X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/code/vcsh.git/blobdiff_plain/65b97e13fe2638f587c13521e2970a037d09eab2..93b8c205b18a69c4e5ae6b9ebe425c328e23c17b:/doc/vcsh.1.ronn diff --git a/doc/vcsh.1.ronn b/doc/vcsh.1.ronn index f82a877..1d432c3 100644 --- a/doc/vcsh.1.ronn +++ b/doc/vcsh.1.ronn @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ vcsh(1) - Version Control System for $HOME - multiple Git repositories in $HOME `vcsh` [] -`vcsh` clone [] +`vcsh` clone [-b ] [] `vcsh` delete @@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ vcsh(1) - Version Control System for $HOME - multiple Git repositories in $HOME `vcsh` list -`vcsh` list-tracked - -`vcsh` list-tracked-by +`vcsh` list-tracked [] `vcsh` list-untracked [<-r>] [] @@ -88,6 +86,9 @@ an interactive user. If you need to clone a bundle of repositories, look into the `post-clone-retired` hook. + You can also use a single git repository with several branches. Use the `-b` + option to specify a branch at clone time, the default is `master`. + * commit: Commit in all repositories @@ -109,9 +110,14 @@ an interactive user. * list-tracked: List all files tracked by vcsh. + If you want to list files tracked by a specific repository, simply + append the repository's name last. + * list-tracked-by: List files tracked by a repository. + This is a legacy command; you should use `list-tracked ` instead. + * list-untracked: List all files NOT tracked by vcsh. @@ -266,6 +272,24 @@ Available hooks are , , , If you need more, vcsh is trivial to patch, but please let upstream know so we can ship them by default. +## OVERLAY SYSTEM + +`vcsh` also provides an overlay system. Similar to hooks, the recommended +locations are <$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/overlays-available> and +<$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/overlays-enabled>. + +Overlays follow the same rules as hooks and you are free to overwrite any +and all functions. Same as hooks, you can use global or repository-specific +overlays by using either <$VCSH_OVERLAY_D/$VCSH_COMMAND> or +<$VCSH_OVERLAY_D/$VCSH_REPO_NAME.$VCSH_COMMAND>. + +Please note that nothing stops you from, e.g. overwriting `status()` in +<$VCSH_OVERLAY_D/commit>. As the overlays will be sourced and you are +replacing arbitrary functions, any and all features may stop working, or you +may even lose data. + +You have been warned. + ## DETAILED HOWTO AND FURTHER READING Manpages are often short and sometimes useless to glean best practices from.