https://github.com/searls/icloud-dotfiles

My iCloud Drive-based dev environment
https://github.com/searls/icloud-dotfiles

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My iCloud Drive-based dev environment

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/searls/icloud-dotfiles
• Owner: searls
• Created: 2016-12-22T18:12:07.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-08-23T02:05:45.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-21T21:42:00.286Z (23 days ago)
• Language: Shell
• Size: 1.34 MB
• Stars: 205
• Watchers: 12
• Forks: 35
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# icloud-dotfiles

Having been burned a few times by different dotfiles strategies, I decided to

just roll my own. Feel free to copy this if you're so inclined.

The basic gist of this:

1. Store dotfiles in iCloud Drive

2. Have a script that symlinks iCloud drive & dotfiles to my home directory and

    installs (or updates) the programs I use, such that it can be re-run gracefully

Here's my [full routine for setting up a new Mac on YouTube](https://blog.testdouble.com/talks/2020-05-28-setting-up-a-new-mac-for-development/)

## Setup

### 1. Fetch the dotfiles and throw them in iCloud Drive

Fork this repo and clone it into your iCloud Drive as "dotfiles" like so:

```

$ git clone --recursive https://github.com/searls/icloud-dotfiles.git "~/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/dotfiles"

```

### 2. Run the setup script

Now, run the initial setup script (which you can review

[here](https://github.com/searls/icloud-dotfiles/blob/master/bin/setup-new-mac)):

```

$ ~/Library/Mobile\ Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/dotfiles/bin/setup-new-mac

```

In my case, this sets up my symlinks, installs/updates my brew formulas,

sets up Node & Ruby and then sources my bash profile.