vcsh(1) - manage and sync config files via git ============================================== ## SYNOPSIS `vcsh` clone [] `vcsh` delete `vcsh` exit `vcsh` help `vcsh` init `vcsh` list `vcsh` run `vcsh` seed-gitignore `vcsh` use `vcsh` ## DESCRIPTION `vcsh` allows you to have several `git`(1) repositories, all maintaining their working trees in $HOME without clobbering each other. That, in turn, means you can have one repository per config set (zsh, vim, ssh, etc), picking and choosing which configs you want to use on which machine. `vcsh` is using a technique called fake bare git repositories, keeping <$GIT_DIR> in a different directory from <$GIT_WORK_TREE> which is pointed to <$HOME>. The use of symlinks is not needed in this setup, making for a cleaner setup. `vcsh` was designed with `mr`(1) in mind so you might want to install it alongside vcsh. That being said, you can easily use `vcsh` without `mr` if you prefer. A sample configuration for `vcsh` and `mr` can be found at *https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh_mr_template* ## OPTIONS * clone: Clone an existing repository. * delete: Delete an existing repository. * exit: Exit repository; unset ENV * help: Display help. * init: Initialize an empty repository. * list: List all local vcsh repositories. * run: Run command with <$GIT_DIR> and <$GIT_WORK_TREE> set. Allows you to run any and all commands without any restrictions. Use with care. * seed-gitignore: Seed .gitignore.d/ from git ls-files. * use: Use repository; set ENV * : Shortcut to run `vcsh` on a repo. Will prepend `git` to by itself. ## ENVIRONMENT As noted earlier, `vcsh` will set <$GIT_DIR> and <$GIT_WORK_TREE> to the appropriate values for fake bare git repositories. ## SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS `vcsh` allows you to execute arbitrary commands via `vcsh` run. For example, speaking, adding a `sudo`(8) rule for `vcsh` would be pretty stupid. ## BUGS None are known at this time, but reports and/or patches are more than welcome. ## HISTORY Like most people, the author initially made do with a single repository for all config files, all of which were soft-linked into <$HOME>. Martin F. Krafft aka madduck came up with the concept of fake bare git repositories. vcsh was initally written by madduck. This version is a re-implementation from scratch with a lot more features. madduck graciously agreed to let the author take over the name. ## AUTHOR This manpage and `vcsh` itself were written by Richard "RichiH" Hartmann. ## COPYRIGHT Copyright 2011 Richard Hartmann Licensed under the GNU GPL version 3 or higher. https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh ## SEE ALSO `git`(1), `mr`(1)