diff --git a/man/freedombone-trove.1.gz b/man/freedombone-trove.1.gz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..db00e972
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diff --git a/src/freedombone b/src/freedombone
index d9abbe80..1c8a65dc 100755
--- a/src/freedombone
+++ b/src/freedombone
@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ CONFIGURATION_FILE="${PROJECT_NAME}.cfg"
 SSH_PORT=2222
 IRC_PORT=6697
 
+# password used for accessing your repo trove
+MY_TROVE_PASSWORD=
+# friend's repo trove
+FRIENDS_TROVE_PASSWORD=
+FRIENDS_TROVE_SERVER=
+FRIENDS_TROVE_SSH_PORT=
+
 # An optional password to log into IRC. This applies to all users
 IRC_PASSWORD=
 
@@ -102,7 +109,7 @@ DDNS_USERNAME=
 DDNS_PASSWORD=
 CURRENT_DDNS_DOMAIN=
 
-EXIM_ONION_REPO='https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/exim4-smtorp'
+EXIM_ONION_REPO="https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/exim4-smtorp"
 
 NGINX_ENSITE_REPO="https://github.com/perusio/nginx_ensite"
 NGINX_ENSITE_COMMIT='fa4d72ce1c0a490442c8474e9c8dc21ed52c93d0'
@@ -193,7 +200,7 @@ HUBZILLA_DOMAIN_NAME=
 HUBZILLA_CODE=
 HUBZILLA_ONION_PORT=8085
 HUBZILLA_REPO="https://github.com/redmatrix/hubzilla.git"
-HUBZILLA_THEMES_REPO='https://github.com/DeadSuperHero/redmatrix-themes'
+HUBZILLA_THEMES_REPO="https://github.com/DeadSuperHero/redmatrix-themes"
 HUBZILLA_ADDONS_REPO="https://github.com/redmatrix/hubzilla-addons.git"
 HUBZILLA_ADMIN_PASSWORD=
 HUBZILLA_COMMIT='761afd029d97703f2f7609d546b7b5f3d257c601'
@@ -428,8 +435,8 @@ BABEL_PORT=6696
 ENABLE_SOCIAL_KEY_MANAGEMENT="no"
 
 TOX_PORT=33445
-TOX_REPO='git://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore.git'
-TOXID_REPO='https://github.com/bashrc/toxid'
+TOX_REPO="git://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore.git"
+TOXID_REPO="https://github.com/bashrc/toxid"
 TOX_COMMIT='73b2144edcfd1ca617e9054479b66ab0c0361a14'
 TOX_BOOTSTRAP_ID_FILE=/var/lib/tox-bootstrapd/pubkey.txt
 # These are some default nodes, but you can replace them with trusted nodes
@@ -443,13 +450,13 @@ TOXIC_REPO="https://github.com/Tox/toxic"
 TOXIC_COMMIT='88270827a96b2082e254677f35585ed24581a42c'
 
 #ZERONET_REPO='https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet.git'
-ZERONET_REPO='https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet.git'
+ZERONET_REPO="https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet.git"
 ZERONET_COMMIT='675bd462556c541d65e2d95f91f899146a373aad'
-ZERONET_BLOG_REPO='https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroBlog'
+ZERONET_BLOG_REPO="https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroBlog"
 ZERONET_BLOG_COMMIT='bbb0d6c36465fed2e6df71f1aab45fcc9c6ad609'
-ZERONET_MAIL_REPO='https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroMail'
+ZERONET_MAIL_REPO="https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroMail"
 ZERONET_MAIL_COMMIT='955af09d643c72b02e4983d71eca5c0c93a6c131'
-ZERONET_FORUM_REPO='https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroTalk'
+ZERONET_FORUM_REPO="https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroTalk"
 ZERONET_FORUM_COMMIT='e2d2c9cb1cfbfef91b244935efb5c14c2ad95faa'
 ZERONET_URL=http://127.0.0.1:43110
 ZERONET_PORT=15441
@@ -470,7 +477,7 @@ GPGIT_COMMIT='583dc76119f19420f8a33f606744faa7c8922738'
 DH_KEYLENGTH=2048
 
