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+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+set -o pipefail
+
+# Argument parsing
+init(){
+    if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
+	case "$1" in
+	    -h|--help)
+		usage
+		exit 1
+		;;
+	    -u|--create-daemon-users)
+		export CREATE_DAEMON_USERS=true
+		;;
+	    *)
+		echo -e "ERROR: Unrecognized parameter: '${1}'\nSee usage (--help) for options..." 1>&2
+		exit 1
+		;;
+	esac
+    fi
+}
+
+# Usage
+usage(){
+    cat <<EOF
+ Usage: bootstrap.sh [Options]
+
+ Options:
+
+   -h, --help: Show this message
+   -u, --create-daemon-users: Create users & group for use with the Nix daemon
+EOF
+}
+
+
+# Sanity checks
+sanity(){
+    # Ensure the script is running on macOS
+    if [ $(uname -s) != "Darwin" ]; then
+	echo "This script is for use with macOS!"
+	exit 1
+    fi
+
+    # Ensure script is not being run with root privileges
+    if [ $EUID -eq 0 ]; then
+	echo "Please don't run this script with root privileges!"
+	exit 1
+    fi
+
+    # Ensure Nix has already been installed
+    if [[ ! $(type nix-env 2>/dev/null) ]]; then
+	echo -e "Cannot find "$YELLOW"nix-env"$ESC" in the PATH"
+	echo "Please ensure you've installed and configured your Nix environment correctly"
+	echo -e "Install instructions can be found at: "$BLUE_UL"https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#chap-quick-start"$ESC""
+	exit 1
+    fi
+
+    # Check if nix-darwin is already present
+    if [[ $(type darwin-rebuild 2>/dev/null) ]]; then
+	echo -e "It looks like "$YELLOW"nix-darwin"$ESC" is already installed..."
+	[ ! -z $CREATE_DAEMON_USERS ] && create_daemon_users || exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+# Exit with message
+exit_message(){
+    echo -e ""$RED"$1"$ESC"" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# Prompt for  sudo password & keep alive
+sudo_prompt(){
+    echo "Please enter your password for sudo authentication"
+    sudo -k
+    sudo echo "sudo authenticaion successful!"
+    while true ; do sudo -n true ; sleep 60 ; kill -0 "$$" || exit ; done 2>/dev/null &
+}
+
+# Daemon setup
+create_daemon_users(){
+    echo -e ""$BLUE"Nix daemon user/group configuration"$ESC""
+    [ ! -z $CREATE_DAEMON_USERS ] && sudo_prompt
+
+    # If the group exists, dscl returns exit code 56.
+    # Since this is not strictly an error code, standard code
+    # checking doesn't work as intended.
+    /usr/bin/dscl . -read /Groups/nixbld &> /dev/null
+    retCode=$?
+    if [[ $retCode != 0 ]]; then
+	echo -e "Creating the "$YELLOW"nixbld"$ESC" group..."
+	sudo /usr/sbin/dseditgroup -o create -r "Nix build group for nix-daemon" -i 30000 nixbld >&2 || \
+	    exit_message "Problem creating group: nixbld"
+    else
+	echo -e "It looks like the "$YELLOW"nixbld"$ESC" group already exists!"
+    fi
+
+    for i in {1..10}; do
+	/usr/bin/id nixbld${i} &> /dev/null
+	retCode=$?
+	if [[ $retCode != 0 ]]; then
+	    echo -e "Creating user: "$YELLOW"nixbld${i}"$ESC"..."
+	    sudo /usr/sbin/sysadminctl -fullName "Nix build user $i" \
+		 -home /var/empty \
+		 -UID $(expr 30000 + $i) \
+		 -addUser nixbld$i >&2 \
+		|| exit_message "Problem creating user: nixbld${i}"
+
+	    sudo dscl . -create /Users/nixbld$i IsHidden 1 || \
+		exit_message "Problem setting 'IsHidden' for user: nixbld${i}"
+	    sudo dscl . -create /Users/nixbld$i UserShell /sbin/nologin || \
+		exit_message "Problem setting shell for user: nixbld${i}"
+	    sudo /usr/sbin/dseditgroup -o edit -t user -a nixbld$i nixbld || \
+		exit_message "Problem setting primary group for user: nixbld${i}"
+	    sudo /usr/bin/dscl . -create /Users/nixbld$i PrimaryGroupID 30000 >&2 || \
+		exit_message "Problem setting PrimaryGroupID for user: nixbld${i}"
+	else
+	    echo -e "It looks like the "$YELLOW"nixbld${i}"$ESC" user already exists!"
+	fi
+    done
+
+    [ ! -z $CREATE_DAEMON_USERS ] && exit 0
+}
+
+# Installer
+install(){
+    echo -e ""$BLUE_UL"Welcome to the nix-darwin installer!"$ESC""
+
+    # Prompt for nix package upgrade
+    echo -e "Ensuring "$YELLOW"nixpkgs"$ESC" version meets requirements..."
+    echo -e "To do this, the following will be run to upgrade the "$YELLOW"nix"$ESC" package:"
+    echo -e ""$YELLOW"nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nix"$ESC"\n"
+    echo "If you have a recent install of Nix, this may not be necessary, but should not cause any harm to run"
+    while true ; do
+	read -p "Would you like to upgrade? [y/n] " ANSWER
+	case $ANSWER in
+	    y|Y)
+		echo "Proceeding with upgrade..."
+		nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nix
+		break
+		;;
+	    n|N)
+		echo "Proceeding without upgrade..."
+		break
+		;;
+	    *)
+		echo "Please answer 'y' or 'n'..."
+	esac
+    done
+
+    sudo_prompt
+
+    # Link run directory
+    echo "Setting up /run..."
+    test -L /run || sudo ln -snf private/var/run /run
+
+    # Fetch the nix-darwin repo
+    echo -e ""$YELLOW"Configuring darwin channel..."$ESC""
+    nix-channel --add https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/archive/master.tar.gz darwin
+    nix-channel --update
+    # Create symlink for old NIX_PATH entry
+    ln -sfn "/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/$USER/channels/darwin" "$HOME/.nix-defexpr/darwin"
+
+    # Copy the example configuration
+    echo -e "Copying example configuration to "$YELLOW"~/.nixpkgs/darwin-configuration.nix"$ESC"..."
+
+    if [ ! -e "$HOME/.nixpkgs/darwin-configuration.nix" ]; then
+      mkdir -p "$HOME/.nixpkgs"
+      cp "$HOME/.nix-defexpr/darwin/modules/examples/simple.nix" "$HOME/.nixpkgs/darwin-configuration.nix"
+      chmod u+w "$HOME/.nixpkgs/darwin-configuration.nix"
+    fi
+
+    # Bootstrap build using default nix.nixPath
+    echo "Bootstrapping..."
+    export NIX_PATH=darwin=$HOME/.nix-defexpr/darwin:darwin-config=$HOME/.nixpkgs/darwin-configuration.nix:$NIX_PATH
+    $(nix-build '<darwin>' -A system --no-out-link)/sw/bin/darwin-rebuild build
+    $(nix-build '<darwin>' -A system --no-out-link)/sw/bin/darwin-rebuild switch
+
+    # Source generated bashrc
+    . /etc/static/bashrc
+
+    # Run first darwin-rebuild switch
+    echo -e "Running first "$YELLOW"darwin-rebuild switch"$ESC"..."
+    darwin-rebuild switch && echo -e ""$GREEN"Success!"$ESC"" || exit_message "Problem running darwin-rebuild switch"
+
+    echo -e ""$BLUE_UL"Nix daemon"$ESC""
+    echo    "Optionally, this script can also create the group and users"
+    echo -e "needed for running the Nix "$YELLOW"multi-user support daemon"$ESC"."
+    echo    "If you're unfamiliar with the Nix daemon, see:"
+    echo -e ""$BLUE_UL"http://nixos.org/nix/manual/#sec-nix-daemon\n"$ESC""
+    echo    "If you decide not to, but later change your mind, you can always re-run"
+    echo -e "this script with "$YELLOW"-u"$ESC" or "$YELLOW"--create-daemon-users"$ESC""
+
+    while true ; do
+	read -p "Would you like to create the Nix daemon group/users? [y/n] " ANSWER
+	case $ANSWER in
+	    y|Y)
+		create_daemon_users
+		break
+		;;
+	    n|N)
+		echo "Not creating Nix daemon group/users"
+		break
+		;;
+	    *)
+		echo "Please answer 'y' or 'n'..."
+	esac
+    done
+
+    # Finish
+    echo -e ""$GREEN"You're all done!"$ESC""
+    echo -e "Take a look at "$YELLOW"~/.nixpkgs/darwin-configuration.nix"$ESC" to get started."
+    echo -e "See the README for more information: "$BLUE_UL"https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/blob/master/README.md"$ESC""
+}
+
+main(){
+    # ANSI properties/colours
+    local ESC='\033[0m'
+    local BLUE='\033[38;34m'
+    local BLUE_UL='\033[38;4;34m'
+    local GREEN='\033[38;32m'
+    local GREEN_UL='\033[38;4;32m'
+    local RED='\033[38;31m'
+    local RED_UL='\033[38;4;31m'
+    local YELLOW='\033[38;33m'
+    local YELLOW_UL='\033[38;4;33m'
+
+    init $@
+    sanity
+    install
+}
+
+# Actual run
+main $@