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provide an option to install all dotfiles to a temporary directory

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The diffing is done by diff in the backend, one can provide specific
options to diff using the `-o` switch.
It is also possible to install all dotfiles for a specific profile
in a temporary directory in order to manually compare them with
the local version by using `install` and the `-t` switch.
## Import dotfiles
Dotdrop allows to import dotfiles directly from the
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## Update dotfiles
Dotfiles managed by dotdrop can be updated using the `update` command.
There are two cases:
* the dotfile doesn't use [templating](#template): the new version of the dotfile is copied to the
*dotfiles* directory and overwrites the old version. If git is used to version the dotfiles stored
by dotdrop, the git command `diff` can be used to view the changes.
* the dotfile uses [templating](#template): the dotfile must be manually updated, the use of
the dotdrop command `compare` can be helpful to identify the changes to apply to the template.
**The dotfile doesn't use [templating](#template)**
```
The new version of the dotfile is copied to the *dotfiles* directory and overwrites
the old version. If git is used to version the dotfiles stored by dotdrop, the git command
`diff` can be used to view the changes.
```bash
$ dotdrop.sh update ~/.vimrc
$ git diff
```
**The dotfile uses [templating](#template)**
The dotfile must be manually updated, two solutions can be used to identify the
changes to apply to the template:
* Use dotdrop's `compare` command
* Install the dotfiles to a temporary directory (using the `install` command and the
`-t` switch) and compare the generated dotfile with the local one.
```bash
# use compare to identify change(s)
$ ./dotdrop.sh compare --files=~/.vimrc
# use install to identify change(s)
$ ./dotdrop.sh install -t
Installed to tmp /tmp/dotdrop-6kix7555
$ diff ~/.vimrc /tmp/dotdrop-6kix7555/home/user/.vimrc
```
## Store sensitive dotfiles