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author | Jon Bernard <jbernard@tuxion.com> | 2011-11-01 12:47:34 -0400 |
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committer | Jon Bernard <jbernard@tuxion.com> | 2011-11-01 12:47:34 -0400 |
commit | 05970aa663f75692c127715ee78ea101a34734d9 (patch) | |
tree | 86ae32ebd32c972c1a4e622b3708acf636eeb58b /README.rst | |
parent | 95426bbf4c23001a10538dee1f27b39dcac4b952 (diff) | |
parent | f7a7bf7b3b2c751a2092adbff16c3f041084679b (diff) | |
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Dotfile management made easy ``dotfiles`` is a tool to make managing your dotfile symlinks in ``$HOME`` easy, allowing you to keep all your dotfiles in a single directory. -Hosting is left to you. Using whatever VCS you prefer, or even rsync, you can +Hosting is up to you. Using whatever VCS you prefer, or even rsync, you can easily distribute your dotfiles repository across multiple hosts. Interface @@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ You get the idea. Type ``dotfiles --help`` to see the available options. Configuration ------------- -You can choose to create a configuration file to store personal -customizations. By default, ``dotfiles`` will look in ``~/.dotfilesrc``. An -example configuration file might look like: :: +You can choose to create a configuration file to store personal customizations. +By default, ``dotfiles`` will look for ``~/.dotfilesrc``. You can change this +with the ``-C`` flag. An example configuration file might look like: :: [dotfiles] repository = ~/Dotfiles @@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ example configuration file might look like: :: '.bzr.log': '/dev/null', '.uml': '/tmp'} +You can also store your configuration file inside your repository. Put your +settings in ``.dotfilesrc`` at the root of your repository and ``dotfiles`` will +find it. Note that ``ignore`` and ``externals`` are appended to any values +previously discovered. + Prefixes -------- @@ -131,26 +136,6 @@ I have the following in my ``~/.dotfilesrc``: :: Any file you list in ``ignore`` will be skipped. The ``ignore`` option supports glob file patterns. -License -------- - -GPL License. :: - - Copyright (C) 2011 Jon Bernard - - This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify - it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by - the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or - (at your option) any later version. - - This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, - but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of - MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the - GNU General Public License for more details. - - You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License - along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. - Contribute ---------- |