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@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ Interface ``-m, --move`` Move dotfiles repository to another location. +For all commands you can use the ``--dry-run`` option, which will print actions +and won't modify anything on your drive. + Installation ------------ @@ -143,6 +146,21 @@ I have the following in my ``~/.dotfilesrc``: :: Any file you list in ``ignore`` will be skipped. The ``ignore`` option supports glob file patterns. +Packages +-------- + +Most recent programs store their configuration in ``~/.config``. It's quite +cluttered and you probably don't want to keep all its content in your +repository. For this situation you can use the ``packages`` setting:: + + [dotfiles] + packages = ['config'] + +This tells ``dotfiles`` that the contents of the ``config`` subdirectory of +your repository must be symlinked to ``~/.config``. If for example you have a +directory ``config/awesome`` in your repository, it will be symlinked to +``~/.config/awesome``. + Contribute ---------- |