X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/code/vcsh.git/blobdiff_plain/8364333583ce45cc41c334a34d4793276f8bf691..caeaa9865cd39dc44caf78399b696a8dd14d0c5a:/README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index fce637b..66db110 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,13 +1,25 @@ -vcsh - manage and sync config files via git +vcsh - manage config files in $HOME via fake bare git repositories # Index # -1. Introduction -2. Overview -3. Getting Started -4. Usage +1. Contact +2. Introduction +3. Overview +4. Getting Started +5. Usage -# 1 Introduction # +# 1 Contact # + +There are several ways to get in touch with the author and a small but committed +community around the general idea of version controlling your (digital) life. + +* IRC: #vcs-home on irc.oftc.net + +* Mailing list: http://lists.madduck.net/listinfo/vcs-home + +* Pull requests or issues on https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh + +# 2 Introduction # vcsh allows you to have several git repositories, all maintaining their working trees in $HOME without clobbering each other. That, in turn, means you can have @@ -23,9 +35,14 @@ The following overview will try to give you an idea of the use cases and advantages of vcsh. See sections 3 and 4 for detailed instructions and examples. -# 2 Overview +## 2.1 Talks ## + +Some people found it useful to look at slides and videos explaining how vcsh works. +They can all be found at [here](http://richardhartmann.de/talks/). -## 2.1 Comparison to Other Solutions ## +# 3 Overview + +## 3.1 Comparison to Other Solutions ## Most people who decide to put their dotfiles under version control start with a **single repository in $HOME**, adding all their dotfiles (and possibly more) @@ -48,7 +65,7 @@ Furthermore, by making use of [mr] [1], it makes it very easy to enable/disable and clone a large number of repositories. The use of mr is technically optional (see 4.3), but it will be an integral part of the proposed system that follows. -## 2.2 Default Directory Layout ## +## 3.2 Default Directory Layout ## To illustrate, this is what a possible directory structure looks like. @@ -71,6 +88,7 @@ To illustrate, this is what a possible directory structure looks like. | | |-- tmux.vcsh -> ../available.d/tmux.vcsh | | `-- vim.vcsh -> ../available.d/vim.vcsh | `-- vcsh + | |-- config | `-- repo.d | |-- zsh.git -----------+ | |-- gitconfigs.git | @@ -78,13 +96,14 @@ To illustrate, this is what a possible directory structure looks like. | `-- vim.git | |-- [...] | |-- .zshrc <----------------------+ - |-- .gitignore + |-- .gitignore.d + | `-- zsh |-- .mrconfig `-- .mrtrust ### available.d ### -The files you see in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mr/available.d are mr configuration files +The files you see in $XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/mr/available.d are mr configuration files that contain the commands to manage (checkout, update etc.) a single repository. vcsh repo configs end in .vcsh, git configs end in .git, etc. This is optional and your preference. For example, this is what a zsh.vcsh @@ -102,7 +121,7 @@ this repository and fork your own. ### config.d ### -$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mr/available.d contains *all available* repositories. Only +$XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/mr/available.d contains *all available* repositories. Only files/links present in mr/config.d, however, will be used by mr. That means that in this example, only the zsh, gitconfigs, tmux and vim repositories will be checked out. A simple `mr update` run in $HOME will clone or update those @@ -116,11 +135,13 @@ this: [DEFAULT] jobs = 5 - include = cat $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mr/config.d/* + # 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 ### -$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/repo.d is the directory where all git repositories which +$XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/vcsh/repo.d is the directory where all git repositories which are under vcsh's control are located. Since their working trees are configured to be in $HOME, the files contained in those repositories will be put in $HOME directly. @@ -132,17 +153,19 @@ 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`. -## 2.3 Moving into a New Host ## +## 3.3 Moving into a New Host ## To illustrate further, the following steps could move your desired configuration to a new host. 1. Clone the mr repository (containing available.d, config.d etc.); for - example: `vcsh clone git://github.com/RichiH/vcsh_mr_template.git` + 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. Run