From: Joey Hess Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 17:27:51 +0000 (-0400) Subject: copy web page from my web site X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/code/myrepos.git/commitdiff_plain/fff2b82fab4cacd1018682c522c0f47128a212ba?ds=sidebyside;hp=a8fbc68d97b36912fbc8f391b1afaf6aa69ebe4b copy web page from my web site --- diff --git a/doc/index.mdwn b/doc/index.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c703cdd --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/index.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +The mr(1) command can checkout, update, or perform other actions on a set +of repositories as if they were one combined respository. It supports any +combination of subversion, git, cvs, mercurial, bzr, darcs, cvs, vcsh, +fossil and veracity repositories, and support for other revision control +systems can easily be added. (There are extensions adding support for +unison and git-svn.) + +It is extremely configurable via simple shell scripting. Some examples +of things it can do include: + +* Update a repository no more frequently than once every twelve hours. +* Run an arbitrary command before committing to a repository. +* When updating a git repository, pull from two different upstreams + and merge the two together. +* Run several repository updates in parallel, greatly speeding up + the update process. +* Remember actions that failed due to a laptop being offline, so they + can be retried when it comes back online. + +## Get mr + +mr is available in git at `git://git.kitenet.net/mr`, or +[in gitweb](http://git.kitenet.net/?p=mr.git). It's in all recent versions +of Debian. If you want a tarball, the best place to get one is from +. Unofficial RPMs are +provided by [Douglas E. Warner](http://www.silfreed.net/download/repo/packages/mr/). +It's also in Mac Homebrew. + +## Discuss mr + +The [VCS-Home](http://vcs-home.madduck.net/) group has a mailing list that +is probably the best place to discuss mr. + +Bugs should be filed to the [Debian BTS](http://bugs.debian.org/mr). + +## News + +[[!inline pages="news/* and !*/Discussion" show="3"]] + +[[!sidebar content=""" + +Flattr this +"""]]