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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7846367 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +Cygwin configuration files +========================== + +My Cygwin home (`~`) configuration files. + +Deployment +---------- + +To deploy on a fresh Cygwin installation, execute the lines below. +**Be careful** though, some of your files will be **deleted**. +Basically, every file/directory **not** listed in ".gitignore" will be deleted. +Execute the lines below one-by-one and, **most importantly**, review the list +of files `git clean` will delete by adding the `--dry-run` parameter. + + git init + curl --silent --show-error --location https://github.com/egor-tensin/cygwin-home/raw/master/.gitignore -o .gitignore + git clean -d --force + + git remote add origin https://github.com/egor-tensin/cygwin-home.git + git pull origin master + git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/master master + +The deployment should preferably take place right after you install Cygwin. + +File permissions +---------------- + +`git` doesn't preserve file permissions. +After the deployment, anyone will be able to read any of the files in the +repository. +To adjust the permissions so that only you can read the files, `source` +".bashrc" (`bash` does this automatically) and execute: + + ( cd && tighten_repo_security ) + +This also makes sure the directories in the repository are accessible only by +yourself (including the ".git" directory). + +The important thing to note is that the permissions are reset each time `git` +writes to a file. +It is thus necessary to execute the line above after each invokation of `git +pull`, `git checkout`, etc. + +License +------- + +Distributed under the MIT License. +See [.LICENSE.txt] for details. + +[.LICENSE.txt]: .LICENSE.txt |