# Index
-1. [Introduction](#introduction)
-2. [30 second howto](#30-second-howto)
-3. [Overview](#overview)
-4. [Getting Started](#getting-started)
-5. [Usage](#usage)
+1. [30 second howto](#30-second-howto)
+2. [Introduction](#introduction)
+3. [Usage Exmaples](#usage-examples)
+4. [Overview](#overview)
+5. [Getting Started](#getting-started)
6. [Contact](#contact)
+# 30 second howto
+
+While it may appear that there's an overwhelming amount of documentation and
+while the explanation of the concepts behind `vcsh` needs to touch a few gory
+details of `git` internals, getting started with `vcsh` is extremely simple.
+
+Let's say you want to version control your `vim` configuration:
+
+ vcsh init vim
+ vcsh vim add ~/.vimrc ~/.vim
+ vcsh vim commit -m 'Initial commit of my Vim configuration'
+ # optionally push your files to a remote
+ vcsh vim remote add origin <remote>
+ vcsh vim push -u origin master
+ # from now on you can push additional commits like this
+ vcsh vim push
+
+If all that looks a _lot_ like standard `git`, that's no coincidence; it's
+a design feature.
+
+
# Introduction
-[vcsh][vcsh] allows you to maintain several git repositories in one single
+[vcsh][vcsh] allows you to maintain several Git repositories in one single
directory. They all maintain their working trees without clobbering each other
-or interfering otherwise. By default, all git repositories maintained via
-`vcsh` are stored in `$HOME` but you can override this setting if you want to.
+or interfering otherwise. By default, all Git repositories maintained via
+`vcsh` store the actual files in `$HOME` but you can override this setting if
+you want to.
All this means that you can have one repository per application or application
family, i.e. `zsh`, `vim`, `ssh`, etc. This, in turn, allows you to clone
custom sets of configurations onto different machines or even for different
or available to root and you may want to maintain different configuration for
`ssh` on your personal and your work machines.
-`vcsh` was designed with [mr][mr], a tool to manage Multiple Repositories, in
-mind and the two integrate very nicely. `mr` has native support for `vcsh`
-repositories and to `vcsh`, `mr` is just another configuration to track.
-This make setting up any new machine a breeze. It takes literally less than
-five minutes to go from standard installation to fully set up system
-
-A lot of modern UNIX-based systems offer pacakges for `vcsh`. In case yours
+A lot of modern UNIX-based systems offer packages for `vcsh`. In case yours
does not read `INSTALL.md` for install instructions or `PACKAGING.md` to create
a package, yourself. If you do end up packaging `vcsh` please let us know so we
can give you your own packaging branch in the upstream repository.
## Talks
Some people found it useful to look at slides and videos explaining how `vcsh`
-works instead of working through the docs, first.
-They can all be found [on the author's talk page][talks].
+works instead of working through the docs.
+All slides, videos, and further information can be found
+[on the author's talk page][talks].
-# 30 second howto
+# Usage Examples
-While it may appear that there's an overwhelming amount of documentation and
-while the explanation of the concepts behind `vcsh` needs to touch a few gory
-details of `git` internals, getting started with `vcsh` is extremely simple.
-
-Let's say you want to version control your `vim` configuration:
+There are three different ways to interact with `vcsh` repositories; this
+section will only show the simplest and easiest way.
+Certain more advanced use cases require the other two ways, but don't worry
+about this for now. If you never even bother playing with the other two
+modes you will still be fine.
+`vcsh enter` and `vcsh run` will be covered in later sections.
- vcsh init vim
- vcsh vim add ~/.vimrc ~/.vim
- vcsh vim commit -m 'Initial commit of my Vim configuration'
- # optionally push your files to a remote
- vcsh vim <remote> add origin REMOTE
- vcsh vim push origin master:master
-If all that looks a _lot_ like standard `git`, that's no coincidence; it's
-a design feature.
+| Task | Command |
+| ----------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
+| _Initialize a new repository called "vim"_ | `vcsh init vim` |
+| _Clone an existing repository_ | `vcsh clone <remote> <repository_name>` |
+| _Add files to repository "vim"_ | `vcsh vim add ~/.vimrc ~/.vim` |
+| | `vcsh vim commit -m 'Update Vim configuration'` |
+| _Add a remote for repository "vim"_ | `vcsh vim remote add origin <remote>` |
+| | `vcsh vim push origin master:master` |
+| | `vcsh vim branch --track master origin/master` |
+| _Push to remote of repository "vim"_ | `vcsh vim push` |
+| _Pull from remote of repository "vim"_ | `vcsh vim pull` |
+| _Show status of changed files in all repositories_ | `vcsh status` |
+| _Pull from all repositories_ | `vcsh pull` |
+| _Push to all repositories_ | `vcsh push` |
# Overview
takes care of pulling in and pushing out new data for a variety of version
control systems.