 # repo for atheros AR9271 wifi driver
-ATHEROS_WIFI_REPO='https://github.com/qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware.git'
+ATHEROS_WIFI_REPO="https://github.com/qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware.git"
 
 # Whether Let's Encrypt is enabled for all sites
 LETSENCRYPT_ENABLED="no"
@@ -916,6 +923,18 @@ function read_configuration {
         if [[ $CONFIGURATION_FILE != "/root/${PROJECT_NAME}.cfg" ]]; then
             cp $CONFIGURATION_FILE /root/${PROJECT_NAME}.cfg
         fi
+        if grep -q "FRIENDS_TROVE_SERVER" $CONFIGURATION_FILE; then
+            FRIENDS_TROVE_SERVER=$(grep "FRIENDS_TROVE_SERVER" $CONFIGURATION_FILE | awk -F '=' '{print $2}')
+        fi
+        if grep -q "FRIENDS_TROVE_SSH_PORT" $CONFIGURATION_FILE; then
+            FRIENDS_TROVE_SSH_PORT=$(grep "FRIENDS_TROVE_SSH_PORT" $CONFIGURATION_FILE | awk -F '=' '{print $2}')
+        fi
+        if grep -q "MY_TROVE_PASSWORD" $CONFIGURATION_FILE; then
+            MY_TROVE_PASSWORD=$(grep "MY_TROVE_PASSWORD" $CONFIGURATION_FILE | awk -F '=' '{print $2}')
+        fi
+        if grep -q "FRIENDS_TROVE_PASSWORD" $CONFIGURATION_FILE; then
+            FRIENDS_TROVE_PASSWORD=$(grep "FRIENDS_TROVE_PASSWORD" $CONFIGURATION_FILE | awk -F '=' '{print $2}')
+        fi
         if grep -q "PROJECT_WEBSITE" $CONFIGURATION_FILE; then
             PROJECT_WEBSITE=$(grep "PROJECT_WEBSITE" $CONFIGURATION_FILE | awk -F '=' '{print $2}')
         fi
@@ -4656,7 +4675,7 @@ function spam_filtering {
     echo '#!/bin/bash' > /usr/bin/filterspam
     echo 'for d in /home/*/ ; do' >> /usr/bin/filterspam
     echo '    USERNAME=$(echo "$d" | awk -F '"'"'/'"'"' '"'"'{print $3}'"'"')' >> /usr/bin/filterspam
-    echo '    if [[ $USERNAME != "git" ]]; then' >> /usr/bin/filterspam
+    echo '    if [[ $USERNAME != "git" && $USERNAME != "trove" ]]; then' >> /usr/bin/filterspam
     echo '        MAILDIR=/home/$USERNAME/Maildir/.learn-spam' >> /usr/bin/filterspam
     echo '        if [ ! -d "$MAILDIR" ]; then' >> /usr/bin/filterspam
     echo '           exit' >> /usr/bin/filterspam
@@ -4678,7 +4697,7 @@ function spam_filtering {
     echo '#!/bin/bash' > /usr/bin/filterham
     echo 'for d in /home/*/ ; do' >> /usr/bin/filterham
     echo '    USERNAME=$(echo "$d" | awk -F '"'"'/'"'"' '"'"'{print $3}'"'"')' >> /usr/bin/filterham
-    echo '    if [[ $USERNAME != "git" ]]; then' >> /usr/bin/filterham
+    echo '    if [[ $USERNAME != "git" && $USERNAME != "trove" ]]; then' >> /usr/bin/filterham
     echo '        MAILDIR=/home/$USERNAME/Maildir/.learn-ham' >> /usr/bin/filterham
     echo '        if [ ! -d "$MAILDIR" ]; then' >> /usr/bin/filterham
     echo '            exit' >> /usr/bin/filterham
diff --git a/src/freedombone-archive-mail b/src/freedombone-archive-mail
index df71e336..3b3d5b97 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-archive-mail
+++ b/src/freedombone-archive-mail
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export TEXTDOMAINDIR="/usr/share/locale"
 
