A nice set of scripts for managing and sharing user configuration files under VCS between multiple Linux user accounts and systems.
Installing can easily be done by cloning the repository and running the install script.
git clone https://github.com/tarcisioe/configmanager
cd configmanager
bash install.sh [optional directory]
The optional directory will be created by install.sh and must not exist before (If the directory already exists, install.sh will refuse to install.).
If the directory is omitted, install.sh installs to ~/.configmanager/.
Note: Installing is only needed the first time you are using this. Every other computer where you will use this, you will import your directory, so there will be no need to install this way again.
On first use, you will need to register the config files that will be managed. This is done by register.sh.
(You might want to chmod +x the scripts, or optionally call them with bash.)
Usage is simple:
./register.sh <file> <storage name>
register.sh will then move file to the files directory inside the directory where you installed, under storage name, create a link to the stored file and then register it on the mapping.
Note: files under your homedir will have your $HOME substituted by ~. The other scripts deal with that. This way, you can use this independently of username.
IMPORTANT: Filenames with spaces are basically guaranteed not to work. Configuration files don't normally have spaces in their names, though. Also, no file should. Really.
When done, you can then put the directory under version control and send it to a remote repository. (Github is quite cool!)
Migration is also simple. Just obtain a copy of your installation folder on the first system (Git will help you here on getting everything always synced.).
Run migrate.sh:
./migrate.sh
It takes no arguments. It will migrate any file registered on the mapping by removing it and linking it back with the version stored.
If for example, you are using a new system and haven't even created some config files, link.sh will create links for files that are mapped but don't yet exist.
Usage is just:
./link.sh
Just run undo.sh
./undo.sh
It will replace every mapped file with the version stored.
If this repository is updated, just run update.sh pointing at your installation directory. It will replace every script with the new version.
bash update.sh [optional directory]
If your directory is under VCS, don't forget to commit :).