fixed oh-my-zsh with proper custom directory and modified install script to allow for profile linking to clean up the arch base:

editors/nvim/config/spell/en.utf-8.add

@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ S983
 Airpods
 swiffer
 postlab
+TypeScript
+ADTs

install-profile

@@ -14,18 +14,40 @@ DOTBOT_BIN="bin/dotbot"
 
 BASE_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 
+declare -a CONFIGS
+
+parse_configs() {
+    # parses configs in file $1 and returns array of config names
+
+    while IFS= read -r config; do
+
+        if [[ -z "$config" || "$config" =~ ^# ]] ; then
+            # skip comments and empty lines
+            continue
+        elif [[ "$config" =~ ^profile/ ]] ; then
+            # allows for profile inclusion
+            profile=$(echo "$config" | sed 's/^profile\///')
+            parse_configs "$profile"
+        else
+            CONFIGS+=("$config")
+        fi
+    done < "${META_DIR}/${PROFILES_DIR}/$1"
+}
+
 
 cd "${BASE_DIR}"
 git -C "${BASE_DIR}" submodule sync --quiet --recursive
 git submodule update --init --recursive "${BASE_DIR}"
 
-while IFS= read -r config; do
-    CONFIGS+=" ${config}"
-done < "${META_DIR}/${PROFILES_DIR}/$1"
+# parse initial profile
+parse_configs "$1"
+
+# cleanup at the end
+CONFIGS+=("clean")
 
 shift
 
-for config in ${CONFIGS} ${@}; do
+for config in "${CONFIGS[@]}"; do
     echo -e "\nConfigure $config"
     # create temporary file
     configFile="$(mktemp)"

meta/base.yaml

@@ -2,14 +2,3 @@
     link:
       create: true
       relink: true
-    shell:
-      stdin: true
-      stdout: true
-      stderr: true
-
-- clean: 
-    ~/:
-    ~/.config:
-    ~/.config/systemd/user:
-    ~/.local/bin:
-    ~/.local/share:

meta/configs/clean.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+- clean:
+    ~/:
+    ~/.config:
+      recursive: true
+    ~/.local/share:
+      recursive: true
+    ~/.local/bin:
+

meta/configs/i3.desktop.yaml

@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 - shell:
   - [cd src/i3lock-blur && make install, Building i3lock]
 
-- clean:
-    ~/.config/i3:
-    ~/.local/share/wallpapers:
-
 - link:
     ~/.config/i3/config: gui/i3/desktop.conf
     ~/.local/bin/wallpaper.sh: bin/wallpaper.sh

meta/configs/oh-my-zsh.yaml

@@ -2,9 +2,4 @@
   - [bin/oh-my-zsh-check.sh]
 
 - link:
-    ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/:
-      path: shells/oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/**
-      glob: true
-    ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/themes/:
-      path: shells/oh-my-zsh/custom/themes/**
-      glob: true
+    ~/.local/share/oh-my-zsh: shells/oh-my-zsh

meta/profiles/apple

@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ oh-my-zsh
 fzf
 scripts
 calcurse
+clean

meta/profiles/arch

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+arch.base
+arch.i3
+arch.picom
+arch.polybar
+nvim
+zsh
+oh-my-zsh
+fzf
+tmux.sparse
+tmuxp
+polybar
+picom
+rofi
+lf
+scripts

meta/profiles/desktop

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# include base arch profile
+profile/arch
+
+# desktop specific
+st.desktop
+i3.desktop
+calcurse
+seafile
+passwords

meta/profiles/legacy/legacy.arch.desktop

@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ scripts
 calcurse
 seafile
 passwords
+clean

meta/profiles/legacy/legacy.arch.thinkpad

@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ scripts
 calcurse
 seafile
 passwords
+clean

meta/profiles/legacy/legacy.arch.work

@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ rofi
 lf
 scripts
 timetracker
+clean

meta/profiles/thinkpad

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+profile/arch
+st.thinkpad
+i3.thinkpad
+calcurse
+seafile
+passwords

meta/profiles/work

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+profile/arch
+st.work
+i3.work
+timetracker

meta/profiles/wsl

@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ oh-my-zsh
 fzf
 scripts
 calcurse
+clean

shells/zsh/zshrc

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ ZSH_THEME="powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k"
 # HIST_STAMPS="mm/dd/yyyy"
 
 # Would you like to use another custom folder than $ZSH/custom?
-# ZSH_CUSTOM=/path/to/new-custom-folder
+ZSH_CUSTOM=$HOME/.local/share/oh-my-zsh/custom
 
 # Which plugins would you like to load?
 # Standard plugins can be found in $ZSH/plugins/
@@ -117,16 +117,8 @@ source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh
 # Compilation flags
 # export ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64"
 
-# Set personal aliases, overriding those provided by oh-my-zsh libs,
-# plugins, and themes. Aliases can be placed here, though oh-my-zsh
-# users are encouraged to define aliases within the ZSH_CUSTOM folder.
-# For a full list of active aliases, run `alias`.
 # 
-# Example aliases
-# alias zshconfig="mate ~/.zshrc"
-# alias ohmyzsh="mate ~/.oh-my-zsh"
-# 
-# switching to vimrc
+# switching to neovim
 alias vim="nvim"
 # helpful aliasis
 alias ifconfig="/sbin/ifconfig"