Setting up a new dev environment is boring, and dotfiles only relieve some of that pain; this repo is an attempt to automate the entire process. Only tested against Pop_OS!, YMMV.

To provision a box-fresh system:

curl -L https://gitlab.com/mookle/lowpro/-/raw/master/run | bash

After the initial run, you can re-provision at any point by invoking the relevant script directly:

$ bin/provision [{--tags | -t} <tag_name>] ... [{--extra_vars | -e} <key=value>] ...

Certain aspects of the installation process are configurable. Nothing too fancy, just something that allows for swapping between shells or language toolchains without needing to edit the playbooks/roles themselves. The current format and available options are:

shell: # [fish]
editor: # [neovim]
languages: # [rust: nightly/beta/stable|clojure: |haskell: |java: |scala: |ruby: ] ...
extras:
  linux: # [curl]
  macos: # [curl|watch|rectangle] ...

N.B. This repo does do some configuration of the software it's installing, but anything non-trivial is handled by https://gitlab.com/mookle/dotfiles

The provisioning runner installs system dependancies, clones this repo, then uses Ansible (via bin/provision) to ensure everything is installed correctly. "Everything" is broken up into several playbooks:

• shell.yml. Installs and configures an interactive shell. Configurable.
• core.yml. A (mostly) fixed set of roles, needed regardless of configuration/other playbooks. Exposes the editor param to configuration.
• languages.yml. Installs and configures asdf to help manage toolchain installations. Exposes the complete language set (inc. optional version pinning) to configuration.
• extras.yml. Additional packages that require only a single installation task. Configurable, with each ansible_system getting its own list. N.B. The actual config key != ansible_system