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= homesick # homesick
A man's home (directory) is his castle, so don't leave home with out it. A man's home (directory) is his castle, so don't leave home with out it.
Homesick is sorta like rip, but for dotfiles. It uses git to clone a repository containing dotfiles, and saves them in ~/.homesick. It then allows you to symlink all the dotfiles into place with a single command. Homesick is sorta like rip, but for dotfiles. It uses git to clone a repository containing dotfiles, and saves them in `~/.homesick`. It then allows you to symlink all the dotfiles into place with a single command.
We call a repository that is compatible with homesick to be a 'castle'. To act as a castle, a repository must be organized like so: We call a repository that is compatible with homesick to be a 'castle'. To act as a castle, a repository must be organized like so:
* Contains a 'home' directory * Contains a 'home' directory
* 'home' contains any number of files and directories that begin with '.' * 'home' contains any number of files and directories that begin with '.'
* Optionally has a README file
To get started, install homesick first: To get started, install homesick first:
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homesick help homesick help
== Note on Patches/Pull Requests ## Note on Patches/Pull Requests
* Fork the project. * Fork the project.
* Make your feature addition or bug fix. * Make your feature addition or bug fix.
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* Commit, do not mess with rakefile, version, or history. (if you want to have your own version, that is fine but bump version in a commit by itself I can ignore when I pull) * Commit, do not mess with rakefile, version, or history. (if you want to have your own version, that is fine but bump version in a commit by itself I can ignore when I pull)
* Send me a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches. * Send me a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches.
== Copyright ## Copyright
Copyright (c) 2010 Joshua Nichols. See LICENSE for details. Copyright (c) 2010 Joshua Nichols. See LICENSE for details.