Dotsync helps you create symbolic links to files that you want to protect or backup. It's great for preferences files that can't be moved into a Dropbox. Rather than managing these symbolic links yourself, Dotsync does it for you.

Add files and folders you want dotsync to track.

> dotsync add ~/.gitconfig
> dotsync add ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom

When you need to know what things are tracked, you can simply ask dotsync.

> dotsync status
~/.gitconfig -> ~/path/to/backup/.gitconfig                UNTRACKED
~/.oh-my-zsh/custom -> ~/path/to/backup/.oh-my-zsh/custom  UNTRACKED

When you're ready, tell dotsync to copy them to your new location and replace the old versions with symbolic links.

> dotsync save
> dotsync status
~/.gitconfig -> ~/path/to/backup/.gitconfig                TRACKED
~/.oh-my-zsh/custom -> ~/path/to/backup/.oh-my-zsh/custom  TRACKED

Got too carried away? Tell dotsync to put a file back where it found it.

> dotsync remove ~/.ssh

Starting from a new machine and need to get back your dotfiles? This is what dotsync was made for.

> dotsync restore ~/path/to/backup/dotsync.yaml

• Tight github integration with save/restore.

@tpetr for creating HubSpot/moxie, upon which the structure of this code is based.

United Airlines flight #357 for being excruciatingly long and wifi-less.