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+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+echo "============================================"
+echo "NvChad Configuration Installation Script"
+echo "============================================"
+echo ""
+echo "This script will:"
+echo "  - Backup existing ~/.config/nvim to ~/.config/nvim.backup (if exists)"
+echo "  - Clone your NvChad config from git@gitea.hptrow.me:pt/nvchad.git (customize branch)"
+echo "  - Launch nvim to auto-install lazy.nvim and all plugins"
+echo ""
+echo "Prerequisites:"
+echo "  - Neovim 0.9.5+ must be installed (run ./install_neovim.sh if needed)"
+echo "  - Git must be installed"
+echo "  - SSH key must be set up for gitea.hptrow.me"
+echo ""
+read -p "Continue with installation? (y/N) " -n 1 -r
+echo
+if [[ ! $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
+    echo "Installation cancelled."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo "Starting installation..."
+echo ""
+
+# Check prerequisites
+if ! command -v nvim &> /dev/null; then
+    echo "Error: Neovim is not installed or not in PATH" >&2
+    echo "Please run ./install_neovim.sh first" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! command -v git &> /dev/null; then
+    echo "Error: Git is not installed" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Verify Neovim version
+NVIM_VERSION=$(nvim --version | head -n1 | grep -oP 'v\K[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' || echo "0.0")
+REQUIRED_VERSION="0.9"
+if [ "$(printf '%s\n' "$REQUIRED_VERSION" "$NVIM_VERSION" | sort -V | head -n1)" != "$REQUIRED_VERSION" ]; then
+    echo "Error: Neovim version $NVIM_VERSION is too old (need 0.9.5+)" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Neovim version: $(nvim --version | head -n1)"
+echo ""
+
+# Backup existing config if it exists
+if [ -d ~/.config/nvim ]; then
+    echo "Backing up existing ~/.config/nvim to ~/.config/nvim.backup"
+    if [ -d ~/.config/nvim.backup ]; then
+        rm -rf ~/.config/nvim.backup
+    fi
+    mv ~/.config/nvim ~/.config/nvim.backup
+fi
+
+# Clone the config
+echo "Cloning NvChad config from gitea (customize branch)..."
+set -x
+git clone -b customize git@gitea.hptrow.me:pt/nvchad.git ~/.config/nvim
+set +x
+
+if [ ! -d ~/.config/nvim ]; then
+    echo "Error: Failed to clone config" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo "Config cloned successfully!"
+echo ""
+echo "============================================"
+echo "First Launch Setup"
+echo "============================================"
+echo ""
+echo "Neovim will now launch and automatically:"
+echo "  1. Bootstrap lazy.nvim plugin manager"
+echo "  2. Install NvChad (as a plugin)"
+echo "  3. Install all configured plugins"
+echo ""
+echo "This may take a few minutes on first run."
+echo "After installation completes, close nvim with :q"
+echo ""
+read -p "Press Enter to launch nvim and complete setup..." -r
+echo ""
+
+# Launch nvim to trigger plugin installation
+nvim +q
+
+echo ""
+echo "============================================"
+echo "Installation Complete!"
+echo "============================================"
+echo ""
+echo "Your NvChad configuration is installed at: ~/.config/nvim"
+echo ""
+echo "Key customizations in this config:"
+echo "  - Theme: vscode_dark"
+echo "  - Tab width: 4 spaces"
+echo "  - Obsidian.nvim integration"
+echo "  - SQL development tools (pg_format, sqlfluff)"
+echo "  - Mason for installing formatters"
+echo "  - Custom keybindings: g+w (format), <leader>gb (blame), more in lua/mappings.lua"
+echo ""
+echo "Next time you launch nvim, everything will be ready!"
+echo ""
+if [ -d ~/.config/nvim.backup ]; then
+    echo "Note: Your old config was backed up to ~/.config/nvim.backup"
+fi
+echo "============================================"