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    # Never touch your local /etc/hosts file in OS X again UPDATED for .test
    # Never touch your local /etc/hosts file in OS X again
    # UPDATED for .test

    > To setup your computer to work with *.test domains, e.g. project.test, awesome.test and so on, without having to add to your hosts file each time.
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    # Never touch your local /etc/hosts file in OS X again UPDATED for .test

    > To setup your computer to work with *.test domains, e.g. project.test, awesome.test and so on, without having to add to your hosts file each time.
    ## Requirements

    * [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/)
    * Mountain Lion -> High Sierra

    ## Install
    ```
    brew install dnsmasq
    ```

    ## Setup

    ### Create config directory
    ```
    mkdir -pv $(brew --prefix)/etc/
    ```

    ### Setup *.test
    ```
    echo 'address=/.test/127.0.0.1' >> $(brew --prefix)/etc/dnsmasq.conf
    ```
    ### Change port for High Sierra
    ```
    echo 'port=53' >> $(brew --prefix)/etc/dnsmasq.conf
    ```

    ## Autostart - now and after reboot
    ```
    sudo brew services start dnsmasq
    ```

    ## Add to resolvers

    ### Create resolver directory
    ```
    sudo mkdir -v /etc/resolver
    ```

    ### Add your nameserver to resolvers
    ```
    sudo bash -c 'echo "nameserver 127.0.0.1" > /etc/resolver/test'
    ```

    ## Finished

    That's it! You can run scutil --dns to show all of your current resolvers, and you should see that all requests for a domain ending in .test will go to the DNS server at 127.0.0.1