I hate installing, configuring, and updating software on my computer. For example when I'm using a new machine, or sshing into a remote system. I've automated as much of that process as I can, keeping everything as lightweight as possible.
Configure and install everything:
cd && curl -LOks https://github.com/lexicalunit/dotfiles/tarball/master
tar xvzf master --strip 1 -C . && rm master
bin/equip -f all- Clone this repository into your home directory.
- Source your new environment by opening a new terminal or running
. ~/.profile. - Execute the command
equip allto step through configuration of system settings, installation of applications, and creation of your complete developer environment.
You can also use the tool bin/deploy_dotfiles to automatically
export these settings to a remote machine.
- Your home directory is a git repository now! Track changes and commit updates as needed.
- There are some git hooks in
envthat generate certain files for you. - Re-run
equip allperiodically to update applications and configuration. - Don't forget to
git pullany updates!
There's some things that I would like to have automated but I haven't found a way yet.
- Automatically start up after being installed: Dropbox, Rectangle, Flux
- Automatically setup launch at startup: Rectangle, Amphetamine
- Automatically setup iterm2's config location
- Automatically set up the Dock's icons
- Automatically install web browser extensions
- Disable "Show recent applications in Dock"
- Enable zoom via ctrl + mouse wheel scroll
- Enable zoom follows mouse pointer
- Enable text to speech for selected text via option + esc
Solarized Light.itermcolorsandSolarized Light xterm-256color.terminalthemes to use inTerminal.apporiTerm.app.com.googlecode.iterm2.plistare my settings foriTerm.app.Rio.jpgis my favorite Desktop image.Inconsolata.otfis my favorite font for writing code, it's automatically installed during thebin/equip envstep.- The
post-commitandpre-commitfiles are git hooks use to maintain this repository. They're also installed as part of thebin/equip envstep. prompt_lexical_setupis my prezto prompt theme, installed as part of thebin/equip envstep.nice.cssis a nice style sheet useful for overriding annoying websites.dircolors_examples.tgzis used bybin/show_dircolors.
Installed into your ~/bin directory, these tools will be on your PATH. For detailed usage
documentation see the README.md for ~/bin, or of course run any of the tools
with the argument --help.
Note: Some scripts in this repository are written assuming that you're using zsh as your shell. As of macOS Catalina the default shell is
zsh. However, most scripts in~/binare written with a/bin/bashshebang because I like to use shellcheck to ensure code quality. Where possible I've tried to maintain backwards compatibility withbash, but I make no guarantees. You should start usingzshas soon as possible. It's so much better. In the future there will hopefully be direct support for#!/usr/bin/env zshinshellcheck.
| Tool | Usage |
|---|---|
alert |
Provides shell level windowed alerting system. |
backmost |
Send the current frontmost windowed macOS application to the back. |
br |
Reset hue light files. |
busy |
Turn on a busy light. |
capture_x |
Creates a screenshot of selected window on X11. |
card |
Fetches a card image from Scryfall and converts it to a PNG. |
cleanup |
Cleans system and application caches on macOS. |
codeclimate |
Runs Code Climate on the current working directory. |
colortest |
Prints out an entire color palette of terminal color codes. |
daemons |
Finds and removes unwanted daemons and agents. |
deploy_dotfiles |
Installs bin and env from this repository to remote server via ssh. |
die |
Kills processes based on process name. |
doc |
Builds HTML output from Markdown file. |
dogs |
Streams system logs for docker containers. |
