X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/code/vcsh.git/blobdiff_plain/ef3bcec8199fc1f35f61825909b0eda0512ada6e..88084aa515b92d5889b73b60950dee9fcbcf60a7:/INSTALL.md diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md index 4979ca1..16db617 100644 --- a/INSTALL.md +++ b/INSTALL.md @@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ Below, you will find a few different methods for setting up vcsh: ## 1.1 Prerequisites ## -Make sure none of the following files/diretories exist for your test (user). If they do, move them away for now: +Make sure none of the following files/diretories exist for your test (user). If +they do, move them away for now: * ~/.gitignore * ~/.mrconfig @@ -20,7 +21,8 @@ Make sure none of the following files/diretories exist for your test (user). If * ~/.config/mr/config.d/mr.vcsh * ~/.config/vcsh/repo.d/mr.git/ -All of the files are part of the template repository, the directory is where the template will be stored. +All of the files are part of the template repository, the directory is where +the template will be stored. apt-get install mr # this is optional, but highly recommended @@ -76,14 +78,16 @@ Neat. ### 1.5.2 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): +After you have made some changes, for which you would normally use `git add` +and `git commit`, use the vcsh wrapper (like above): vcsh run foo git add -f bar baz quux vcsh run foo git commit vcsh run foo git push -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. +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. # 2. The steal-from-template way # @@ -92,12 +96,14 @@ You're welcome to clone the example repository: git clone git://github.com/RichiH/vcsh_mr_template.git -Look around in the clone. It should be reasonably simple to understand. If not, poke me, RichiH, on Freenode (query) or OFTC (#vcs-home). +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. 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. +This is how my old setup procedure looked like. Adapt it to your own style or +copy mine verbatim, either is fine. # Create workspace mkdir -p ~/work/git @@ -132,9 +138,10 @@ mr is used to actually retrieve configs, etc # 4. Using vcsh without mr # -vcsh encourages you to use mr. -It helps you manage a large number of repositories by running the necessary vcsh commands for you. -You may choose not to use mr, in which case you will have to run those commands manually or by other means. +vcsh encourages you to use mr. It helps you manage a large number of +repositories by running the necessary vcsh commands for you. You may choose not +to use mr, in which case you will have to run those commands manually or by +other means. ## 4.1 A few examples ## @@ -142,15 +149,15 @@ To initialize a new repository: `vcsh init zsh` To clone a repository: `vcsh clone ssh:///zsh.git` -To interact with a repository, use the regular Git commands, but prepend them with `vcsh run $repository_name`. -For example: +To interact with a repository, use the regular Git commands, but prepend them +with `vcsh run $repository_name`. For example: vcsh run zsh git status vcsh run zsh git add -f .zshrc vcsh run zsh git commit -Obviously, without mr keeping repositories up-to-date, it will have to be done manually. -Alternatively, you could try something like this: +Obviously, without mr keeping repositories up-to-date, it will have to be done +manually. Alternatively, you could try something like this: for repo in `vcsh list`; do vcsh run $repo git pull;