Kitchenplan is a small tool to fully automate the installation and configuration of an OSX workstation (or server for that matter) using Chef. But while doing so manually is not a trivial undertaking, Kitchenplan has abstracted away all the hard parts.
$ sudo gem install kitchenplanEnsure that there is a configuration file in the git repository that matches your operating systems username (ex: config/people/ryansonnek.yml)
After installing the kitchenplan gem, run the setup command and follow the given instructions:
$ kitchenplan setup https://github.com/thegarage/kitchenplan-config.git
$ kitchenplan provisionCopyright (c) 2014 The Garage. See LICENSE.txt for further details.