ckdots

Manage your dotfiles across all your devices

ckdots manage your dotfiles by move them to a central config dir, you can simply sharing this config dir across all you devices

Getting Started

Install On First Device

If this is the first time you use ckdots, just invoke the following command to install it,

git clone https://github.com/cybertk/ckdots.git
./ckdots/bin/ckdots init

To save dotfile, i.e. .gemrc

ckdots add .gemrc

Show current status of all your dotfiles

ckdots status

Restore From Existing Config

If you already have a config dir(defauts at ~/.ckdots), and want to restore the saved config on another machine.

First, download your config dir into ~/.ckdots, i.e. if your dir is tracked under git

git clone https://github.com/example/ckdots-config.git ~/.ckdots

Then initialize the with

git clone https://github.com/cybertk/ckdots.git
./ckdots/bin/ckdots init

Now you all you configs will be installed on your new device.

Sync Your CLI Config Across Devices

ckdots will save all your config into ~/.ckdots dir, you can simply put this dir in your Cloud Disk or track it with git.

Use Customized Config Dir

config dir is controlled with environment variable CKDOTS_CONFIG.

For example, when you restore the ckdots on a new device, and you exsiting config is saved in Dropbox at path /Dropbox/cli.config/. Then restore with

CKDOTS_CONFIG=/Dropbox/cli.config/ ./path/to/ckdots/bin/ckdots init

Command Line Usages

• init, install ckdots on a new machine
• add, save specifed dotfile
• checkout, restore previous saved dotfile
• ls, list all saved dotfile
• status, show current status of dotfiles
• help, print this help

Using with Docker

Create a dedicated home volume

docker volume create home

Then install the ckdots into home volume with

docker run -it --rm -vhome:/root quanlong/ckdots <github_username> <github_password_or_token> <github_repo> [dots]

i.e. install .vim and .vimrc/ with

docker run -it --rm -vhome:/root quanlong/ckdots cybertk secret cybertk/ckdots-config .vim/ .vimrc

Then enjoy with your dots environment by attching the home volume

docker run -it --rm -vckdots:/root ubuntu:14.04 /bin/bash --login

License

ck-dots is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.