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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+# vim: et sts=2 sw=2 fdm=marker
+# encoding: UTF-8
+
+# we don't yet have rbenv so keep safe for ruby 1.8
+
+if `which git` == ''
+  puts "please install git"
+  exit 1 
+end
+
+
+# util {{{
+  # just checks and bails after each call
+  def do_cmds (*cmds)
+    cmds.each do |cmd|
+      puts "$ #{cmd}"
+      system( cmd ) or exit $?
+    end
+  end
+
+  #checks for the first line and if it's not there, appends the whole set
+  def add_if_missing (fn, lines)
+    match = lines.lines.first.chomp
+    add   = false
+
+    if File.exists?(fn)
+      File.open(fn) do |file|
+        if file.each_line.none? { |line| line.chomp == match }
+          add = true
+        end
+      end
+    else
+      add = true
+    end
+
+    if add == true
+      File.open(fn, 'a') do |append|
+        append << lines
+        append << $/
+      end
+
+      puts "Added to #{fn}:"
+      puts lines + $/
+    end
+
+  end
+
+  def replace_line (fn, match, replace)
+    buf     = []
+    changed = false
+
+    File.open(fn) do |file|
+      file.each_line do |line|
+        buf << if line.match(match)
+                 changed = true
+                 replace
+               else
+                 line
+               end
+      end
+    end
+
+    if changed
+      File.open( fn + ".tmp~", 'w' ) do |file|
+        buf.each do |line|
+          file.puts line
+        end
+      end
+      puts 'changes in #{fn}.tmp~'
+    else
+      puts 'no change'
+    end
+  end
+# }}}
+
+
+# oh-my-zsh {{{
+  # i have a custom theme and the omz install complains about already
+  # having a directory there.  remove, install, then revert my stuff
+  # out of hg
+
+  if Dir.exists?('.oh-my-zsh/.git')
+    puts "oh-my-zsh already installed"
+  else
+    puts "Installing oh-my-zsh..."
+
+    do_cmds \
+      'rm -r .oh-my-zsh',
+      'git clone git://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh.git .oh-my-zsh',
+      'hg stat -dn0 -I .oh-my-zsh/ | xargs -0 hg revert'
+
+  end
+
+# }}}
+
+
+add_if_missing '.bash_profile', 'export PATH=~/bin:$PATH'
+
+add_if_missing '.zshrc', <<END
+typeset -U path
+path=(~/bin "$path[@]")
+END
+
+
+# plenv {{{
+
+  if Dir.exists?('.plenv')
+    puts "plenv already installed"
+  else
+    puts "Installing plenv..."
+
+    do_cmds \
+      'git clone git://github.com/tokuhirom/plenv.git .plenv',
+      'git clone git://github.com/tokuhirom/Perl-Build.git .plenv/plugins/perl-build/'
+    
+
+    add_if_missing '.bash_profile', <<END
+export PATH="$HOME/.plenv/bin:$PATH"
+eval "$(plenv init -)"
+END
+
+    add_if_missing '.zshrc', <<END
+path=(~/.plenv "$path[@]")
+eval "$(plenv init - zsh)"
+END
+
+  end
+
+# }}}
+
+
+# rbenv {{{
+
+# git clone https://github.com/sstephenson/rbenv.git ~/.rbenv
+# git clone https://github.com/sstephenson/ruby-build.git ~/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build
+# echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
+# echo 'eval "$(rbenv init -)"' >> ~/.bash_profile
+  if Dir.exists?('.rbenv')
+    puts "rbenv already installed"
+  else
+    puts "Installing rbenv..."
+
+    do_cmds \
+      'git clone https://github.com/sstephenson/rbenv.git .rbenv',
+      'git clone https://github.com/sstephenson/ruby-build.git .rbenv/plugins/ruby-build/'
+    
+
+    add_if_missing '.bash_profile', <<END
+export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"
+eval "$(rbenv init -)"
+END
+
+    add_if_missing '.zshrc', <<END
+path=(~/.rbenv "$path[@]")
+eval "$(rbenv init - zsh)"
+END
+
+  end
+
+# }}}
+
+
+
+
+# vundle {{{
+
+# }}}
+
+
+