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Mac setup and configuration via Ansible.
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Oh my zsh #2

Open benjifisher opened 5 months ago

benjifisher commented 5 months ago

Home page: https://ohmyz.sh/

Since zsh is the default shell for macOS, we should configure it so that it is a good option.

Of course, nothing we do for zsh will interfere with using bash or another shell if that is your preference.

benjifisher commented 5 months ago

What plugins should we install?

benjifisher commented 5 months ago

According to https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/wiki/Installing-ZSH, you might want to install a newer version of zsh with Homebrew. But I see version 5.9 installed and the same version available from Homebrew:

% zsh --version
zsh 5.9 (x86_64-apple-darwin23.0)
% brew info zsh
==> zsh: stable 5.9 (bottled), HEAD
UNIX shell (command interpreter)
https://www.zsh.org/
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benjifisher commented 5 months ago

We could manage the installation ourselves or use an existing Ansible role: