chtombleson / dot-manage

perl dot file manager, uses git to manage dot files

Dot Manage

Git based management for dot files.

Structure for repo

_default: directory that holds dot files for machines that don't need special dot files.

[hostname]: directories that are named after a host hold dot files only for that host.

Installation

Clone this repo:

$ git clone https://github.com/chtombleson/dot-manage.git

Install Dependencies using [CPANM] (https://raw.github.com/miyagawa/cpanminus/master/cpanm):

$ cd dot-manage
$ sudo cpanm ./ --installdeps

Add dot-manage to path:

$ sudo cp dot-manage.pl /usr/local/bin/dot-manage

Create an empty git repo.

Initialize dot-manage (enter the empty git repo details, repo is stored here: ~/.dotmanage/repo):

$ dot-manage init

Usage

Usage: dot-manage.pl action [options]
Actions:
    help: Prints this message
    init: Setup a dot file repo or pull from an existing one
    pull: Pull latest changes from git
    status: Check for any changes
    add: Add a file or directory
    remove: Remove a file or directory
    commit: Commit changes
    push: Push to git