 for d in /home/*/ ; do
     USERNAME=$(echo "$d" | awk -F '/' '{print $3}')
-    if [[ $USERNAME != "git" ]]; then
+    if [[ $USERNAME != "git" && $USERNAME != "trove" ]]; then
         # for every user who has a mail directory
         if [ -d /home/$USERNAME/Maildir ]; then
             MUTTRC=/home/$USERNAME/.muttrc
diff --git a/src/freedombone-backup-local b/src/freedombone-backup-local
index 832fcae5..21ff7cfb 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-backup-local
+++ b/src/freedombone-backup-local
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ function backup_users {
     # Backup user files
     for d in /home/*/ ; do
         USERNAME=$(echo "$d" | awk -F '/' '{print $3}')
-        if [[ $USERNAME != "git" ]]; then
+        if [[ $USERNAME != "git" && $USERNAME != "trove" ]]; then
 
             # Backup any gpg keys
             if [ -d /home/$USERNAME/.gnupg ]; then
diff --git a/src/freedombone-backup-remote b/src/freedombone-backup-remote
index 1ab7b027..343d72ca 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-backup-remote
+++ b/src/freedombone-backup-remote
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ function backup_configuration {
 function backup_users {
     for d in /home/*/ ; do
         USERNAME=$(echo "$d" | awk -F '/' '{print $3}')
-        if [[ $USERNAME != "git" ]]; then
+        if [[ $USERNAME != "git" && $USERNAME != "trove" ]]; then
 
