A collection of scripts, files, etc. that I've written myself or collected from stack overflow over the years.

I use them in my dev environment (at my full time job) to make my life easier.

My ~/.zshrc file

My Brewfile contains all my Homebrew formulae

To install my formulae

brew bundle

To generate your own Brewfile to save your homebrew configuration

brew bundle dump

The steps below walk through how to make custom functions available outside of aliasing them and how to run them automatically when you start a new terminal session.

1. My ~/.mel-zsh-functions directory contains my custom functions, with a file for each function.
   To get this working for yourself:

   • Your directory can be called anything and can be located anywhere on your computer
   • The function script file must be named the name of the function (with no file extension)
   • The file itself can contain any bash/zsh scripting and doesn't need to be wrapped in function <function_name> {} or contain #!/bin/bash
   • zsh is designed so that the name of the file is the function name

2. Add or update the FPATH environment variable to include the directory with your functions.
   For example, I added the line below to my ~/.zshrc

   export FPATH=~/.mel-zsh-functions:$FPATH

   ⚠️ Do not put any quotes around the FPATH value. It will not work.

   At this point, you can call your function(s), assuming you've opened a new terminal window or sourced your ~/.zshrc. For example, if I want to run the function homebrew_sync, I just type homebrew_sync in my terminal window, hit enter, and it runs.

3. For any functions you'd like to run automatically whenever a new terminal window is opened, you need to add a line to your ~/.zshrc

   autoload -U +X <your_function> && <your_function>

Script to enable autocomplete in zsh

Script to setup gcloud sdk via Homebrew

Script to update Homebrew, upgrade your formulae, and then run brew doctor and brew cleanup

I have this aliased in my ~/.zshrc and configured to run automatically when I open a new terminal window.

I have this in my ~/.zshrc.

It works by using the builtin cd command, running my functions after, and aliasing cd. Check out the script for more details and to see everything that it does.