drc |
Run a Check django backend. |
equip |
Install applications and development environment on an macOS or Lin... |
faff |
Sleeps for the given number of seconds, showing a progress bar. |
firefox-tabs |
Attempts to list the currently open urls in your Firefox tabs. |
flip |
Flips input upside down. |
git-arc |
Tool for archiving and restoring git branches. |
git-authors |
Git script for discovering who wrote the code at the current workin... |
git-fp |
Git script for cleaning up merged tracking branches. |
git-lg |
Git script for printing beautiful logs. |
git-ltr |
Lists (a-la 'ls -ltr') git controlled source files in current direc... |
git-name-change |
Clones a repo then changes the name and email address in entire his... |
git-parent |
Finds the direct parent of the current branch in git. |
git-pretty |
Runs prettier on vue/js/ts files in the most recent N commits. |
git-pt |
Force updates remote topic branch with local branch. |
git-recon |
A tool for reconciling your local git repositories. |
git-run |
Runs a command on files that have recently changed. |
git-tidy |
Tidies up all the junk this repository. |
git-what |
Build a useful git description of the changes in this branch. |
git-wrote |
Who wrote the most lines for the files in the current directory. |
golist |
Looks for downloaded go modules in your system go path. |
install_odbc |
Sets up ODBC. |
macosver |
Prints current macOS version information. |
mc_support |
Hit a backend support endpoint. |
mon |
Month name to number and vice versa. |
nodeula-rasa |
Gives you a total clean slate in your node project. |
nopw |
Enables password-less ssh TO username@remotehost FROM localhost. |
npm-update |
Tries to update package dependencies to latest using ncu, npm, and ... |
paystub |
Get your latest paystub as PDF from Check's API. |
pc |
Blow away and reinstall all pre-commit hooks. |
pipc |
Pip compiles any requirement*.in files in the current 8CAF directory. |
pipi |
Pip installs any requirements files in the current directory. |
ppt |
Runs pytest tests locally. |
rc |
Spin up or attach to tumx running Check development services. |
resend |
Resend an incident notification. |
root |
Prints the root of the current repository. |
set_wallpaper |
Uses Cocoa classes via PyObjC to set a desktop wallpaper on all scr... |
show_dircolors |
Shows example output based on current dircolors settings. |
slept |
Get time macOS system last went to sleep. |
snake |
Convert camelCase to snake_case. |
uninstall_homebrew |
Uninstalls Homebrew. |
usages |
Prints out documentation and usages for utilities. |
weather |
Show the current weather directly in your terminal. |
whereami |
Prints your current city name using your geoip location. |
woke |
Get time macOS system last woke from sleep. |
xdie |
Kills processes based on their window title. |
xf |
Extract common file formats. |
zoomwatcher |
A service that watches for zoom and turns a hue light red if it is ... |
Glad you asked! equip all will go through the following steps one by one. For the steps that
install packages/formulas/casks/whatever, see below for the list of included items.
| Step | Description |
|---|---|
| xcode | Ensure that Xcode Command Line Tools are installed |
| dotfiles | Ensure home directory is a git repository for dotfiles |
| brew | Ensure Homebrew installed, formulas upgraded, and Theine installed |
| cask | Ensure Homebrew Casks are installed |
| ext | Ensure file extension associations are correct |
| zsh | Ensure shell is latest version of zsh from Homebrew |
| env | Update environment configuration and submodules |
| python | Upgrade/Install python and conda packages |
| node | Ensure Node modules are installed via npm |
| go | Ensure Go packages are installed |
| cargo | Ensure Rust packages are installed via cargo |
