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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 -------- |