=The template way= ==Prerequisites== Make sure none of those files/diretories exist for your test (user). If they do, move them away for now: ~/.gitignore ~/.mrconfig ~/.config/mr/available.d/mr.vcsh ~/.config/mr/available.d/zsh.vcsh ~/.config/mr/config.d/mr.vcsh ~/.config/vcsh/repo.d/mr.git/ All of the files are part of the template repo, the directory is where the template will be stored apt-get install mr # this is optional, but highly recommended ==Clone the template== mkdir -p ~/work/git cd !$ git clone git://github.com/RichiH/vcsh.git vcsh cd vcsh ln -s vcsh /usr/local/bin cd vcsh clone git://github.com/RichiH/vcsh_mr_template.git mr.vcsh ==Enable your test repository== mv ~/.zsh ~/zsh.bak mv ~/.zshrc ~/zsh.bak cd ~/.config/mr/config.d/ ln -s ../available.d/mr.vcsh . cd mr up ==Set up your own repos== Now, it's time to edit the template config and fill it with your own remotes: vim .config/mr/available.d/mr.vcsh vim .config/mr/available.d/zsh.vcsh And then create your own stuff vcsh init foo vcsh run foo git add -f bar baz quux vcsh run foo git remote add origin git://quuux vcsh run foo git commit vcsh run foo git push cp .config/mr/available.d/mr.vcsh .config/mr/available.d/foo.vcsh vim .config/mr/available.d/foo.vcsh # add your own repo Done! ==Daily use== This is the beauty of it all. Once you are set up, just run: mr up mr push Neat. =The steal-from-template way= git clone git://github.com/RichiH/vcsh_mr_template.git Then look around in the clone. Should be reasonable simple to understand. If not, poke me RichiH on freenode (query) or OFTC (#vcs-home). =The manual way= # This is how my setup looks. Adapt to your style or copy mine verbatim, both is fine. # Create workspace mkdir -p ~/work/git cd !$ # Clone vcsh and make it available git clone git://github.com/RichiH/vcsh.git vcsh PATH+=":$HOME/work/git/vcsh" export PATH # Grab my mr config. see below for details on how I set this up ~/work/git/vcsh/vcsh clone ssh:///mr.git cd ~/.config/mr/config.d/ ln -s ../available.d/* . # make vcsh work by default. Adapt for Bash etc as needed cd zsh ~/work/git/vcsh/vcsh clone ssh:///zsh.git ln -s ~/work/git/vcsh/vcsh .zsh/functions zsh ################ # mr ~ % cat ~/.mrconfig [DEFAULT] include = cat ~/.config/mr/config.d/* ~ % echo $XDG_CONFIG_HOME /home/richih/.config ~ % ls $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mr/available.d # random selection of my repos git-annex gitk.vcsh git.vcsh ikiwiki mr.vcsh reportbug.vcsh snippets.git wget.vcsh zsh.vcsh ~ % # then simply ln -s whatever you want on your local machine from # $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mr/available.d to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mr/config.d ~ % cd ~ % mr -j 5 up