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rCOMM80b320989e4d: [Nix] Prompt user to install direnv

Summary

Prompt the user to install direnv through homebrew.
Sets up zsh hook if missing, provides link for other shells.

Depends on D6313

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# if direnv is already installed, uninstall
brew uninstall direnv

nix develop
# should get prompted

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• jon requested review of this revision.Jan 19 2023, 1:12 PM

scripts/prompt_direnv_macos.sh
45–59 ↗	(On Diff #21124)	Is there anything blocking from installing the hook for `bash` by default, in addition to `zsh`?

scripts/prompt_direnv_macos.sh
58 ↗	(On Diff #21124)	other than bash or zsh?

Accepting, two notes inline,

scripts/prompt_direnv_macos.sh
21–35 ↗	(On Diff #21124)	Do we want to make this optional? I think we should just enable it by default or highly recommend it here.
41 ↗	(On Diff #21124)	Would be helpful to specify where `3.2` is coming from. Guessing it's because it's the last version of `bash` Apple bundles in macOS (or Xcode tools?) because of licensing issues? It's a bit confusing without that context.

Install shell hook for bash and zsh

scripts/prompt_direnv_macos.sh
21–35 ↗	(On Diff #21124)	My main concern, is that installation of the shell hooks and changes to the shells can be jarring. "Why am i being prompted to do `direnv allow .` in certain directories?". I would say that direnv requires a non-0 amount of user learning for someone to find it useful; so I'm hesitant to force people to use it.
41 ↗	(On Diff #21124)	Comes from `/bin/bash --version` on macOS. I'll make a note of this in the comment
45–59 ↗	(On Diff #21124)	Couldn't think of a good way to not make it super repetitive, but I'll think of something
58 ↗	(On Diff #21124)	going to just going to support both zsh and bash