This is an nginx config file for local development which automatically directs *.dev to ~/www/*

nginx.conf

worker_processes  2;

error_log  logs/error.log;


events {
    worker_connections  1024;
}


http {
    include       mime.types;
    default_type  application/octet-stream;
    sendfile        on;
    keepalive_timeout  65;
    server {
        listen       80;
        server_name  ~^(?<sub>.+)\.dev$;
        root /Users/austin/www/$sub;
        location / {
            index  index.php index.html index.htm;
            try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args&q=$uri;
        }

        location ~ \.php$ {
            fastcgi_pass  unix:/tmp/php-fpm.sock;
            fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
            include       fastcgi_params;
        }
    }
}