Beyond Dotfiles in 100 Seconds

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Then, go way beyond 100 seconds by taking the full course on Udemy, Dotfiles from Start to Finish-ish (aka "Dotiles in 15240 Seconds and Growing"). Keep an eye on Twitter and YouTube for updates to the course.

Steps to bootstrap a new Mac

1. Install Apple's Command Line Tools, which are prerequisites for Git and Homebrew.

xcode-select --install

2. Clone repo into new hidden directory.

# Use SSH (if set up)...
git clone git@github.com:eieioxyz/Beyond-Dotfiles-in-100-Seconds.git ~/.dotfiles

# ...or use HTTPS and switch remotes later.
git clone https://github.com/eieioxyz/Beyond-Dotfiles-in-100-Seconds.git ~/.dotfiles

3. Create symlinks in the Home directory to the real files in the repo.

# There are better and less manual ways to do this;
# investigate install scripts and bootstrapping tools.

ln -s ~/.dotfiles/.zshrc ~/.zshrc
ln -s ~/.dotfiles/.gitconfig ~/.gitconfig

4. Install Homebrew, followed by the software listed in the Brewfile.

# These could also be in an install script.

# Install Homebrew
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

# Then pass in the Brewfile location...
brew bundle --file ~/.dotfiles/Brewfile

# ...or move to the directory first.
cd ~/.dotfiles && brew bundle

TODO List

• Learn how to use defaults to record and restore System Preferences and other macOS configurations.
• Organize these growing steps into multiple script files.
• Automate symlinking and run script files with a bootstrapping tool like Dotbot.
• Revisit the list in .zshrc to customize the shell.
• Make a checklist of steps to decommission your computer before wiping your hard drive.
• Create a bootable USB installer for macOS.
• Integrate other cloud services into your Dotfiles process (Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.).
• Find inspiration and examples in other Dotfiles repositories at dotfiles.github.io.
• And last, but hopefully not least, take my course, Dotfiles from Start to Finish-ish!

Thank You!

I offer the most massive of thanks to Jeff for giving me a few minutes on his stage. Please thank him for me by liking, sharing, subscribing, and taking a look at fireship.io.