From 65292a3d76a85bfc3376a4d921b8b60f0841cdab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: deadc0de6 <info@deadc0de.ch>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2020 09:07:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] adding profile doc

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 docs/usage.md | 9 +++++++++
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diff --git a/docs/usage.md b/docs/usage.md
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@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ For more advanced uses:
 * [the example](https://github.com/deadc0de6/dotdrop#getting-started)
 * [the howto](howto/howto.md)
 
+## Profile
+
+The default profile used by dotdrop is the *hostname* of the host you are running dotdrop on.
+
+It can be changed:
+
+* using the command line switch `-p --profile=<profile>`
+* by defining it in the env variable `DOTDROP_PROFILE`
+
 ## Import dotfiles
 
 The `import` command imports dotfiles to be managed by dotdrop.