dotfiles-control is a tool to help you keep version control of your dot files
that live (i.e. .bashrc) in your home directory and to share them
between different machines.
Run
bash <(curl https://raw.github.com/lucastorri/dotfiles-control/master/install)
It will prompt you for some git repo you want to save your files. For instance, git@github.com:lucastorri/dotfiles.git (it must be an empty repo).
It will also add the dotfiles command to your PATH (it will be added on
.bashrc). You might need to run source ~/.bashrc or reopen your
shell.
You are now ready to use it. You might also see that your previously emtpy git repo has now some files.
If you run it before and already have some files under version control using dotfiles-control, you can now use them in any other machine. In the git repo that you saved them, you will find a REAME file that looks like this:
git@github.com:lucastorri/dotfiles.git
bash < <(curl -s https://raw.github.com/lucastorri/dotfiles/master/install)
The first line tells you the git url being used. The second one is a
bash command that you can run to get you files in the new machine. Run
it, reload your shell session (reopen it or source ~/.bashrc) and you
are free to use your lovely files again.
Add and save new files to version control with
dotfiles add <file1> [file2 ... fileN]
If you modified any of your files, you can save the latest version to your repo running
dotfiles save
Get the latest changes off your files from your git repo on
dotfiles update
Get the latest version of dotfiles control by running
dotfiles upgrade
Once you add a new file, it is moved to a hiden folder that is used by dotfiles-control (~/.dotfiles). Then, a symbolic link is created, "putting" the file back on your home folder. Version control is done internally using git.