mr to clone the repositories: `cd; mr update`. -4. Done. +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. Hopefully the above could help explain how this approach saves time by @@ -152,7 +175,7 @@ Hopefully the above could help explain how this approach saves time by If you want to give vcsh a try, follow the instructions below. -# 3 Getting Started # +# 4 Getting Started # Below, you will find a few different methods for setting up vcsh: @@ -160,36 +183,67 @@ Below, you will find a few different methods for setting up vcsh: 2. The Steal-from-Template Way 3. The Manual Way -### 3.1 The Template Way ### +### 4.1 The Template Way ### -#### 3.1.1 Prerequisites #### +#### 4.1.1 Prerequisites #### Make sure none of the following files and directories exist for your test (user). If they do, move them away for now: -* ~/.gitignore +* ~/.gitignore.d * ~/.mrconfig -* $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mr/available.d/mr.vcsh -* $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mr/available.d/zsh.vcsh -* $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mr/config.d/mr.vcsh -* $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/repo.d/mr.git/ +* $XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/mr/available.d/mr.vcsh +* $XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/mr/available.d/zsh.vcsh +* $XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/mr/config.d/mr.vcsh +* $XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/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 -#### 3.1.2 Clone the Template #### +#### 4.1.2 Install vcsh #### + +#### 4.1.2.1 Debian #### + +If you are using Debian Squeeze, you will need to enable backports + + apt-get install vcsh +#### 4.1.2.2 Arch Linux #### + +vcsh is availabe via [AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=54164) +and further documentation about the use of AUR is available +[on Arch's wiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository). + + cd /var/abs/local/ + wget https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/vc/vcsh-git/vcsh-git.tar.gz + tar xfz vcsh-git.tar.gz + cd vcsh-git + makepkg -s + pacman -U vcsh*.pkg.tar.xz + +#### 4.1.2.3 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 $HOME mkdir -p ~/work/git - cd !$ - git clone git://github.com/RichiH/vcsh.git vcsh + git clone git://github.com/RichiH/vcsh.git cd vcsh - ln -s vcsh /usr/local/bin # or add it to your PATH + 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 -#### 3.1.3 Enable Your Test Repository #### +#### 4.1.3 Clone the Template #### + + vcsh clone git://github.com/RichiH/vcsh_mr_template.git mr + +#### 4.1.4 Enable Your Test Repository #### mv ~/.zsh ~/zsh.bak mv ~/.zshrc ~/zshrc.bak @@ -198,7 +252,7 @@ the template will be stored. cd mr up -#### 3.1.4 Set Up Your Own Repositories #### +#### 4.1.5 Set Up Your Own Repositories #### Now, it's time to edit the template config and fill it with your own remotes: @@ -218,17 +272,19 @@ And then create your own stuff: Done! -### 3.2 The Steal-from-Template Way ### +### 4.2 The Steal-from-Template Way ### You're welcome to clone the example repository: - git clone git://github.com/RichiH/vcsh_mr_template.git + vcsh clone git://github.com/RichiH/vcsh_mr_template.git mr + # make sure 'include = cat /usr/share/mr/vcsh' points to an exiting file + vim .mrconfig Look around in the clone. It should be reasonably simple to understand. If not, poke me, RichiH, on Freenode (query) or OFTC (#vcs-home). -### 3.3 The Manual Way ### +### 4.3 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. @@ -253,6 +309,8 @@ mr is used to actually retrieve configs, etc ~ % cat ~/.mrconfig [DEFAULT] + # adapt /usr/share/mr/vcsh to your system if needed + include = cat /usr/share/mr/vcsh include = cat $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mr/config.d/* ~ % echo $XDG_CONFIG_HOME /home/richih/.config @@ -264,9 +322,9 @@ mr is used to actually retrieve configs, etc ~ % cd ~ % mr -j 5 up -# 4 Usage # +# 5 Usage # -### 4.1 Keeping repositories Up-to-Date ### +### 5.1 Keeping repositories Up-to-Date ### This is the beauty of it all. Once you are set up, just run: @@ -275,7 +333,7 @@ This is the beauty of it all. Once you are set up, just run: Neat. -### 4.1 Making Changes ### +### 5.1 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): @@ -288,7 +346,7 @@ 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. -### 4.3 Using vcsh without mr ### +### 5.3 Using vcsh without mr ### vcsh encourages you to use [mr] [1]. It helps you manage a large number of repositories by running the necessary vcsh commands for you. You may choose not