rcm, an rc file manager

Mike Burns February 06, 2014 rcm open source We have built a suite of tools for managing your rc files. The rcm suite of tools is for managing dotfiles directories. This is a directory containing all the .*rc files in your home directory (.zshrc , .vimrc , and so on). These files have gone by many names in history, such as "rc files" because they typically end in rc or "dotfiles" because they begin with a period. Creative, I know. It's a unification of the existing shell scripts, make targets, rake tasks, GNU Bash constructions, and Python hacks that people copy and paste into their dotfiles repo, with a classical unix flair. Here's a very quick example: % lsrc /home/mike/.zshrc:/home/mike/.dotfiles/zshrc % rcup linking /home/mike/.zshrc This blog post demonstrates the features, but you may want to install rcm and run through the tutorial too. Build on it Once unified, we ...

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@Croaky » 10 Feb '14, 4pm
thoughtbot Stockholm grew their neckbeards for the winter: rcm for dotfiles [link] gitsh, a git shell [link]
@willcodeforfoo » 10 Feb '14, 3am
Some new bits of code from @thoughtbot for managing dotfiles [link] /cc: @wojtekmach
@oledestin » 08 Feb '14, 1pm
rcm is a pleasure to use and the docs are awesome: [link]
@mattmcmanus » 07 Feb '14, 9pm
Loving what @thoughtbot is doing with dotfile management. Now I just need to find time to play with rcm - [link]
@tooky » 07 Feb '14, 8pm
rcm - "a suite of tools for managing your rc files" [link]
@lilydjwg » 07 Feb '14, 2am
RT @linuxtoy: rcm, an rc file manager [link]
@rpanachi » 07 Feb '14, 12am
rcm, an rc file manager in dotfiles repos [link] via @thoughtbot
@Croaky » 06 Feb '14, 4pm
rcm for managing your personal and company dotfiles in tandem [link]
@thoughtbot » 06 Feb '14, 3pm
Tagged, host-specific dotfiles, with callback hooks, and sharing support? You must be talking about rcm: [link]
@ischroedi » 06 Feb '14, 3pm
thoughtbot news: rcm, an rc file manager: We have built a suite of tools for managing y... [link] [link]
@linuxtoy » 07 Feb '14, 2am
rcm, an rc file manager [link]
@SFvim » 06 Feb '14, 5pm
rcm for managing dotfiles [link]
@dacf_12 » 06 Feb '14, 4pm
rcm, an rc file manager [link]
@dsgnrsy » 06 Feb '14, 3pm
rcm, an rc file manager [link]