Add scripts to quickly backup/restore important items of the ~/Library/Application Support folder

Author: Overbryd

.bin/backup-application-support

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+BACKUP_FOLDER="$HOME/Dropbox/Backups/Application Support"
+APPLICATIONS=(
+  "Farrago"
+  "Fission"
+  "Loopback"
+  "Audio Hijack"
+  "Flux"
+  "com.operasoftware.Opera"
+  "com.tinyapp.TablePlus"
+  "obs-studio"
+)
+
+datestamp=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
+directory="${BACKUP_FOLDER}/${datestamp}"
+
+test -d "$directory" || mkdir -p "$directory"
+
+cd "$HOME/Library/Application Support"
+
+for application in "${APPLICATIONS[@]}"; do
+  echo "Archiving settings of ${application} to ${directory}"
+  tar cjf "${directory}/${application}.tar.bz2" "$application"
+done
+

.bin/restore-application-support

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+BACKUP_FOLDER="$HOME/Dropbox/Backups/Application Support"
+last=$(ls "$BACKUP_FOLDER" | sort | tail -n1)
+datestamp="${1:-$last}"
+
+cd "$HOME/Library/Application Support"
+IFS=$'\n'
+for app in $(find "${BACKUP_FOLDER}/${datestamp}" -name "*tar.bz2"); do
+  target="$(basename -s .tar.bz2 "$app")"
+  echo "$target"
+  test -d "$target" \
+    && echo mv "$target" "${target}__old_$(date +%s)"
+  echo tar xjf "$app"
+done
+