` — skills-CLI install |
| containers | 0 | 2 | `systemd/franksign-db.container`, `systemd/postgres.env` (see §Owned-elsewhere / secret tier) |
| dconf | 0 | 1 | `user` (compiled dconf db, state) |
| devin | 0 | 37 | `skills/<37>` — skills-CLI install |
| fastfetch | 0 | 1 | `themes/noctalia.jsonc` (generated) |
| fish | 2 | 1 | `fish_variables` (fish var store, state) |
| flameshot | 0 | 1 | `flameshot.ini` |
| foot | 0 | 2 | `foot.ini`, `themes/noctalia` (generated) — program absent, prune |
| fzf | 0 | 2 | `themes/noctalia.sh`, `themes/noctalia.fish` (generated) |
| ghostty | 2 | 1 | `themes/noctalia` (generated) |
| glow | 0 | 2 | `glow.yml`, `noctalia.json` (generated) |
| goose | 0 | 37 | `skills/<37>` — skills-CLI install |
| gtk-3.0 | 3 | 0 | — |
| gtk-4.0 | 2 | 1 | `servers` (KDE-generated) |
| helix | 0 | 1 | `themes/noctalia.toml` (generated) — `hx` absent, prune |
| herdr | 0 | 1 | `noctalia-colors.toml` (generated) |
| hypr | 0 | 2 | `hyprland.conf`, `noctalia.conf` (generated) — `hyprland` absent, prune |
| kimchi | 0 | 37 | `harness/skills/<37>` — skills-CLI install |
| kitty | 0 | 2 | `kitty.conf`, `themes/noctalia.conf` (generated) — program absent, prune |
| labwc | 0 | 2 | `rc.xml`, `noctalia.conf` (generated) — program absent, prune |
| lazygit | 0 | 2 | `config.yml`, `themes/noctalia.yml` (generated) |
| lazyvim | ALL | 0 | — (whole dir symlink → `dotfiles/lazyvim`) |
| mango | 0 | 2 | `config.conf`, `noctalia.conf` (generated) — program absent, prune |
| micro | 0 | 154 | adopt: `settings.json`, `bindings.json`; generated: `colorschemes/noctalia.micro`; bundled/state: `syntax/*` (146), `buffers/history` |
| mpv | 0 | 0 | — (empty) |
| nautilus | 0 | 0 | — (empty) |
| niri | 8 | 2 | 8 live KDL includes (5 from `dotfiles/niri`, 3 overridden by the `zz-blankpad` tier, whose own 7 niri files are counted in that tier — the stale `layout.kdl` duplicate and generated `noctalia.kdl` were removed by #43) + see *Never track* for the relic. Box-only: `noctalia.kdl` (generated include, refused by `deploy.sh`) and the retired copy |
| noctalia | 3 | 2672 | Tracked and live-linked: `config.toml`, `palettes/Gruber Red.json`, `state/noctalia/settings.toml`. Everything else is app state plus noctalia's downloaded catalog: `community-palettes/` 66, `community-templates/` 80, `wallhaven/thumbs`, `clipboard/`, `plugins/`, `state.toml`, `usage_counts.json`. The app's wallpaper library is `~/.local/share/noctalia/wallpapers` — real files it owns; the repo's duplicate copy of 23 JPEGs was untracked by #41 and deleted from this checkout by the merge, which is what untracking does in every checkout |
| nvim | 0 | 0 | — (empty) |
| pywalfox | 0 | 1 | `config.json` — program absent, prune |
| qt5ct | 0 | 1 | `colors/noctalia.conf` (generated) — program absent, prune |
| qt6ct | 0 | 1 | `colors/noctalia.conf` (generated) — program absent, prune |
| rofi | 0 | 1 | `noctalia.rasi` (generated) — program absent, prune |
| scroll | 0 | 2 | `config`, `noctalia` (generated) — program absent, prune |
| secrets | 0 | 4 | `gitea`, `hf_token`, `hf_token_write`, `kagi_api_key` (names only — secret tier) |
| shelly | 0 | 2 | `config.json`, `settings.json` |
| sway | 0 | 2 | `config`, `noctalia` (generated) — program absent, prune |
| systemd | 9 | 3 | `user/fib-watchdog.service`, `user/fib-watchdog.timer`, `user/timers.target.wants/fib-watchdog.timer` |
| tmux | 0 | 1 | `themes/noctalia.conf` (generated) |
| turborepo | 0 | 1 | `telemetry.json` — `turbo` absent, prune |
| umbriel | 0 | 2 | `config.toml`, `noctalia.toml` (generated) — program absent, prune |
| unity3d | 0 | 235 | RimWorld state: `Saves` (201), `Config` (21), other (13) — never track |
| wezterm | 0 | 1 | `colors/Noctalia.toml` (generated) — program absent, prune |
| yay | 0 | 0 | — (empty) |
| ytm-player | 0 | 1 | `theme.toml` — program absent, prune |

