Creating a case sensitive code volume on macOS which auto mounts inside your home directory

instructions.md

Create /Users/<username>/code (or wherever you want it)

1. Open Disk Utility; create a new volume:

   • APFS (Case Sensitive, Encrypted)
   • Put in the password; it won’t save yet

2. Open terminal, run: sudo diskutil apfs list

   • Find the volume you created in the list; it’s probably the last item. Looks like this (volume CodeFS):

       Volume disk1s6 19927108-1370-4A52-840F-3AF7B9F5FB6D
       ---------------------------------------------------
       APFS Volume Disk (Role):   disk1s6 (No specific role)
       Name:                      CodeFS (Case-sensitive)
       Capacity Consumed:         737280 B (737.3 KB)
       FileVault:                 Yes (Unlocked)
     

   • Grab the UUID from the end of the first line, copy it

3. Run: sudo vifs

• Add a new line to the end of the file; use the below but change the UUID and the path:

    UUID=19927108-1370-4A52-840F-3AF7B9F5FB6D /Users/richard/code apfs rw 0 2
  

4. Mount the volume in disk utility; (right click and click “mount”). Tell it to save password unless you want it to ask each time you log in.