biblatex.cfg

\ProvidesFile{biblatex.cfg}

% Put your definitions here.

\ExecuteBibliographyOptions{defernumbers=true, maxbibnames=99, sorting=ydmdnt, date=long, dateabbrev=false, url=false}

% Default horizontal spacing between number and entry is twice what I want it to be ({2\labelsep})
\setlength{\biblabelsep}{\labelsep} % Default: {2\labelsep}

% Default vertical spacing between entries isn't big enough (must be zero)
\setlength{\bibitemsep}{1ex} % Default: \itemsep

% My formatting for DOI, ISBN, and URL fields
\DeclareFieldFormat{doi}{%
  DOI\addcolon~%
  \ifhyperref%
    {\href{https://doi.org/#1}{\nolinkurl{#1}}}
    {#1}}
\DeclareFieldFormat{isbn}{ISBN\addcolon~#1}
\DeclareFieldFormat{issn}{ISSN\addcolon~#1}
\DeclareFieldFormat{url}{URL\addcolon~\url{#1}}

% Sort bibliography entries by month and year, then names, then title
\DeclareSortingScheme{ydmdnt}{
  \sort{
    \field{presort}
  }
  \sort[final]{
    \field{sortkey}
  }
  \sort[direction=descending]{
    \field[strside=left,strwidth=4]{sortyear}
    \field[strside=left,strwidth=4]{year}
    \literal{9999}
  }
  \sort[direction=descending]{
    \field{month}
    \literal{13}
  }
  \sort[direction=descending]{
    \field{day}
    \literal{32}
  }
  \sort{
    \field{sortname}
    \field{author}
    \field{editor}
    \field{translator}
    \field{sorttitle}
    \field{title}
  }
  \sort{
    \field{sorttitle}
    \field{title}
  }
}

% Makes bold any authors with a last name matching the contents of \MyLastName
\renewbibmacro*{name:given-family}[4]{%
  \usebibmacro{name:delim}{#2#3#1}%
  \usebibmacro{name:hook}{#2#3#1}%
  \ifdefstrequal{\MyLastName}{#1}%
    {%
    \textbf{%
      \ifdefvoid{#2}{}{\mkbibnamegiven{#2}\isdot\bibnamedelimd}%
      \ifdefvoid{#3}{}{%
        \mkbibnameprefix{#3}\isdot
        \ifprefchar
          {}
          {\ifuseprefix{\bibnamedelimc}{\bibnamedelimd}}}%
      \mkbibnamefamily{#1}\isdot
      \ifdefvoid{#4}{}{\bibnamedelimd\mkbibnamesuffix{#4}\isdot}
      }%
    }{%
    \ifdefvoid{#2}{}{\mkbibnamegiven{#2}\isdot\bibnamedelimd}%
    \ifdefvoid{#3}{}{%
      \mkbibnameprefix{#3}\isdot
      \ifprefchar
        {}
        {\ifuseprefix{\bibnamedelimc}{\bibnamedelimd}}}%
    \mkbibnamefamily{#1}\isdot
    \ifdefvoid{#4}{}{\bibnamedelimd\mkbibnamesuffix{#4}\isdot}
    }%
}

\endinput