X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/code/vcsh.git/blobdiff_plain/daa46bd203cd55fde09383f0c8c13440853d7ef7..0f0a557afa83d6092695c2570b82f321808608e4:/README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 743ed68..e0f7837 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -3,14 +3,35 @@ vcsh - Version Control System for $HOME - multiple Git repositories in $HOME # Index -1. [Introduction](#introduction) -2. [30 second howto](#30-second-howto) -3. [Overview](#overview) -4. [Getting Started](#getting-started) -5. [Usage Exmaples](#usage-examples) +1. [30 second howto](#30-second-howto) +2. [Introduction](#introduction) +3. [Usage Exmaples](#usage-examples) +4. [Overview](#overview) +5. [Getting Started](#getting-started) 6. [Contact](#contact) +# 30 second howto + +While it may appear that there's an overwhelming amount of documentation and +while the explanation of the concepts behind `vcsh` needs to touch a few gory +details of `git` internals, getting started with `vcsh` is extremely simple. + +Let's say you want to version control your `vim` configuration: + + vcsh init vim + vcsh vim add ~/.vimrc ~/.vim + vcsh vim commit -m 'Initial commit of my Vim configuration' + # optionally push your files to a remote + vcsh vim remote add origin + vcsh vim push -u origin master + # from now on you can push additional commits like this + vcsh vim push + +If all that looks a _lot_ like standard `git`, that's no coincidence; it's +a design feature. + + # Introduction [vcsh][vcsh] allows you to maintain several Git repositories in one single @@ -26,7 +47,7 @@ For example, you may not need to have your `mplayer` configuration on a server or available to root and you may want to maintain different configuration for `ssh` on your personal and your work machines. -A lot of modern UNIX-based systems offer pacakges for `vcsh`. In case yours +A lot of modern UNIX-based systems offer packages for `vcsh`. In case yours does not read `INSTALL.md` for install instructions or `PACKAGING.md` to create a package, yourself. If you do end up packaging `vcsh` please let us know so we can give you your own packaging branch in the upstream repository. @@ -34,30 +55,59 @@ can give you your own packaging branch in the upstream repository. ## Talks Some people found it useful to look at slides and videos explaining how `vcsh` -works instead of working through the docs, first. -They can all be found [on the author's talk page][talks]. +works instead of working through the docs. +All slides, videos, and further information can be found +[on the author's talk page][talks]. -# 30 second howto +# Usage Examples -While it may appear that there's an overwhelming amount of documentation and -while the explanation of the concepts behind `vcsh` needs to touch a few gory -details of `git` internals, getting started with `vcsh` is extremely simple. +There are three different ways to interact with `vcsh` repositories; this +section will only show the simplest and easiest way. +Certain more advanced use cases require the other two ways, but don't worry +about this for now. If you never even bother playing with the other two +modes you will still be fine. +`vcsh enter` and `vcsh run` will be covered in later sections. -Let's say you want to version control your `vim` configuration: + +## Initialize a new repository called "vim" vcsh init vim + +## Clone an existing repository + + vcsh clone + +## Add files to repository "vim" + vcsh vim add ~/.vimrc ~/.vim - vcsh vim commit -m 'Initial commit of my Vim configuration' - # optionally push your files to a remote + vcsh vim commit -m 'Update Vim configuration' + +## Add a remote for repository "vim" + vcsh vim remote add origin - vcsh vim push -u origin master - # from now on you can push additional commits like this + vcsh vim push origin master:master + vcsh vim branch --track master origin/master + +## Push to remote of repository "vim" + vcsh vim push -If all that looks a _lot_ like standard `git`, that's no coincidence; it's -a design feature. +## Pull from remote of repository "vim" + + vcsh vim pull +## Show status of changed files in all repositories + + vcsh status + +## Pull from all repositories + + vcsh pull + +## Push to all repositories + + vcsh push # Overview @@ -166,9 +216,6 @@ you to conveniently run `mr up` etc. to manage all repositories. It looks like this: [DEFAULT] - jobs = 5 - # 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 @@ -194,10 +241,8 @@ configuration to a new host. 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. 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. +3. Run mr to clone the repositories: `cd; mr update`. +4. Done. Hopefully the above could help explain how this approach saves time by @@ -258,18 +303,12 @@ and further documentation about the use of AUR is available #### 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 ~/work/git git clone git://github.com/RichiH/vcsh.git cd vcsh - ln -s vcsh /usr/local/bin # or add it to your PATH + sudo ln -s vcsh /usr/local/bin # or add it to your PATH cd #### Clone the Template @@ -356,40 +395,6 @@ mr is used to actually retrieve configs, etc ~ % mr -j 5 up -# Usage Examples - -All examples in this section will use the short form of `vcsh` which is the -simplest way to interface with it. If you don't know what that means simply -ignore this fact for now and follow the examples. - -## Initialize a new repository "vim" - - vcsh init vim - -## Clone an existing repository - - vcsh clone - -## Add files to repository "vim" - - vcsh vim add ~/.vimrc ~/.vim - vcsh vim commit -m 'Update Vim configuration' - -## Add a remote for repository "vim" - - vcsh vim remote add origin - vcsh vim push origin master:master - vcsh vim branch --track master origin/master - -## Push to remote of repository "vim" - - vcsh vim push - -## Pull from remote of repository "vim" - - vcsh vim pull - - # mr usage ; will be factored out & rewritten ### Keeping repositories Up-to-Date