             # personal settings
             if [ -d /home/$USERNAME/personal ]; then
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ do
         # Social key management
         for d in /home/*/ ; do
             USERNAME=$(echo "$d" | awk -F '/' '{print $3}')
-            if [[ $USERNAME != "git" ]]; then
+            if [[ $USERNAME != "git" && $USERNAME != "trove" ]]; then
                 disperse_key_shares $USERNAME $REMOTE_DOMAIN $REMOTE_SSH_PORT "$REMOTE_PASSWORD" $REMOTE_SERVER
             fi
         done
diff --git a/src/freedombone-controlpanel b/src/freedombone-controlpanel
index 81e5a74f..e0426ef9 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-controlpanel
+++ b/src/freedombone-controlpanel
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ function show_users {
     echo '--------------------------------------------------------------------------'
     for d in /home/*/ ; do
         USRNAME=$(echo "$d" | awk -F '/' '{print $3}')
-        if [[ $USRNAME != "git" ]]; then
+        if [[ $USRNAME != "git" && $USRNAME != "trove" ]]; then
             echo -n -e "$(pad_string ${USRNAME})"
             # get the SIP extension
             SIPEXT=
diff --git a/src/freedombone-restore-local b/src/freedombone-restore-local
index 4948fa54..ae75dda7 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-restore-local
+++ b/src/freedombone-restore-local
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ function unmount_drive {
     echo $"Setting permissions"
     for d in /home/*/ ; do
         USERNAME=$(echo "$d" | awk -F '/' '{print $3}')
-        if [[ $USERNAME != "git" ]]; then
+        if [[ $USERNAME != "git" && $USRNAME != "trove" ]]; then
             chown -R $USERNAME:$USERNAME /home/$USERNAME
         fi
     done
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ function restore_mutt_settings {
     if [ -d $USB_MOUNT/backup/mutt ]; then
         for d in $USB_MOUNT/backup/mutt/*/ ; do
             USERNAME=$(echo "$d" | awk -F '/' '{print $6}')
-            if [[ $USERNAME != "git" ]]; then
+            if [[ $USERNAME != "git" && $USRNAME != "trove" ]]; then
                 if [ ! -d /home/$USERNAME ]; then
                     ${PROJECT_NAME}-adduser $USERNAME
                 fi
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ function restore_gpg {
     if [ -d $USB_MOUNT/backup/gnupg ]; then
         for d in $USB_MOUNT/backup/gnupg/*/ ; do
             USERNAME=$(echo "$d" | awk -F '/' '{print $6}')
-            if [[ $USERNAME != "git" ]]; then
+            if [[ $USERNAME != "git" && $USRNAME != "trove" ]]; then
                 if [ ! -d /home/$USERNAME ]; then
                     ${PROJECT_NAME}-adduser $USERNAME
                 fi
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ function restore_procmail {
     if [ -d $USB_MOUNT/backup/procmail ]; then
         for d in $USB_MOUNT/backup/procmail/*/ ; do
             USERNAME=$(echo "$d" | awk -F '/' '{print $6}')
-            if [[ $USERNAME != "git" ]]; then
+            if [[ $USERNAME != "git" && $USRNAME != "trove" ]]; then
                 if [ ! -d /home/$USERNAME ]; then
                     ${PROJECT_NAME}-adduser $USERNAME
                 fi
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ function restore_spamassassin {
     if [ -d $USB_MOUNT/backup/spamassassin ]; then
         for d in $USB_MOUNT/backup/spamassassin/*/ ; do
             USERNAME=$(echo "$d" | awk -F '/' '{print $6}')
-            if [[ $USERNAME != "git" ]]; then
+            if [[ $USERNAME != "git" && $USRNAME != "trove" ]]; then
                 if [ -d $USB_MOUNT/backup/spamassassin/$USERNAME ]; then
                     if [ ! -d /home/$USERNAME ]; then
                         ${PROJECT_NAME}-adduser $USERNAME
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ function restore_user_ssh_keys {
     if [ -d $USB_MOUNT/backup/ssh ]; then
         for d in $USB_MOUNT/backup/ssh/*/ ; do
             USERNAME=$(echo "$d" | awk -F '/' '{print $6}')
-            if [[ $USERNAME != "git" ]]; then
+            if [[ $USERNAME != "git" && $USRNAME != "trove" ]]; then
                 if [ ! -d /home/$USERNAME ]; then
                     ${PROJECT_NAME}-adduser $USERNAME
                 fi
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ function restore_user_config {
     if [ -d $USB_MOUNT/backup/config ]; then
         for d in $USB_MOUNT/backup/config/*/ ; do
             USERNAME=$(echo "$d" | awk -F '/' '{print $6}')
-            if [[ $USERNAME != "git" ]]; then
+            if [[ $USERNAME != "git" && $USRNAME != "trove" ]]; then
                 if [ ! -d /home/$USERNAME ]; then
                     ${PROJECT_NAME}-adduser $USERNAME
                 fi
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ function restore_personal_settings {
     if [ -d $USB_MOUNT/backup/personal ]; then
         for d in $USB_MOUNT/backup/personal/*/ ; do
             USERNAME=$(echo "$d" | awk -F '/' '{print $6}')
-            if [[ $USERNAME != "git" ]]; then
+            if [[ $USERNAME != "git" && $USRNAME != "trove" ]]; then
