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1 vcsh(1) - manage and sync config files via git
2 ==============================================
3
4 ## SYNOPSIS
5
6 `vcsh` clone <url> [<location>]
7
8 `vcsh` help
9
10 `vcsh` delete
11
12 `vcsh` init <repo>
13
14 `vcsh` list
15
16 `vcsh` run <repo> <command>
17
18 `vcsh` seed-gitignore
19
20 `vcsh` <repo> <gitcommand>
21
22
23 ## DESCRIPTION
24
25 `vcsh` allows you to have several `git`(1) repositories, all maintaining their
26 working trees in $HOME without clobbering each other. That, in turn, means you
27 can have one repository per config set (zsh, vim, ssh, etc), picking and
28 choosing which configs you want to use on which machine.
29
30 `vcsh` is using a technique called fake bare git repositories, keeping <$GIT_DIR>
31 in a different directory from <$GIT_WORK_TREE> which is pointed to <$HOME>.
32
33 The use of symlinks is not needed in this setup, making for a cleaner setup.
34
35 `vcsh` was designed with `mr`(1) in mind so you might want to install it alongside
36 vcsh. That being said, you can easily use `vcsh` without `mr` if you prefer.
37
38 A sample configuration for `vcsh` and `mr` can be found at
39 *https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh_mr_template*
40
41 ## OPTIONS
42
43 * clone:
44   Clone an existing repository.
45
46 * help:
47   Display help.
48
49 * delete:
50   Delete an existing repository.
51
52 * init:
53   Initialize an empty repository.
54
55 * list:
56   List all local vcsh repositories.
57
58 * run:
59   Run command with <$GIT_DIR> and <$GIT_WORK_TREE> set. Allows you to run any
60   and all commands without any restrictions. Use with care.
61
62 * seed-gitignore:
63   Seed .gitignore.d/<repo> from git ls-files.
64
65 * <repo> <gitcommand>:
66   Shortcut to run `vcsh` on a repo. Will prepend `git` to <command> by itself.
67
68 ## ENVIRONMENT
69
70 As noted earlier, `vcsh` will set <$GIT_DIR> and <$GIT_WORK_TREE> to the
71 appropriate values for fake bare git repositories.
72
73 ## SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
74
75 `vcsh` allows you to execute arbitrary commands via `vcsh` run. For example,
76 speaking, adding a `sudo`(8) rule for `vcsh` would be pretty stupid.
77
78 ## BUGS
79
80 None are known at this time, but reports and/or patches are more than welcome.
81
82 ## HISTORY
83
84 Like most people, the author initially made do with a single repository for all
85 config files, all of which were soft-linked into <$HOME>.
86
87 Martin F. Krafft aka madduck came up with the concept of fake bare git
88 repositories.
89
90 vcsh was initally written by madduck. This version is a re-implementation from
91 scratch with a lot more features. madduck graciously agreed to let the author
92 take over the name.
93
94 ## AUTHOR
95
96 This manpage and `vcsh` itself were written by Richard "RichiH" Hartmann.
97
98 ## COPYRIGHT
99
100 Copyright 2011 Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>
101
102 Licensed under the GNU GPL version 3 or higher.
103
104 https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh
105
106 ## SEE ALSO
107
108 `git`(1), `mr`(1)