X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/code/vcsh.git/blobdiff_plain/f42f0554bb298bfa9ad4cc63c7c481cb55f38da7..6d0a1340cc2ea0cc3e70df73cd35ab69da8a99f6:/doc/vcsh.1.ronn?ds=inline diff --git a/doc/vcsh.1.ronn b/doc/vcsh.1.ronn index 038cc2b..08e8c04 100644 --- a/doc/vcsh.1.ronn +++ b/doc/vcsh.1.ronn @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -vcsh(1) - manage config files in $HOME via fake bare git repositories -===================================================================== +vcsh(1) - Version Control System for $HOME - multiple Git repositories in $HOME +=============================================================================== ## SYNOPSIS @@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ vcsh(1) - manage config files in $HOME via fake bare git repositories `vcsh` run -`vcsh` setup +`vcsh` upgrade + +`vcsh` version `vcsh` which @@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ working trees in $HOME without clobbering each other. That, in turn, means you can have one repository per config set (zsh, vim, ssh, etc), picking and choosing which configs you want to use on which machine. -`vcsh` is using a technique called fake bare git repositories, keeping <$GIT_DIR> +`vcsh` is using a technique called fake bare Git repositories, keeping <$GIT_DIR> in a different directory from <$GIT_WORK_TREE> which is pointed to <$HOME>. The use of symlinks is not needed in this setup, making for a cleaner setup. @@ -110,14 +112,17 @@ an interactive user. This is needed to support mr and other scripts properly and of no concern to an interactive user. -* setup: - Set up repository with recommended settings. +* upgrade: + Upgrade repository to currently recommended settings. + +* version: + Print version information. * which : Find in name of any tracked file. * write-gitignore: - Write .gitignore.d/ via git ls-files. + Write .gitignore.d/ via `git ls-files`. * : Shortcut to run `vcsh` on a repo. Will prepend `git` to . @@ -128,7 +133,7 @@ an interactive user. ## ENVIRONMENT As noted earlier, `vcsh` will set <$GIT_DIR> and <$GIT_WORK_TREE> to the -appropriate values for fake bare git repositories. +appropriate values for fake bare Git repositories. ## CONFIG @@ -202,7 +207,7 @@ same rules as above apply. The dot between the repository's name and the hook is mandatory, though. Available hooks are , , , , -, and . If you need more, vcsh is trivial to patch, +, and . If you need more, vcsh is trivial to patch, but please let upstream know so we can ship them by default. ## DETAILED HOWTO AND FURTHER READING @@ -241,7 +246,7 @@ resulting in unhappy end users. Like most people, the author initially made do with a single repository for all config files, all of which were soft-linked into <$HOME>. -Martin F. Krafft aka madduck came up with the concept of fake bare git +Martin F. Krafft aka madduck came up with the concept of fake bare Git repositories. vcsh was initally written by madduck. This version is a re-implementation from