X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/code/vcsh.git/blobdiff_plain/503ab1dfbb0868b98725c89d5c57276028bac1fe..0af8c82fed06f635e0a8dfa25b26c97a7932af51:/INSTALL diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL deleted file mode 100644 index 13f7b32..0000000 --- a/INSTALL +++ /dev/null @@ -1,130 +0,0 @@ -# Getting started with vcsh # - -Below you will find three methods for setting up vcsh: - -1. The template way -2. The steal-from-template way -3. The manual way - -# 1. The template way # - -## Prerequisites ## - -Make sure none of the following 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 repository, 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 # or add it to your PATH - cd - vcsh clone git://github.com/RichiH/vcsh_mr_template.git mr.vcsh - -## Enable your test repository ## - - mv ~/.zsh ~/zsh.bak - mv ~/.zshrc ~/zshrc.bak - cd ~/.config/mr/config.d/ - ln -s ../available.d/zsh.vcsh . # link, and thereby enable, the zsh repository - cd - mr up - -## Set up your own repositories ## - -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 ## - -### Keeping repositories up-to-date ### - -This is the beauty of it all. Once you are set up, just run: - - mr up - mr push - -Neat. - -### Making changes ### - -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. - - -# 2. The steal-from-template way # - -You're welcome to clone the example repository: - - git clone git://github.com/RichiH/vcsh_mr_template.git - -Look around in the clone. It should be reasonably simple to understand. If not, poke me, RichiH, on Freenode (query) or OFTC (#vcs-home). - - -# 3. The manual way # - -This is how my old setup procedure looked like. Adapt it to your own style or copy mine verbatim, either is fine. - - # Create workspace - mkdir -p ~/work/git - cd !$ - - # Clone vcsh and make it available - git clone git://github.com/RichiH/vcsh.git vcsh - sudo ln -s ~/work/git/vcsh/vcsh /usr/bin/local - hash -r - -Grab my mr config. see below for details on how I set this up - - vcsh clone ssh:///mr.git - cd ~/.config/mr/config.d/ - ln -s ../available.d/* . - - -mr is used to actually retrieve configs, etc - - ~ % 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