### Top-level `~/.config` files (not directories)

All regular files, none symlinked into `dotfiles`:
`starship.toml` (prune — `starship` absent), `frank-job-hunt.env` (secret tier),
`kdeglobals`, `partitionmanagerrc`, `pavucontrol.ini`, `cachyos-hello.json`,
`user-dirs.dirs`, `user-dirs.locale` (XDG/desktop state).

## Adoption candidates (program passes `command -v`)

Pre-vetted box-only files worth moving into `dotfiles`. Authorship is from the
file contents, read directly.

| File | Program (path) | Authored or default |
|---|---|---|
| `~/.gitconfig` | git (`/usr/bin/git`) | Authored — single setting line: `credential.helper = store --file ~/.config/secrets/gitea` (points at the secret tier; adopt the line, never the file it names) |
| `~/.config/bat/config` | bat (`/usr/bin/bat`) | Authored — one line `--theme=noctalia` |
| `~/.config/lazygit/config.yml` | lazygit (`/usr/bin/lazygit`) | Authored — 28-line custom noctalia color theme |
| `~/.config/micro/settings.json` | micro (`/usr/bin/micro`) | Authored — `{"colorscheme":"noctalia"}` |
| `~/.config/micro/bindings.json` | micro (`/usr/bin/micro`) | Default — empty `{}`, no custom bindings |
| `~/.config/flameshot/flameshot.ini` | flameshot (`/usr/bin/flameshot`) | Authored — `contrastOpacity=188`, `startupLaunch=true` |
| `~/.config/glow/glow.yml` | glow (`/usr/bin/glow`) | Default — shipped template, all default values (noctalia look comes from the generated `noctalia.json`, not this file) |
| `~/.config/autostart/Flameshot.desktop` | flameshot (`/usr/bin/flameshot`) | Authored — `Exec=flameshot`, `X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true` |

Every `~/.config` box-only row above lists each file, so the session can extend
beyond these seven (e.g. `btop/btop.conf`, `shelly/*` are also installed-program
configs).

## Never track (box-only)

| Reason | Contents |
|---|---|
| **Generated palette expansion** | Every `themes/noctalia*`, `*/noctalia.*`, `*/colors/noctalia*` / `Noctalia*` (24 files outside app-profile dirs). Machine-written by matugen/noctalia, not hand-authored: the `stat -c '%y %n'` cluster `2026-10-14 19:05:40.330…40.813 -0700` writes 24 files in one second (`alacritty/themes/noctalia.toml` at `.330212397`, `btop/themes/noctalia.theme` at `.334212456`, `tmux/themes/noctalia.conf` at `.813219586`, …); later re-runs re-stamp singles — `bat/themes/noctalia.tmTheme` `2026-10-18 17:11:22`, `niri/noctalia.kdl` `2026-10-18 17:36:27`, `mango/noctalia.conf` `2026-10-17 18:23:37`. A same-second mass-write is generation, never an edit. |
| **App state / profiles** | `mozilla` (5471), `unity3d` RimWorld state (235), `nirimod` (116), `obsidian` (99), `FreeTube` (56), `google-chrome-for-testing` (5); plus per-program state inside tracked dirs: `dconf/user`, `fish/fish_variables`, `micro/syntax/*`+`micro/buffers/history`, `gtk-4.0/servers`, `cachyos/cachyos-hello.log`. |
| **Skills-CLI installs** | `crush` (37), `devin` (37), `goose` (37), `kimchi/harness` (37) skill trees — provisioned by the skills CLI, owned by the store, not this repo. See [skills/store-wiring](/skills/store-wiring.md). |
| **Secret tier** | `~/.config/secrets/` (`gitea`, `hf_token`, `hf_token_write`, `kagi_api_key` — names only), top-level `frank-job-hunt.env`, `containers/systemd/postgres.env`. Never tracked, values never printed. |
| **Trash committed inside the tree** | `dotfiles/niri/.config/niri/cfg/.AGENTTRASH/display.kdl.superseded` — a retired output config committed 2026-10-09, five days before `.gitignore:54` gained `.AGENTTRASH/` (2026-10-14). Tracked-then-ignored: an ignore rule never reaches an already-tracked path, so the only repair is `git rm --cached`, done by #41. The rule does match at depth — `git check-ignore --no-index -v dotfiles/niri/.config/niri/cfg/.AGENTTRASH/x` resolves to `.gitignore:54` — so a fresh in-tree trash dir is ignored from birth and this does not recur on its own. |

## Owned-elsewhere (do not adopt here)

- `~/.config/containers/systemd/franksign-db.container` — header:
  *"Installed by `infra/setup-dev.sh` into `~/.config/containers/systemd/`."*
  Owned by the franksign repo; its quadlet, not this box's config.
- `~/.config/systemd/user/fib-watchdog.service` + `.timer` — box-only.
  `ExecStart=/usr/bin/bun src/cli.ts worker` with
  `WorkingDirectory=/home/blank/Projects/frank-intelligence-bench`.
  `systemctl --user is-active fib-watchdog.timer` → **inactive**. This box holds
  the only copy. Do **not** adopt it into `dotfiles`: `ExecStart` and
  `WorkingDirectory` are the bench project's internals, so that repo owns the
  unit — land it there and this row becomes "deployed by the bench repo". Until
  then it is a reinstall risk recorded here, not a dotfiles gap.
- **Hygiene finding, fixed 2026-10-20:** the enable-symlink
  `~/.config/systemd/user/default.target.wants/blankpad-desk-autoswitch.service`
  pointed into `~/.omp/wt/de-redesign-20261009/…`, a worktree the heartbeat had
  already reaped — so desk auto-switching was silently off while
  `systemctl --user is-enabled` still answered `enabled`. Relinked to
  `dotfiles/zz-blankpad/.config/systemd/user/blankpad-desk-autoswitch.service`
  and `daemon-reload`ed; left `inactive` on purpose, because starting it mid-
  session applies a desk profile and the box is in use. Law and diagnosis:
  [dotfiles-deploy](/tools/dotfiles-deploy.md).

## Prune list (owning program absent from `command -v`)

All verified with `command -v <prog>` (git resolves to `/usr/bin/git`; a session
alias can mask it, so probe in a clean shell).

| Config | Program checked |
|---|---|
| `sway`, `hypr`, `labwc`, `mango`, `scroll`, `umbriel` | `sway` `hyprland` `labwc` `mango` `scroll` `umbriel` — all ABSENT |
| `wezterm`, `kitty`, `foot` | `wezterm` `kitty` `foot` — all ABSENT |
| `rofi`, `helix`, `cava`, `ytm-player`, `starship.toml` | `rofi` `hx` `cava` `ytm-player` `starship` — all ABSENT |
| `pywalfox`, `qt5ct`, `qt6ct`, `turborepo` | `pywalfox` `qt5ct` `qt6ct` `turbo` — all ABSENT |

The first three rows are the expected set (all 14 confirmed absent). **My check
disagrees with the expected set by extending it**: `pywalfox`, `qt5ct`, `qt6ct`,
`turborepo` are also installed-nowhere config dirs and belong in the prune list.
Note the orphan dirs `cava`, `rofi`, `helix`, `wezterm`, `qt5ct`, `qt6ct` contain
*only* a generated noctalia palette file — pruning them removes no authored
config. `crush`/`devin`/`goose`/`kimchi` also fail `command -v` but are the
skills-CLI tier above, not this session's prune targets.

## Links

- [skills/store-wiring](/skills/store-wiring.md) — owns the skills-CLI tier
  claim (`crush`/`devin`/`goose`/`kimchi`).
- [KB index](/index.md) — knowledge-base entry point.