Building git-annex on OS X 10.9 Mavericks

building_git-annex_on_osx_mavericks.sh

# make sure the following is installed:
# - Xcode Command Line Tools (xcode-select --install)
# - OpenSSL from homebrew (brew install openssl && brew link openssl --force)

# dependencies and preparations
brew update
brew install git ossp-uuid md5sha1sum coreutils pcre gnutls libidn gsasl pkg-config libxml2
brew link libxml2 --force
brew tap darinmorrison/haskell
brew install darinmorrison/haskell/cabal-install
cabal update
PATH=~/.cabal/bin:$PATH
cabal install happy
cabal install alex
cabal install c2hs
cabal install gnuidn

# for shell use
cabal install git-annex
ln -s ~/.cabal/bin/git-annex* /usr/local/bin/

# to create git-annex.app
git clone https://github.com/joeyh/git-annex.git
cd git-annex
cabal build
make osxapp
cp -R tmp/build-dmg/git-annex.app /Applications/

Thanks for providing this! I like your symlink approach for the binaries.

Thank you, that was a great help!