Comments for ruminations http://yiqiang.org/blog code, math, life Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:29:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Comment on publishing your dotfiles by Dan Hirsch http://yiqiang.org/blog/2008/07/04/publishing-your-dotfiles/#comment-31 Dan Hirsch Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:24:30 +0000 http://yiqiang.org/blog/?p=14#comment-31 I tend to do something very similar, except I use git and put the files in a directory named "..." (eg, "~/.zshrc" is in "~/.../zshrc"). This has the advantage of standing out in a directory listing. I also occasionally tar up the repository and make it available for download (via scp), in case I don't have git handy. I tend to do something very similar, except I use git and put the files in a directory named “…” (eg, “~/.zshrc” is in “~/…/zshrc”). This has the advantage of standing out in a directory listing.

I also occasionally tar up the repository and make it available for download (via scp), in case I don’t have git handy.

]]> Comment on dsage news by Yi Qiang http://yiqiang.org/blog/2008/07/04/dsage-news/#comment-30 Yi Qiang Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:49:34 +0000 http://yiqiang.org/blog/?p=15#comment-30 @Mike Hansen Not yet, still have to write doc/unittests and am waiting for the next alpha release from mabshoff so i have something to base the patches against. @Mike Hansen
Not yet, still have to write doc/unittests and am waiting for the next alpha release from mabshoff so i have something to base the patches against.

]]> Comment on publishing your dotfiles by Yi Qiang http://yiqiang.org/blog/2008/07/04/publishing-your-dotfiles/#comment-29 Yi Qiang Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:54:48 +0000 http://yiqiang.org/blog/?p=14#comment-29 @numerodix Cool, I checked out your solution and it definitely is portable, just depends on some shell scripts + gnu tools installed. For my own personal use however, having revision control is more important and i can install hg on any machine that has python, which is quite common these days. @numerodix
Cool, I checked out your solution and it definitely is portable, just depends on some shell scripts + gnu tools installed. For my own personal use however, having revision control is more important and i can install hg on any machine that has python, which is quite common these days.

]]> Comment on publishing your dotfiles by numerodix http://yiqiang.org/blog/2008/07/04/publishing-your-dotfiles/#comment-28 numerodix Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:45:45 +0000 http://yiqiang.org/blog/?p=14#comment-28 A bit simplistic imo. For one thing you assume you have hg (or your vcs of choice) everywhere you go. Here's mine: http://www.matusiak.eu/numerodix/blog/index.php/2007/07/27/using-your-dotfiles-on-the-go/ A bit simplistic imo. For one thing you assume you have hg (or your vcs of choice) everywhere you go. Here’s mine:
http://www.matusiak.eu/numerodix/blog/index.php/2007/07/27/using-your-dotfiles-on-the-go/

]]> Comment on publishing your dotfiles by Yi Qiang http://yiqiang.org/blog/2008/07/04/publishing-your-dotfiles/#comment-27 Yi Qiang Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:55:09 +0000 http://yiqiang.org/blog/?p=14#comment-27 @BVK Well, if you didn't want people to clone your repository, you should probably just put your files somewhere secret :) As for the encrypted format, I googled around a bit and I don't think hg has that functionality, do any other DVCS have that? @BVK
Well, if you didn’t want people to clone your repository, you should probably just put your files somewhere secret :)

As for the encrypted format, I googled around a bit and I don’t think hg has that functionality, do any other DVCS have that?

]]> Comment on publishing your dotfiles by BVK Chaitanya http://yiqiang.org/blog/2008/07/04/publishing-your-dotfiles/#comment-26 BVK Chaitanya Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:15:13 +0000 http://yiqiang.org/blog/?p=14#comment-26 @YiQiang Yeah, i too should give hg sign a shot. But it seems it doesn't restrict users from cloning your repository. I want mercurial plugins/options to keep repositories in encrypted format. This will let me keep dotfiles with passwords (like .authinfo) too. Then i don't need to bother with signing patches at all, who ever can clone can commit. BTW, my DVCS knowledge is too limited, so i don't know whether such a feature makes any sense or not :) @YiQiang
Yeah, i too should give hg sign a shot. But it seems it doesn’t restrict users from cloning your repository.

I want mercurial plugins/options to keep repositories in encrypted format. This will let me keep dotfiles with passwords (like .authinfo) too. Then i don’t need to bother with signing patches at all, who ever can clone can commit.

BTW, my DVCS knowledge is too limited, so i don’t know whether such a feature makes any sense or not :)

]]> Comment on dsage news by Mike Hansen http://yiqiang.org/blog/2008/07/04/dsage-news/#comment-25 Mike Hansen Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:52:41 +0000 http://yiqiang.org/blog/?p=15#comment-25 Excellent work Yi! Are the patches up on http://trac.sagemath.org ? Excellent work Yi! Are the patches up on http://trac.sagemath.org ?

]]> Comment on publishing your dotfiles by Yi Qiang http://yiqiang.org/blog/2008/07/04/publishing-your-dotfiles/#comment-24 Yi Qiang Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:51:52 +0000 http://yiqiang.org/blog/?p=14#comment-24 dotfiles.org provides absolutely no revision control :-) dotfiles.org provides absolutely no revision control :-)

]]> Comment on publishing your dotfiles by Binny V A http://yiqiang.org/blog/2008/07/04/publishing-your-dotfiles/#comment-23 Binny V A Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:37:21 +0000 http://yiqiang.org/blog/?p=14#comment-23 There is another option - you can publish you dot files in a site like http://dotfiles.org/ There is another option - you can publish you dot files in a site like http://dotfiles.org/

]]> Comment on publishing your dotfiles by Yi Qiang http://yiqiang.org/blog/2008/07/04/publishing-your-dotfiles/#comment-22 Yi Qiang Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:01:03 +0000 http://yiqiang.org/blog/?p=14#comment-22 @BVK Chaitanya Cool, I was pretty sure that other people are doing similar things. Let me know if you come up with any cool tips/tricks. I've started signing the revisions using hg sign like one commenter suggested already. @BVK Chaitanya
Cool, I was pretty sure that other people are doing similar things. Let me know if you come up with any cool tips/tricks. I’ve started signing the revisions using hg sign like one commenter suggested already.

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