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Install and start Postgres:

```sh
brew install postgres
brew install postgresql
brew services start postgresql
```

Create a database:

```sh
psql postgres -c "CREATE DATABASE gitwit;"
# psql postgres -U postgres -c "CREATE DATABASE gitwit;"
# psql postgres -U postgres -c "CREATE DATABASE gitwit;" # Use this if the above fails
```

Initialize the database schema:
Initialize the database schema (run from project directory):

```
npm run db:generate
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