rconradharris / homefiles-old

Your files, sync'd anywhere

homefiles - github powered backups

homefiles backups your files to github so you can sync them anywhere.

The main use for homefiles is keeping a small set of files backed up, versioned, and accessible, for example:

• dotfiles (.vimrc, .screenrc)
• TODO & IDEAS files
• directory full of installation notes

homefiles uses symlinks to map the git-repo-location of a file to its canonical location (see manifest.list)

homefiles recognizes additions, changes, and removals in watched directories.

Installation

1. Download and install homefiles
2. Create a private github repo called 'homefiles-data'

3. Create the local checkout repo in the default location ~/.homefiles-data

   homefiles init < github username >

4. Add files to homefiles

   homefiles add TODO homefiles add .vimrc vimrc # no dot in repo copy

5. Sync (commit, push, rebuild symlinks)

   homefiles sync

6. OPTIONAL: Add crontab to sync hourly

   crontab etc/homefiles-crontab

Clone

1. Clone the repo

   homefiles clone < github username >

2. There is no step 2.