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1 vcsh(1) - manage config files in $HOME via fake bare git repositories
2 =====================================================================
3
4 ## SYNOPSIS
5
6 `vcsh` clone <url> [<repo>]
7
8 `vcsh` delete <repo>
9
10 `vcsh` enter <repo>
11
12 `vcsh` help
13
14 `vcsh` init <repo>
15
16 `vcsh` list
17
18 `vcsh` list-tracked
19
20 `vcsh` list-tracked-by <repo>
21
22 `vcsh` rename <repo> <newname>
23
24 `vcsh` run <repo> <command>
25
26 `vcsh` setup <repo>
27
28 `vcsh` write-gitignore <repo>
29
30 `vcsh` <repo> <gitcommand>
31
32 `vcsh` <repo>
33
34
35 ## DESCRIPTION
36
37 `vcsh` allows you to have several `git`(1) repositories, all maintaining their
38 working trees in $HOME without clobbering each other. That, in turn, means you
39 can have one repository per config set (zsh, vim, ssh, etc), picking and
40 choosing which configs you want to use on which machine.
41
42 `vcsh` is using a technique called fake bare git repositories, keeping <$GIT_DIR>
43 in a different directory from <$GIT_WORK_TREE> which is pointed to <$HOME>.
44
45 The use of symlinks is not needed in this setup, making for a cleaner setup.
46
47 `vcsh` was designed with `mr`(1) in mind so you might want to install it alongside
48 vcsh. That being said, you can easily use `vcsh` without `mr` if you prefer.
49
50 A sample configuration for `vcsh` and `mr` can be found at
51 *https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh_mr_template*
52
53 Please note that you can always use a path instead of a name for <repo>.
54 This is needed to support mr and other scripts properly and of no concern to
55 an interactive user.
56
57 ## OPTIONS
58
59 * clone:
60   Clone an existing repository.
61
62 * delete:
63   Delete an existing repository.
64
65 * enter:
66   Enter repository; spawn new <$SHELL>.
67
68 * help:
69   Display help.
70
71 * init:
72   Initialize an empty repository.
73
74 * list:
75   List all local vcsh repositories.
76
77 * list-tracked:
78   List all files tracked by vcsh.
79
80 * list-tracked-by:
81   List files tracked by a repository.
82
83 * rename:
84   Rename a repository.
85
86 * run:
87   Run command with <$GIT_DIR> and <$GIT_WORK_TREE> set. Allows you to run any
88   and all commands without any restrictions. Use with care.
89
90   Please note that there is a somewhat magic feature for run. Instead of <repo>
91   it accepts <path>, as well. Anything that has a slash in it will be assumed to
92   be a path. `vcsh run` will then operate on this directory instead of the one
93   normally generated from the repository's name.
94   This is needed to support mr and other scripts properly and of no concern to
95   an interactive user.
96
97 * setup:
98   Set up repository with recommended settings.
99
100 * write-gitignore:
101   Write .gitignore.d/<repo> via git ls-files.
102
103 * <repo> <gitcommand>:
104   Shortcut to run `vcsh` on a repo. Will prepend `git` to <command> by itself.
105
106 * <repo>:
107   Shortcut to run `vcsh enter <repo>`.
108
109 ## ENVIRONMENT
110
111 As noted earlier, `vcsh` will set <$GIT_DIR> and <$GIT_WORK_TREE> to the
112 appropriate values for fake bare git repositories.
113
114 ## DETAILED HOWTO AND FURTHER READING
115
116 Man pages are intended to be short and thus often useless to glean best
117 practices from. This software comes with a file called <README.md>. It contains
118 various approaches to setting up and using vcsh. You can view the file it as
119 plain text or render it into various other formats via Markdown.
120
121 On Debian-based systems, this file can be found in </usr/share/doc/vcsh>.
122
123 ## SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
124
125 `vcsh` allows you to execute arbitrary commands via `vcsh` run. For example,
126 adding a `sudo`(8) rule for `vcsh` would be pretty stupid.
127
128 Additionally, vcsh will source, i.e. execute, <$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/config>.
129 You can put any and all commands into this config file and they will be executed.
130
131 ## BUGS
132
133 None are known at this time, but reports and/or patches are more than welcome.
134
135 ## HISTORY
136
137 Like most people, the author initially made do with a single repository for all
138 config files, all of which were soft-linked into <$HOME>.
139
140 Martin F. Krafft aka madduck came up with the concept of fake bare git
141 repositories.
142
143 vcsh was initally written by madduck. This version is a re-implementation from
144 scratch with a lot more features. madduck graciously agreed to let the author
145 take over the name.
146
147 ## AUTHOR
148
149 This manpage and `vcsh` itself were written by Richard "RichiH" Hartmann.
150
151 ## COPYRIGHT
152
153 Copyright 2011 Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>
154
155 Licensed under the GNU GPL version 3 or higher.
156
157 https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh
158
159 ## SEE ALSO
160
161 `git`(1), `mr`(1)