brewfile

my brewfiles

The one i use to set up a fresh installed mac is named Brewfile_initial

To install it run the following command:

brew bundle --file="Brewfile_initial"

It then installs all you ned to get started.

On the target you need to install brew first.

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

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notes on creating a brewfile

Store the brewfile for the mac. In this folder, run the following command to update the brewfile:

brew bundle dump --describe --force --file="Brewfile_$(hostname)"

On the target machine, run the following command to install the brewfile:

brew bundle --file="Brewfile_$(hostname)"

empty target machine

If the target machine is a brand new install of macOS you need to set up brew and git first.

Run the following command to install brew:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Then install vs code to edit the brew file

brew install --cask visual-studio-code

If there is no git. Thwn run the following command to install git:

brew install git

Then run the following command set up git:

git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "