workspace-setup

This repository contains the setup code for deploying my workspace environment on macOS.

Running Instructions

./setup_mac.sh

Technical Information

The setup script performs the following actions;

1. Installs Homebrew if it is not already installed.
2. Installs Python 3 from Homebrew if it is not already installed.
3. Installs Ansible from Homebrew if it is not already installed.
4. Execute the playbook macbook.yml.

The playbook then performs the following:

1. Installs the required Homebrew Taps.
2. Updates Homebrew.
3. Installs the set Brew formulae.
4. Installs the set Brew Casks.
5. Installs set App Store packages using mas.
6. Creates folder for Dotfile storage.
7. Clones Dotfiles ready for linking.

Todo

• Configuration management for macOS applications; can be somewhat complicated to implement, so likely only for a small set of core applications.
• Manage system updates; traditionally I've used a simple shell script for this.
• Upgrade homebrew_cask to use collections-based version; currently, several casks fail when using community.general.homebrew_cask as their names are no longer recognised due to being hyphenated.
• Automatically run the linking script for my Dotfiles.