symlink_ff.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

if [[ "$1" == "" ]]; then
    echo Please specify a destination app name
else
	APP_NAME=$1
fi

if [[ "$2" != "--dryrun" ]]; then
    WRITES=1
fi

if [[ $WRITES ]]; then
    echo Writes are enabled
else
    echo Writes are disabled
fi

SOURCE_APP=/Applications/Firefox.app
DEST_APP=/Applications/FF_$APP_NAME.app
LINK_CONTENTS_BUT_FOR="Resources"
LINK_RESOURCES_BUT_FOR="en.lproj omni.ja"

echo Cloning $SOURCE_APP to $DEST_APP

if [[ $WRITES ]]; then
    mkdir $DEST_APP
else
	echo dryrun: mkdir $DEST_APP
fi

# Link Contents, but for...
DEST=$DEST_APP/Contents
if [[ $WRITES ]]; then
    echo mkdir $DEST
    mkdir $DEST
else
	echo dryrun: mkdir $DEST
fi

SOURCE=$SOURCE_APP/Contents
for src in $( ls $SOURCE ); do
    for skip in $LINK_CONTENTS_BUT_FOR; do
        if [[ "$src" != "$skip" ]]; then
            if [[ $WRITES ]]; then
                echo ln -s $SOURCE/$src $DEST/$src
                ln -s $SOURCE/$src $DEST/$src
            else
            	echo dryrun: ln -s $SOURCE/$src $DEST/$src
            fi
        else
        	echo Skipped $SOURCE/$src
        fi
    done
done

# Link Contents/Resources, but for...
DEST=$DEST_APP/Contents/Resources
if [[ $WRITES ]]; then
    echo mkdir $DEST
    mkdir $DEST
else
	echo dryrun: mkdir $DEST
fi

SOURCE=$SOURCE_APP/Contents/Resources
for src in $( ls $SOURCE ); do
    for skip in $LINK_RESOURCES_BUT_FOR; do
        if [[ "$src" != "$skip" ]]; then
            if [[ $WRITES ]]; then
                echo ln -s $SOURCE/$src $DEST/$src
                ln -s $SOURCE/$src $DEST/$src
            else
            	echo dryrun: ln -s $SOURCE/$src $DEST/$src
            fi
        else
        	echo Skipped $SOURCE/$src
        fi
    done
done

cp $SOURCE/omni.ja $DEST/omni.ja

APP_LABEL_DIR=$DEST/en.lproj
if [[ $WRITES ]]; then
    echo mkdir $APP_LABEL_DIR
    mkdir $APP_LABEL_DIR
else
    echo dryrun: mkdir $APP_LABEL_DIR
fi

if [[ $WRITES ]]; then
    echo CFBundleName = \"$APP_NAME\"\; >> $APP_LABEL_DIR/InfoPlist.strings
else
	echo dryrun: CFBundleName = \"$APP_NAME\"\; \>\> $APP_LABEL_DIR/InfoPlist.strings
fi

echo Finished. Now go test out $DEST_APP