Installation

Download the script:

git clone https://github.com/minamarkham/formation.git && cd formation

Review the script (please don't run scripts you don't understand):

less slay

Slay:

sh slay 2>&1 | tee ~/formation.log

Optionally, review the log:

less ~/formation.log

What you get

Basic tools:

• XCode Command Line Tools for developer essentials.
• Bash-it, for a more powerful bash.
• Git for version control
• Homebrew for managing operating system libraries.

Check swag for the full list of apps installed

Just add ~./hot-sauce!

Your ~/.hot-sauce is added at the end of your Formation. Put your customizations there.

#!/usr/bin/env bash

SLAY_SCREENSHOTS="$HOME/Desktop/screenshots"

DIRECTORIES=(
    $HOME/Desktop/code
    $HOME/Desktop/design
    $HOME/Desktop/*dump
    $HOME/Desktop/GIFs
    $HOME/Desktop/projects
    $HOME/Desktop/screenshots
)

step "Making directories…"
for dir in ${DIRECTORIES[@]}; do
    mkd $dir
done

echo "${indent}  ︎︎❤︎ Configuring screenshots…"
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpg
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location $SLAY_SCREENSHOTS
killall SystemUIServer

Write your customizations such that they can be run safely more than once. See the slay script for examples. Formation functions such as print_success and install_brews can be used in your ~/.hot-sauce.

Debugging

Your last Formation run will be saved to ~/formation.log. Read through it to see if you can debug the issue yourself. If not, copy the lines where the script failed into a new GitHub Issue. Or, attach the whole log file as an attachment.

Acknowledgements

Inspired by thoughtbot's laptop, Mathias Bynens' dotfiles, Cătălin Mariș's dotfiles and more.

Get your machines in formation.