bkstephens / rcm

rc file (dotfile) management

rcm

This is a management suite for dotfiles. See the tutorial to get started quickly.

It assumes that you have a separate dotfiles directory, or are interested in creating one.

The programs provided are rcup(1), mkrc(1), rcdn(1), and lsrc(1). They are explained in the tutorial and configured using rcrc(5).

Installation

Arch Linux:

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rcm/

Debian-based:

wget https://thoughtbot.github.io/rcm/debs/rcm_1.3.0-1_all.deb
sha=$(sha256sum rcm_1.3.0-1_all.deb | cut -f1 -d' ')
[ "$sha" = "2e95bbc23da4a0b995ec4757e0920197f4c92357214a65fedaf24274cda6806d" ] && \
sudo dpkg -i rcm_1.3.0-1_all.deb

Korora:

Copr requires an additional argument for Fedora remixes such as Korora. See here for more information.

For 64 bit Korora 23, use the following commands:

sudo dnf copr enable seeitcoming/rcm fedora-23-x86_64
sudo dnf install rcm

OpenBSD (-current):

doas pkg_add rcm

Fedora 21/22/23:

sudo dnf copr enable seeitcoming/rcm
sudo dnf install rcm

FreeBSD:

sudo pkg install rcm

openSUSE/RHEL/CentOS: instructions

OS X with Homebrew:

brew tap thoughtbot/formulae
brew install rcm

OS X with MacPorts:

port install rcm

Ubuntu:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:martin-frost/thoughtbot-rcm
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install rcm

Elsewhere:

This uses the standard GNU autotools, so it's the normal dance:

curl -LO https://thoughtbot.github.io/rcm/dist/rcm-1.3.0.tar.gz && \

sha=$(sha256 rcm-1.3.0.tar.gz | cut -f1 -d' ') && \
[ "$sha" = "ddcf638b367b0361d8e063c29fd573dbe1712d1b83e8d5b3a868e4aa45ffc847" ] && \

tar -xvf rcm-1.3.0.tar.gz && \
cd rcm-1.3.0 && \

./configure && \
make && \
sudo make install

For more, see INSTALL.

Programs

• rcup(1) is the main program. It is used to install and update dotfiles, with support for tags, host-specific files, and multiple source directories.
• rcdn(1) is the opposite of rcup(1).
• mkrc(1) is for introducing a dotfile into your dotfiles directory, with support for tags and multiple source directories.
• lsrc(1) shows you all your dotfiles and where they would be symlinked to. It is used by rcup(1) but is provided for your own use, too.

Support

Pull requests welcome; see CONTRIBUTING.md.

License

Copyright 2013 Mike Burns. BSD license. Copyright 2014-2015 thoughtbot. BSD license.

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