This post outlines how to set up a new OS X Yosemite with sane default dotfiles and basic applications. Dotfiles are heavily influenced by Mathias Bynes.

Install brew

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ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Install brewdler

Updated on 9.3.2015

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brew tap Homebrew/brewdler

Clone dotfiles

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git clone https://github.com/SirIle/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles

Run brewdler

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cd .dotfiles
brew brewdle

Run RCM

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rcup rcrc
rcup -f

Make GNU bash default shell

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echo "/usr/local/bin/bash" | sudo tee -a /etc/shells
chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash

Install NPM as non-root

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echo prefix=~/.node >> ~/.npmrc
curl -L https://www.npmjs.org/install.sh | sh

Add a ~/.extra to contain non-github stuff

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# Git credentials
# Not in the repository, to prevent people from accidentally committing under my name
GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="Ilkka Anttonen"
GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"
git config --global user.name "$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"
GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="ilkka.anttonen@accenture.com"
GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"
git config --global user.email "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"
git config --global credential.helper osxkeychain