From 034e25b7c4de8e60676f9a9ed7cd085a083083a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Hartmann Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:07:46 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add contact information People arriving via http://onethingwell.org/post/14218384411/vcsh should be able to find us.. --- README.md | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index fce637b..d761c82 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -2,12 +2,24 @@ vcsh - manage and sync config files via git # Index # -1. Introduction -2. Overview -3. Getting Started -4. Usage +1. Contact +2. Introduction +3. Overview +4. Getting Started +5. Usage -# 1 Introduction # +# 1 Contact # + +There are several ways to get in touch with the author and a small but committed +community around the general idea of version controlling your (digital) life. + +* IRC: #vcs-home on irc.oftc.net + +* Mailing list: vcs-home@lists.madduck.net + +* Pull requests or issues on https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh + +# 2 Introduction # vcsh allows you to have several git repositories, all maintaining their working trees in $HOME without clobbering each other. That, in turn, means you can have @@ -23,9 +35,9 @@ The following overview will try to give you an idea of the use cases and advantages of vcsh. See sections 3 and 4 for detailed instructions and examples. -# 2 Overview +# 3 Overview -## 2.1 Comparison to Other Solutions ## +## 3.1 Comparison to Other Solutions ## Most people who decide to put their dotfiles under version control start with a **single repository in $HOME**, adding all their dotfiles (and possibly more) @@ -48,7 +60,7 @@ Furthermore, by making use of [mr] [1], it makes it very easy to enable/disable and clone a large number of repositories. The use of mr is technically optional (see 4.3), but it will be an integral part of the proposed system that follows. -## 2.2 Default Directory Layout ## +## 3.2 Default Directory Layout ## To illustrate, this is what a possible directory structure looks like. @@ -132,7 +144,7 @@ will throw a warning and exit. Move away your old config and try again. Optionally, merge your local and your global configs afterwards and push with `vcsh run foo git push`. -## 2.3 Moving into a New Host ## +## 3.3 Moving into a New Host ## To illustrate further, the following steps could move your desired configuration to a new host. @@ -152,7 +164,7 @@ Hopefully the above could help explain how this approach saves time by If you want to give vcsh a try, follow the instructions below. -# 3 Getting Started # +# 4 Getting Started # Below, you will find a few different methods for setting up vcsh: @@ -160,9 +172,9 @@ Below, you will find a few different methods for setting up vcsh: 2. The Steal-from-Template Way 3. The Manual Way -### 3.1 The Template Way ### +### 4.1 The Template Way ### -#### 3.1.1 Prerequisites #### +#### 4.1.1 Prerequisites #### Make sure none of the following files and directories exist for your test (user). If they do, move them away for now: @@ -179,7 +191,7 @@ the template will be stored. apt-get install mr -#### 3.1.2 Clone the Template #### +#### 4.1.2 Clone the Template #### mkdir -p ~/work/git cd !$ @@ -189,7 +201,7 @@ the template will be stored. cd vcsh clone git://github.com/RichiH/vcsh_mr_template.git mr.vcsh -#### 3.1.3 Enable Your Test Repository #### +#### 4.1.3 Enable Your Test Repository #### mv ~/.zsh ~/zsh.bak mv ~/.zshrc ~/zshrc.bak @@ -198,7 +210,7 @@ the template will be stored. cd mr up -#### 3.1.4 Set Up Your Own Repositories #### +#### 4.1.4 Set Up Your Own Repositories #### Now, it's time to edit the template config and fill it with your own remotes: @@ -218,7 +230,7 @@ And then create your own stuff: Done! -### 3.2 The Steal-from-Template Way ### +### 4.2 The Steal-from-Template Way ### You're welcome to clone the example repository: @@ -228,7 +240,7 @@ Look around in the clone. It should be reasonably simple to understand. If not, poke me, RichiH, on Freenode (query) or OFTC (#vcs-home). -### 3.3 The Manual Way ### +### 4.3 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. @@ -264,9 +276,9 @@ mr is used to actually retrieve configs, etc ~ % cd ~ % mr -j 5 up -# 4 Usage # +# 5 Usage # -### 4.1 Keeping repositories Up-to-Date ### +### 5.1 Keeping repositories Up-to-Date ### This is the beauty of it all. Once you are set up, just run: @@ -275,7 +287,7 @@ This is the beauty of it all. Once you are set up, just run: Neat. -### 4.1 Making Changes ### +### 5.1 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): @@ -288,7 +300,7 @@ 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. -### 4.3 Using vcsh without mr ### +### 5.3 Using vcsh without mr ### vcsh encourages you to use [mr] [1]. It helps you manage a large number of repositories by running the necessary vcsh commands for you. You may choose not -- 2.39.5