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authorBen Burwell <ben@benburwell.com>2019-08-14 14:51:13 -0400
committerBen Burwell <ben@benburwell.com>2019-08-14 14:51:13 -0400
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## Usage
-To start using conf, you'll need to specify source and destination directories.
-This is currently done through environment variables. For example, to target
-dotfiles in your home directory from a repository at ~/projects/dotfiles, use:
+To start using conf, you'll need to specify a source directory. This is
+currently done through an environment variable. For example, to use a repository
+at ~/projects/dotfiles, use:
* `CONF_SOURCE=~/projects/dotfiles`
-* `CONF_DEST=~`
Now, you can start adopting dotfiles for conf to manage. Let's start with
`.vimrc`:
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ $ conf adopt .vimrc
```
You can run this command from anywhere on your system, and conf will place a
-copy of your `$CONF_DEST/.vimrc` file into `$CONF_SOURCE/templates/.vimrc`.
+copy of your `~/.vimrc` file into `$CONF_SOURCE/templates/.vimrc`.
Open up `$CONF_SOURCE/templates/.vimrc`, make a change, and then run `conf apply
.vimrc`. You'll see that conf has updated your vimrc file with your latest