Make start-up command curl

[MrJadaml]

A fresh boot does not yet have x-code command line tools, therefore git clone will not work. Instead use something like sh -c "curl -Lok https://github-repo-url 'dotfiles'"

May need -Lok flags

• follow redirects
• write output to file "some_name" as 2nd arg
• allows insecure SSL connections

[MrJadaml]

This accomplishes what I want, but holy gross... 😵

curl -Lk https://api.github.com/repos/mrjadaml/mac-maker/tarball --create-dirs -o ~/projects/dotfiles.tar.gz && tar -zxvf ~/projects/dotfiles.tar.gz -C ~/projects/ -s /MrJadaml-mac-maker-b83e4c7/dotfiles/

This command does the following:

• pulls down the repo as a tarball: curl
• follows redirects and allows insecure SSL connections if need be: -Lk
• create a projects directory: --create-dirs
• save the tarball with the name dotfiles.tar.gz in the projects directory: -o
• chains a second command: &&
• untars the tarbal using gzip targeting it in the projects dir in verbose mode: -zxvf
• Changes to projects directory before adding files: -C
• saves in a dir named dotfiles rather than default MrJadaml-mac-maker-b83e4c7: s/new/old

[MrJadaml]

Since I plan to use this build script on a freshly formatted machine, I like that the above command creates the projects directory for me. Though it may be more portable to remove the projects dir portion of the command. Then just guide the user (or myself) to run the command where they want to install the repo and manually create any directories. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