X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/code/vcsh.git/blobdiff_plain/0726be2a782800e6a3b2234054e16e1addf8ca57..e56288b8270a948db0f6fecc17f0e7fcaea5ac6c:/README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 011b41a..6166a67 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -3,20 +3,42 @@ vcsh - Version Control System for $HOME - multiple Git repositories in $HOME # Index -1. [Introduction](#introduction) -2. [30 second howto](#30-second-howto) -3. [Overview](#overview) -4. [Getting Started](#getting-started) -5. [Usage Exmaples](#usage-examples) +1. [30 second howto](#30-second-howto) +2. [Introduction](#introduction) +3. [Usage Exmaples](#usage-examples) +4. [Overview](#overview) +5. [Getting Started](#getting-started) 6. [Contact](#contact) +# 30 second howto + +While it may appear that there's an overwhelming amount of documentation and +while the explanation of the concepts behind `vcsh` needs to touch a few gory +details of `git` internals, getting started with `vcsh` is extremely simple. + +Let's say you want to version control your `vim` configuration: + + vcsh init vim + vcsh vim add ~/.vimrc ~/.vim + vcsh vim commit -m 'Initial commit of my Vim configuration' + # optionally push your files to a remote + vcsh vim remote add origin + vcsh vim push -u origin master + # from now on you can push additional commits like this + vcsh vim push + +If all that looks a _lot_ like standard `git`, that's no coincidence; it's +a design feature. + + # Introduction -[vcsh][vcsh] allows you to maintain several git repositories in one single +[vcsh][vcsh] allows you to maintain several Git repositories in one single directory. They all maintain their working trees without clobbering each other -or interfering otherwise. By default, all git repositories maintained via -`vcsh` are stored in `$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 @@ -25,13 +47,7 @@ For example, you may not need to have your `mplayer` configuration on a server 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. @@ -39,30 +55,59 @@ 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. +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. -Let's say you want to version control your `vim` configuration: + +## Initialize a new repository called "vim" vcsh init vim + +## Clone an existing repository + + vcsh clone + +## Add files to repository "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 commit -m 'Update Vim configuration' + +## Add a remote for repository "vim" + vcsh vim remote add origin - vcsh vim push -u origin master - # from now on you can push additional commits like this + vcsh vim push origin master:master + vcsh vim branch --track master origin/master + +## Push to remote of repository "vim" + vcsh vim push -If all that looks a _lot_ like standard `git`, that's no coincidence; it's -a design feature. +## 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 @@ -93,9 +138,12 @@ To manage both `vcsh` and other repositories, we suggest using [mr](mr). `mr` 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. @@ -148,10 +196,10 @@ this repository and fork your own. [$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 @@ -168,9 +216,6 @@ you to conveniently run `mr up` etc. to manage all repositories. It looks like 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 @@ -185,7 +230,7 @@ document (see above). 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 @@ -196,10 +241,8 @@ configuration to 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 @@ -260,18 +303,12 @@ and further documentation about the use of AUR is available #### 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 @@ -297,10 +334,10 @@ Now, it's time to edit the template config and fill it with your own remotes: 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 @@ -358,40 +395,6 @@ mr is used to actually retrieve configs, etc ~ % mr -j 5 up -# Usage Examples - -All examples in this section will use the short form of `vcsh` which is the -simplest way to interface with it. If you don't know what that means simply -ignore this fact for now and follow the examples. - -## Initialize a new repository "vim" - - vcsh init vcsh - -## Clone an existing repository - - vcsh clone - -## 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 - 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 - - # mr usage ; will be factored out & rewritten ### Keeping repositories Up-to-Date @@ -408,13 +411,9 @@ Neat. 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 @@ -431,9 +430,9 @@ To clone a repository: `vcsh clone ssh:///zsh.git` 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: