Config

Config is a basic checklist I follow to set up a new Mac's development environment. It gets me up to speed with Git, Ruby, GitHub, Jekyll, and more so I can more quickly get back to coding.

Contents

File	Description
.bash_profile	Customizes the Terminal.app prompt and echoes the currently checked out Git branch.
.gitconfig	Global Git configuration to specify my name and email, shortcuts, colors, and more.
.gitignore	The ignore file from twbs/bootstrap that I use everywhere.

Shell script (WIP)

This repository includes a shell script for executing the bulk of the configuration process. First, install and agree to terms for Xcode, then download and run Strap. Then, enter the following in Terminal:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mdo/config/master/config.sh > ~/Downloads/config.sh && bash ~/Downloads/config.sh

Many of the included macOS Terminal customizations are taken from https://github.com/pawelgrzybek/dotfiles and https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles.

Checklist

1. Prep iTerm.app

• Load .zshrc
• Load .gitconfig contents into the global ~/.gitconfig

2. Secure Git(Hub) access

• Generate an access token for Terminal to auth your GitHub account when 2FA is enabled.

# Generate Access Token
$ ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "[email protected]"
$ ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
$ ssh-add -l -E sha256

# To Check if you have access
$ eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"

3. Additional dependencies

• Install node via Homebrew: brew install node.
• Install nvm via Homebrew: brew install nvm.

4. Customize things

• Disable LCD font smoothing
• Change Time Format System Preference > Dock & Menu Bar > Clock > Time Options > Digital
• Hide desktop icons with defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop false; killall Finder
• Set sidebar icons to Small
• Adjust iTerm Shortcut Keys
  • Go to Preferences... > Profiles > Keys (not Preferences... > Keys)
  • On current versions (3.14+) you then switch to the Key Mappings tab
  • Press Presets... dropdown button.
  • Select Natural Text Editing

Use it yourself

Fork this repo, or just copy-paste things you need, and make it your own. Please be sure to change your .gitconfig name and email address though!

Works on my machine

Yup, it does. Hopefully it does on yours as well, but please don't hate me if it doesn't.

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