added an automated installer

README.md

@@ -162,6 +162,20 @@ The following list will be expanded greatly in the future.
 
 ## Installation
 
+### Automated
+
+You can install Emacs via the command line with either `curl` or `wget`.
+
+If you're using `curl` type the following command:
+
+`curl -L https://github.com/bbatsov/emacs-prelude/raw/master/utils/installer.sh | sh`
+
+If you're using `wget` type:
+
+`wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/bbatsov/emacs-prelude/raw/master/utils/installer.sh -O - | sh`
+
+### Manual
+
 ```bash
 $ git clone git://github.com/bbatsov/emacs-prelude.git path/to/local/repo
 $ ln -s path/to/local/repo ~/.emacs.d

utils/installer.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+PRELUDE_INSTALL_DIR="$HOME/.emacs.d"
+
+echo "Looking for an existing Emacs config..."
+if [ -f $PRELUDE_INSTALL_DIR ]
+then
+  echo "Found $PRELUDE_INSTALL_DIR. Backing up to $PRELUDE_INSTALL_DIR.pre-prelude"
+  mv $PRELUDE_INSTALL_DIR $PRELUDE_INSTALL_DIR.pre-prelude
+fi
+
+if [ -f ~/.emacs ]
+then
+  echo "Found ~/.emacs. Backing up to ~/.emacs.pre-prelude"
+  mv ~/.emacs ~/.emacs.pre-prelude
+fi
+
+
+echo "Cloning Emacs Prelude from GitHub..."
+/usr/bin/env git clone https://github.com/bbatsov/emacs-prelude.git $PRELUDE_INSTALL_DIR
+
+echo ' _____                            ____           _           _      '
+echo '| ____|_ __ ___   __ _  ___ ___  |  _ \ _ __ ___| |_   _  __| | ___ '
+echo '|  _| |  _   _ \ / _  |/ __/ __| | |_) |  __/ _ \ | | | |/ _  |/ _ \'
+echo '| |___| | | | | | (_| | (__\__ \ |  __/| | |  __/ | |_| | (_| |  __/'
+echo '|_____|_| |_| |_|\__,_|\___|___/ |_|   |_|  \___|_|\__,_|\__,_|\___|'
+
+
+echo '... is now installed!'