Add support for in-repo configuration files

In addition to parsing .dotfilesrc in the user's home directory, also look for
that file inside the repository. This allows you to keep your repository and
it's settings together.

Closes: #1

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index d73beae..22813c5 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -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
 --------