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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Initialization - DO NOT REMOVE
+. helpers/initialize
+
+##############################################################
+### Customizations start here ################################
+##############################################################
+
+# Get current directory for future use in links
+cd "$(dirname "$0")" || { echo "Could not change directory to $0"; exit 1;}
+PROJECT_DIR=$(pwd)
+export PROJECT_DIR
+
+detect_package_manager
+
+init_paths_and_vars
+
+# Do prompting early to make longer install easier
+install_packages=false
+if ! is_installed "packages" || prompt_yn "Reinstall packages?" ; then
+    install_packages=true
+fi
+
+### Run recipes
+if $install_packages ; then
+    recipe 'packages'
+    set_installed "packages"
+fi
+
+recipe 'dotfiles'
+recipe 'bin'
+if [ "$(uname)" == 'Darwin' ]; then
+    recipe 'mac-files'
+    recipe 'mac-bin'
+fi
+recipe 'git'
+recipe 'vim-settings'
+recipe 'fish'
+
+git submodule init
+git submodule update
+
+### Show the Finished banner
+finished
+
+# vim: set tabstop=2:softtabstop=2:shiftwidth=2:expandtab
diff --git a/recipes/minimal/packages b/recipes/minimal/packages
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+#! /bin/bash
+
+sudo_package_update
+
+# This now installs a lot of language specific stuff from python, gradle, to go.
+# Should consider pulling these into different recipes that are dependent on the environment
+# that I wish to bootstrap. If not a dev environment, I can trim out some of this.
+
+# Packages that are pretty much the same treatment or names in all systems
+packages="tmux htop curl wget ctags git tig pv jq fish mosh bash-completion neovim ripgrep"
+
+# Manager specific packages
+case "$PACKAGE_MANAGER" in
+    "port")
+        # Non-standard packages
+        packages="$packages the_silver_searcher bash"
+        # Newer version of git with completion
+        packages="$packages git +bash_completion"
+
+        # Install packages
+        sudo_package "$packages"
+        ;;
+    "apt-get")
+        if [ -n "$(apt-cache policy silversearcher-ag)" ] ; then
+            packages="$packages silversearcher-ag"
+        fi
+        packages="$packages build-essential vim"
+
+        # Install packages
+        sudo_package "$packages"
+        ;;
+esac