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I’ve set up a new user account on my mac so I can let a pair programmer ssh into my computer, does this mean I have to reinstall rvm and rails and configure my bash files and terminal window and all that messing about or is there a magic way of transferring everything over to the new user account as is?
It depends on how things have been installed. If git and other utilities have been installed under /opt or /usr/local, the new user could just add the relevant ‘bin’ directories to their PATH and pick those up “for free”.
With rvm, I think part of the design goal is to completely sandbox each user and application into their own environment if necessary. So sharing your rvm installation is probably not a good idea.