X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/code/vcsh.git/blobdiff_plain/c1ec3331f1246f76261c9d41ee2a23b7557c83da..refs/heads/shell-improvements:/doc/vcsh.1.ronn diff --git a/doc/vcsh.1.ronn b/doc/vcsh.1.ronn index 77e3fec..e12cf15 100644 --- a/doc/vcsh.1.ronn +++ b/doc/vcsh.1.ronn @@ -1,8 +1,10 @@ -vcsh(1) - manage and sync config files via git -============================================== +vcsh(1) - manage config files in $HOME via fake bare git repositories +===================================================================== ## SYNOPSIS +`vcsh` [] + `vcsh` clone [] `vcsh` delete @@ -21,13 +23,17 @@ vcsh(1) - manage and sync config files via git `vcsh` rename -`vcsh` run - -`vcsh` seed-gitignore +`vcsh` run `vcsh` setup -`vcsh` +`vcsh` version + +`vcsh` which + +`vcsh` write-gitignore + +`vcsh` `vcsh` @@ -48,7 +54,8 @@ The use of symlinks is not needed in this setup, making for a cleaner setup. vcsh. That being said, you can easily use `vcsh` without `mr` if you prefer. A sample configuration for `vcsh` and `mr` can be found at -*https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh_mr_template* +*https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh_mr_template* and used with `vcsh clone +https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh_mr_template mr`. Please note that you can always use a path instead of a name for . This is needed to support mr and other scripts properly and of no concern to @@ -56,6 +63,17 @@ an interactive user. ## OPTIONS +* -c: + Source prior to other configuration files + +* -d: + Enable debug mode + +* -v: + Enable verbose mode + +## COMMANDS + * clone: Clone an existing repository. @@ -94,14 +112,20 @@ an interactive user. This is needed to support mr and other scripts properly and of no concern to an interactive user. -* seed-gitignore: - Seed .gitignore.d/ from git ls-files. - * setup: Set up repository with recommended settings. +* version: + Print version information. + +* which : + Find in name of any tracked file. + +* write-gitignore: + Write .gitignore.d/ via git ls-files. + * : - Shortcut to run `vcsh` on a repo. Will prepend `git` to by itself. + Shortcut to run `vcsh` on a repo. Will prepend `git` to . * : Shortcut to run `vcsh enter `. @@ -111,15 +135,112 @@ an interactive user. As noted earlier, `vcsh` will set <$GIT_DIR> and <$GIT_WORK_TREE> to the appropriate values for fake bare git repositories. +## CONFIG + +There are several ways to turn the various knobs on `vcsh`. In order of +ascending precedence, they are: + +* `VARIABLE=foo vcsh` +* +* <$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/config> +* `vcsh -c ` + +Please note that those files are sourced. Any and all commands will be +executed in the context of your shell. + +Interesting knobs you can turn: + +* <$VCSH_GITIGNORE>: + Can be either or . + + will seed the repo-specific <.gitignore> with all file and directory + names which `git ls-files` returns. + + will descend through all directories recursively additionally to + the above. + + Defaults to . + +Less interesting knobs you could turn: + +* <$VCSH_DEBUG>: + Enter debug mode. + +* <$XDG_CONFIG_HOME>: + As specified in the 'XDG Base Directory Specification', see + + + Defaults to <$HOME/.config>. + +* <$VCSH_REPO_D>: + The directory where repositories are read from and stored. + + Defaults to <$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/repo.d>. + +* <$VCSH_HOOK_D>: + The directory where hooks are read from. + + Defaults to <$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/hooks-enabled>. + +* <$VCSH_BASE>: + The directory where repositories are checked out to. + + Defaults to <$HOME>. + + +## 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 + +Manpages are often short and sometimes useless to glean best practices from. +While the author tried to avoid this in this case, manpages can not cover +detailed howtos. + +This software also 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. +`vcsh` allows you to execute arbitrary commands via `vcsh run`. For example, +adding a `sudo`(8) rule for `vcsh` would be pretty stupid. + +Additionally, vcsh will source, i.e. execute, all files listed in . +You can put any and all commands into these config files and they will be +executed. ## BUGS None are known at this time, but reports and/or patches are more than welcome. +## INTEROPERABILITY + +If you rely on `git submodule` use `git` 1.7.12 or later. Earlier versions +do not clean internal variables properly before descending into submodules, +resulting in unhappy end users. + ## HISTORY Like most people, the author initially made do with a single repository for all @@ -138,9 +259,9 @@ 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. +Licensed under the GNU GPL version 2 or higher. https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh