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authorSilvio Rhatto <rhatto@riseup.net>2013-09-10 14:00:42 -0300
committerSilvio Rhatto <rhatto@riseup.net>2013-09-10 14:00:42 -0300
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Manpage: add init action and other changes
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@@ -15,30 +15,34 @@ keyringer <*keyring*> <*action*> [*options*]...
Keyringer lets you manage and share secrets using GPG and git with custom
commands to encrypt, decrypt, recrypt, create key pairs, etc.
+Secrets are encrypted using GPG and added to a git tree so later then can
+be synced with remote branches.
+
# ACTIONS
Keyringer has three types of actions:
-1. Configuration actions.
+1. Repository lookup and manipulation actions.
2. Secret manipulation actions.
-3. Repository lookup and manipulation actions.
+3. Configuration actions.
-## CONFIGURATION ACTIONS
+# REPOSITORY LOOKUP AND MANIPULATION ACTIONS
-commands
-: List available actions, useful for shell completion and syntax check.
+init <*path*> [*remote*]
+: Initialize a new keyringer repository. If a *remote* URL is specified, keyringer will
+ clone an existing repository.
-options <*ls*|*edit*|*add*>
-: List, edit or add miscelaneous *repository options*.
+ After initialization, *path* will contain a folder structure for storing secrets
+ and metadata (user aka recipients, groups of recipients, etc).
-preferences <*ls*|*edit*|*add*>
-: List, edit or add *user options* for a given repository.
+ Also, an entry on `$HOME/.keyringer/config` will be added allowing keyringer to
+ find the keyring by it's alias.
-recipients <*ls*|*edit*> <*recipient-file*>
-: List or edit recipient configuration.
+git <*action*> <*options*>
+: Git wrapper that operates from the toplevel keyring repository.
-usage
-: Show usage information.
+ls <*path*>
+: List contents from the toplevel repository *keys* folder or from relative *path*.
## SECRET MANIPULATION ACTIONS
@@ -83,13 +87,36 @@ recrypt <*SECRET*>
into recipient configuration. If no *SECRET* is given, all secrets in the repository
are re-encrypted.
-# REPOSITORY LOOKUP AND MANIPULATION ACTIONS
+## CONFIGURATION ACTIONS
-git <*action*> <*options*>
-: Git wrapper that operates from the toplevel keyring repository.
+commands
+: List available actions, useful for shell completion and syntax check.
+
+options <*ls*|*edit*|*add*>
+: List, edit or add miscelaneous *repository options*.
+
+preferences <*ls*|*edit*|*add*>
+: List, edit or add *user options* for a given repository.
+
+recipients <*ls*|*edit*> <*recipient-file*>
+: List or edit recipient configuration.
+
+usage
+: Show usage information.
+
+# FILES
+
+$HOME/.keyringer/config
+: User's main configuration file used to map alias names to keyrings.
+
+$HOME/.keyringer/*keyring*
+: User preferences for the keyringer aliased *keyring*.
+
+$KEYRING_FOLDER/config/options
+: Custom keyring options which will be applied for all users that use
+ the keyringer repository.
-ls <*PATH*>
-: List contents from the toplevel repository *keys* folder or from relative *PATH*.
+# LIMITATIONS
# SEE ALSO