vcsh(1) - manage and sync config files via git
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## SYNOPSIS

`vcsh` init <foo>

`vcsh` clone <url> [<location>]

`vcsh` run <foo> git command

`vcsh` list

`vcsh` seed-gitignore

`vcsh` help

## 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

* init:
  Initialize an empty repository.

* clone:
  Clone an existing repository.

* 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.

* list:
  List all local vcsh repositories.

* seed-gitignore:
  Seed .gitignore.d/<repo> from git ls-files.

* help:
  Display help.

## 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 <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>

Licensed under the GNU GPL version 3 or higher.

https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh

## SEE ALSO

`git`(1), `mr`(1)