Setup Scripts Readme File

These are the files I have created to mange the configuration of new computers.

File Manifest

Actively in use

These files are actively maintained and in use.

casks.sh - Installs native Mac applications via Homebrew Cask casks and runs Brew maintenance scripts
dropbox.sh - Installs Dropbox if not already installed
fileTest.sh - Maintenance script to run occasionally. This ensures that the files called from the mackup.sh actually exist. If any of these files fail mackup.sh will fail as well.
fileTest.txt - Text files containing the paths to documents and directories within Dropbox. This list is called from mackup.sh as well as dropboxFileTest.sh and is used to ensure that files have synced correctly.
functions.sh - The backbone of my process. Contains most of the logic for the other scripts that are in use and makes them available as shared functions.
homebrew.sh - Installs unix based Homebrew packages and runs Brew maintenance scripts
mackup.sh - This script configures and installs mackup, and then restores my files from Dropbox to their correct locations. Note: This script relies on the existence of certain files in Dropbox to ensure that synching has completed. This list of files needs maintenance from time to time.
newMackSetup.sh - This is script calls all of the other scripts in the correct order to configure a new computer from scratch.
osx.sh - This script contains the Mac OSX specific settings.
ruby.sh - This script installs RVM (Ruby Version Manager) and certain Gems including Jekyll.
ssd.sh - Optional script for configuring non-Apple native SSDs
ssh.sh - Script to configure SSH and link it to Github
utils.sh - This is a utilities script containing common BASH scripting utilities.

Scratch files

These files are not actively in use. They are either old and for reference purposes or test files.

dropboxsymlinks.sh - Before discovering mackup I wrote this script to symlink my own files through Dropbox. Saved for posterity to remind myself that I don't know how to code.
otherPeopleMackupScript.sh - Hacked together script to attempt to get Mackup running on someone else's computer without any of the other scripts listed above.
testScript.sh - A scratch file used to test different BASH functions. Erase at will.

USAGE

To configure a new computer simply run the script newMacSetup.sh in Terminal.app and follow the instructions.