| code | Ensure VS Code installed via Homebrew Cask and its packages are installed |
| osx | Override macOS "defaults" settings and configuration |
| dot | Runs steps: dotfiles zsh env |
| apps | Runs steps: xcode brew cask ext python node go cargo code |
| most | Runs steps: apps dot (basically everything but the osx step) |
| all | Runs all steps |
Homebrew Formulas: autoconf, awscli, bash, brotli, c-ares, cabal-install, chrome-cli, coreutils, defaultbrowser, diff-so-fancy, direnv, duti, exiftool, expect, fasd, fontconfig, freetype, fribidi, fzf, gdbm, gettext, ghc, ghostscript, git, git-lfs, git-secrets, glances, glib, gnu-sed, gnu-tar, go, gobject-introspection, graphite2, harfbuzz, icu4c, imagemagick@6, jbig2dec, jemalloc, jez/formulae/pandoc-sidenote, jpeg, jq, krb5, libev, libevent, libffi, libidn, libidn2, libpng, libpthread-stubs, libssh2, libtiff, libtool, libunistring, libuv, libx11, libxau, libxcb, libxdmcp, libxext, libxrender, libyaml, little-cms2, lsd, lzo, m4, mas, mpdecimal, ncurses, nghttp2, node, nvm, oniguruma, openhue-cli, openjpeg, openssl@1.1, pandoc, pango, pcre, pcre2, pidof, pixman, pkg-config, postgresql, pyenv, pyenv-virtualenv, pyenv-virtualenvwrapper, pyright, readline, ripgrep, rlwrap, rust, shellcheck, shfmt, six, sqlite, tcl-tk, tmux, toolbox, tree, utf8proc, vramsteg, watch, wdiff, webp, wget, xorgproto, xz, yarn, zsh
Homebrew Casks: 1password, 1password/tap/1password-cli, chromedriver, discord, disk-inventory-x, docker, dropbox, fantastical, flux, font-fira-code, font-hack-nerd-font, google-chrome, iexplorer, iterm2, lingon-x, mactex, ngrok, obsidian, omnifocus, rectangle, signal, slack, snes9x, sourcetree, spotify, steam, tableplus, texstudio, the-unarchiver, transmission, vagrant, visual-studio-code, vlc
Code Packages: be5invis.toml, bibhasdn.unique-lines, charliermarsh.ruff, DavidAnson.vscode-markdownlint, dbaeumer.vscode-eslint, eamodio.gitlens, esbenp.prettier-vscode, exiasr.hadolint, foxundermoon.shell-format, GitHub.copilot, GitHub.copilot-chat, hashicorp.terraform, HookyQR.beautify, James-Yu.latex-workshop, joe-re.sql-language-server, karunamurti.haml, mgmcdermott.vscode-language-babel, mike-co.import-sorter, mohsen1.prettify-json, ms-azuretools.vscode-docker, ms-python.debugpy, ms-python.python, ms-python.vscode-pylance, ms-vscode.live-server, nickmillerdev.pytest-fixtures, PascalReitermann93.vscode-yaml-sort, redhat.vscode-yaml, richie5um2.vscode-sort-json, streetsidesoftware.code-spell-checker, sysoev.language-stylus, timonwong.shellcheck
Conda Packages: appdirs, appnope, attrs, backcall, brotlipy, ca-certificates, cachecontrol, cachy, certifi, cffi, charset-normalizer, cleo, clikit, crashtest, cryptography, decorator, distlib, filelock, html5lib, idna, importlib_metadata, importlib-metadata, iniconfig, ipython, ipython_genutils, jedi, jsonschema, keyring, libcxx, libffi, lockfile, lz4, lz4-c, matplotlib-inline, more-itertools, msgpack-python, ncurses, openssl, packaging, parso, pastel, pexpect, pickleshare, pip, pkginfo, pluggy, poetry, poetry-core, prompt-toolkit, ptyprocess, py, pycosat, pycparser, pygments, pylev, pyopenssl, pyparsing, pyrsistent, pysocks, pytest, pyyaml, readline, requests, requests-toolbelt, ruamel_yaml, setuptools, shellingham, six, sqlite, tk, toml, tomlkit, tqdm, traitlets, urllib3, uv, virtualenv, wcwidth, webencodings, wheel, xz, yaml, zipp, zlib
Node Modules: @ibm/plex, all-contributors-cli, create-react-app, cson, dockerlint, eslint, external-ip, generator-code, generator-generator, geoip-lite, js-beautify, JSON, json-stable-stringify, moment, nesh, npm-check-updates, npm-remote-ls, npm-why, prettier, raml2html, standard, tmpin, typescript, yo
Go Packages: github.com/BurntSushi/toml, github.com/BurntSushi/toml/cmd/tomlv
Cargo Packages: cargo-update, jless, loc, porsmo
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