X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/code/vcsh.git/blobdiff_plain/881deb41fb7c5af8c5feedd075c780f3ce94df99..9cc2469e835cbe8c1642a7e732ce5478ec629c0e:/doc/vcsh.1.ronn?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/vcsh.1.ronn b/doc/vcsh.1.ronn index 0ea9428..d68e886 100644 --- a/doc/vcsh.1.ronn +++ b/doc/vcsh.1.ronn @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -vcsh(1) - manage and sync config files via git -============================================== +vcsh(1) - manage config files in $HOME via fake bare git repositories +===================================================================== ## SYNOPSIS @@ -15,16 +15,22 @@ vcsh(1) - manage and sync config files via git `vcsh` list +`vcsh` list-tracked + +`vcsh` list-tracked-by + `vcsh` rename `vcsh` run -`vcsh` seed-gitignore - `vcsh` setup +`vcsh` write-gitignore + `vcsh` +`vcsh` + ## DESCRIPTION @@ -68,6 +74,12 @@ an interactive user. * list: List all local vcsh repositories. +* list-tracked: + List all files tracked by vcsh. + +* list-tracked-by: + List files tracked by a repository. + * rename: Rename a repository. @@ -82,24 +94,61 @@ an interactive user. This is needed to support mr and other scripts properly and of no concern to an interactive user. -* seed-gitignore: - Seed .gitignore.d/ from git ls-files. - * setup: Set up repository with recommended settings. +* write-gitignore: + Write .gitignore.d/ via git ls-files. + * : Shortcut to run `vcsh` on a repo. Will prepend `git` to by itself. +* : + Shortcut to run `vcsh enter `. + ## ENVIRONMENT As noted earlier, `vcsh` will set <$GIT_DIR> and <$GIT_WORK_TREE> to the appropriate values for fake bare git repositories. +## HOOK SYSTEM + +`vcsh` provides a hook system. Hook scripts must be executable and should be +placed in <$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/hooks-available>. From there, they can be +soft-linked into <$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/hooks-enabled>; `vcsh` will only +execute hooks that are in this directory. + +Hooks follow a simple format. will be run before anything is run. +If you want to have more than one script for a certain hook, just append +any kind of string to order them. A system of , , + etc is suggested; other options would be or +. A dot after the hook name is optional. + +If you want to create hooks for a specific repository, simply prepend +the repository's name, followed by a dot, i.e. . Otherwise, the +same rules as above apply. The dot between the repository's name and the hook +is mandatory, though. + +Available hooks are , , , , +, and . If you need more, vcsh is trivial to patch, +but please let upstream know so we can ship them by default. + +## DETAILED HOWTO AND FURTHER READING + +Man pages are intended to be short and thus often useless to glean best +practices from. This software comes with a file called . It contains +various approaches to setting up and using vcsh. You can view the file it as +plain text or render it into various other formats via Markdown. + +On Debian-based systems, this file can be found in . + ## SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS `vcsh` allows you to execute arbitrary commands via `vcsh` run. For example, -speaking, adding a `sudo`(8) rule for `vcsh` would be pretty stupid. +adding a `sudo`(8) rule for `vcsh` would be pretty stupid. + +Additionally, vcsh will source, i.e. execute, <$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/config>. +You can put any and all commands into this config file and they will be executed. ## BUGS @@ -123,7 +172,7 @@ This manpage and `vcsh` itself were written by Richard "RichiH" Hartmann. ## COPYRIGHT -Copyright 2011 Richard Hartmann +Copyright 2011-2012 Richard Hartmann Licensed under the GNU GPL version 3 or higher.