+`vcsh` was designed with [mr][mr], a tool to manage Multiple Repositories, in
+mind and the two integrate very nicely. `mr` has native support for `vcsh`
+repositories and to `vcsh`, `mr` is just another configuration to track.
+This make setting up any new machine a breeze. It takes literally less than
+five minutes to go from standard installation to fully set up system
-The last logical step is to maintain all those new repositores with an automated
-tool instead of tracking them by hand.
This is where `mr` comes in. While the use of `mr` is technically
optional, but it will be an integral part of the proposed system that follows.
[$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/repo.d/zsh.git]
checkout = vcsh clone 'git://github.com/RichiH/zshrc.git' zsh
- update = vcsh run zsh git pull
- push = vcsh run zsh git push
- status = vcsh run zsh git status
- gc = vcsh run zsh git gc
+ update = vcsh zsh pull
+ push = vcsh zsh push
+ status = vcsh zsh status
+ gc = vcsh zsh gc
### config.d
this:
[DEFAULT]
- jobs = 5
- # Use if your mr does not have vcsh support in mainline, yet
- include = cat /usr/share/mr/vcsh
include = cat ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/mr/config.d/*
### repo.d
vcsh will check if any file it would want to create exists. If it exists, vcsh
will throw a warning and exit. Move away your old config and try again.
Optionally, merge your local and your global configs afterwards and push with
-`vcsh run foo git push`.
+`vcsh foo push`.
## Moving into a New Host
example: `vcsh clone git://github.com/RichiH/vcsh_mr_template.git mr`
2. Choose your repositories by linking them in config.d (or go with the default
you may have already configured by adding symlinks to git).
-3. Make sure the line 'include = cat /usr/share/mr/vcsh' in .mrconfig points
- to an existing file
-4. Run mr to clone the repositories: `cd; mr update`.
-5. Done.
+3. Run mr to clone the repositories: `cd; mr update`.
+4. Done.
Hopefully the above could help explain how this approach saves time by
apt-get install mr
-#### Install vcsh
+### Install vcsh
#### Debian
-If you are using Debian Squeeze, you will need to enable backports
+If you are using Debian Squeeze, you will need to enable backports.
+From Wheezy onwards, you can install it directly:
apt-get install vcsh
+#### Gentoo
+
+To install vcsh in Gentoo Linux just give the following command as root:
+
+ emerge dev-vcs/vcsh
+
#### Arch Linux
vcsh is availabe via [AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=54164)
#### From source
-If your version of mr is older than version 1.07, make sure to put
-
- include = cat /usr/share/mr/vcsh
-
-into your .mrconfig .
-
# choose a location for your checkout
- cd $HOME
mkdir -p ~/work/git
+ cd ~/work/git
git clone git://github.com/RichiH/vcsh.git
cd vcsh
- ln -s vcsh /usr/local/bin # or add it to your PATH
+ sudo ln -s vcsh /usr/local/bin # or add it to your PATH
cd
#### Clone the Template
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
+ vcsh foo add bar baz quux
+ vcsh foo remote add origin git://quuux
+ vcsh foo commit
+ vcsh foo push
cp $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mr/available.d/mr.vcsh $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mr/available.d/foo.vcsh
vim $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mr/available.d/foo.vcsh # add your own repo
~ % mr -j 5 up
-# Usage
+# mr usage ; will be factored out & rewritten
### Keeping repositories Up-to-Date
After you have made some changes, for which you would normally use `git add`
and `git commit`, use the vcsh wrapper (like above):
- vcsh run foo git add -f bar baz quux
- vcsh run foo git commit
- vcsh run foo git push
-
-By the way, you'll have to use -f/--force flag with git-add because all files
-will be ignored by default. This is to show you only useful output when running
-git-status. A fix for this problem is being worked on.
+ vcsh foo add bar baz quux
+ vcsh foo commit
+ vcsh foo push
### Using vcsh without mr
to use mr, in which case you will have to run those commands manually or by
other means.
-#### A Few Examples
To initialize a new repository: `vcsh init zsh`
To interact with a repository, use the regular Git commands, but prepend them
with `vcsh run $repository_name`. For example:
- vcsh run zsh git status
- vcsh run zsh git add -f .zshrc
- vcsh run zsh git commit
+ vcsh zsh status
+ vcsh zsh add .zshrc
+ vcsh zsh commit
Obviously, without mr keeping repositories up-to-date, it will have to be done
manually. Alternatively, you could try something like this:
projects / code / vcsh.git / blobdiff