                 if [ -d $USB_MOUNT/backup/personal/$USERNAME ]; then
                     if [ ! -d /home/$USERNAME ]; then
                         ${PROJECT_NAME}-adduser $USERNAME
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ function restore_owncloud {
             chown -R www-data:www-data /var/lib/owncloud/assets
             for d in /home/*/ ; do
                 USERNAME=$(echo "$d" | awk -F '/' '{print $3}')
-                if [[ $USERNAME != "git" ]]; then
+                if [[ $USERNAME != "git" && $USRNAME != "trove" ]]; then
                     occ files:scan $USERNAME
                 fi
             done
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ function restore_blog {
         fi
         for d in /home/*/ ; do
             USERNAME=$(echo "$d" | awk -F '/' '{print $3}')
-            if [[ $USERNAME != "git" ]]; then
+            if [[ $USERNAME != "git" && $USRNAME != "trove" ]]; then
                 if [ -d /var/www/${FULLBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs/content/$USERNAME/blog/uncategorized/post ]; then
                     mv /var/www/${FULLBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs/content/$USERNAME/blog/*.md /var/www/${FULLBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs/content/$USERNAME/blog/uncategorized/post
                 fi
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ function restore_email {
     if [ -d $USB_MOUNT/backup/mail ]; then
         for d in $USB_MOUNT/backup/mail/*/ ; do
             USERNAME=$(echo "$d" | awk -F '/' '{print $6}')
-            if [[ $USERNAME != "git" ]]; then
+            if [[ $USERNAME != "git" && $USRNAME != "trove" ]]; then
                 if [ ! -d /home/$USERNAME ]; then
                     ${PROJECT_NAME}-adduser $USERNAME
                 fi
diff --git a/src/freedombone-restore-remote b/src/freedombone-restore-remote
index addc8f9c..5b7036cf 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-restore-remote
+++ b/src/freedombone-restore-remote
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ function restore_mutt_settings {
     fi
     for d in $SERVER_DIRECTORY/backup/mutt/*/ ; do
         USERNAME=$(echo "$d" | awk -F '/' '{print $6}')
-        if [[ $USERNAME != "git" ]]; then
+        if [[ $USERNAME != "git" && $USRNAME != "trove" ]]; then
             if [ -d $SERVER_DIRECTORY/backup/mutt/$USERNAME ]; then
                 if [ ! -d /home/$USERNAME ]; then
                     ${PROJECT_NAME}-adduser $USERNAME
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ function restore_gpg {
     fi
     for d in $SERVER_DIRECTORY/backup/gnupg/*/ ; do
         USERNAME=$(echo "$d" | awk -F '/' '{print $6}')
-        if [[ $USERNAME != "git" ]]; then
+        if [[ $USERNAME != "git" && $USRNAME != "trove" ]]; then
             if [ -d $SERVER_DIRECTORY/backup/gnupg/$USERNAME ]; then
                 if [ ! -d /home/$USERNAME ]; then
                     ${PROJECT_NAME}-adduser $USERNAME
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ function restore_procmail {
     fi
     for d in $SERVER_DIRECTORY/backup/procmail/*/ ; do
         USERNAME=$(echo "$d" | awk -F '/' '{print $6}')
-        if [[ $USERNAME != "git" ]]; then
+        if [[ $USERNAME != "git" && $USRNAME != "trove" ]]; then
             if [ -d $SERVER_DIRECTORY/backup/procmail/$USERNAME ]; then
                 if [ ! -d /home/$USERNAME ]; then
                     ${PROJECT_NAME}-adduser $USERNAME
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ function restore_spamassassin {
     fi
     for d in $SERVER_DIRECTORY/backup/spamassassin/*/ ; do
         USERNAME=$(echo "$d" | awk -F '/' '{print $6}')
-        if [[ $USERNAME != "git" ]]; then
+        if [[ $USERNAME != "git" && $USRNAME != "trove" ]]; then
             if [ -d $SERVER_DIRECTORY/backup/spamassassin/$USERNAME ]; then
                 if [ ! -d /home/$USERNAME ]; then
                     ${PROJECT_NAME}-adduser $USERNAME
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ function restore_ssh_keys {
     fi
     for d in $SERVER_DIRECTORY/backup/ssh/*/ ; do
         USERNAME=$(echo "$d" | awk -F '/' '{print $6}')
-        if [[ $USERNAME != "git" ]]; then
+        if [[ $USERNAME != "git" && $USRNAME != "trove" ]]; then
             if [ -d $SERVER_DIRECTORY/backup/ssh/$USERNAME ]; then
                 if [ ! -d /home/$USERNAME ]; then
                     ${PROJECT_NAME}-adduser $USERNAME
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ function restore_user_config {
     fi
     for d in $SERVER_DIRECTORY/backup/config/*/ ; do
         USERNAME=$(echo "$d" | awk -F '/' '{print $6}')
-        if [[ $USERNAME != "git" ]]; then
+        if [[ $USERNAME != "git" && $USRNAME != "trove" ]]; then
             if [ -d $SERVER_DIRECTORY/backup/config/$USERNAME ]; then
                 if [ ! -d /home/$USERNAME ]; then
                     ${PROJECT_NAME}-adduser $USERNAME
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ function restore_personal_settings {
     fi
     for d in $SERVER_DIRECTORY/backup/personal/*/ ; do
         USERNAME=$(echo "$d" | awk -F '/' '{print $6}')
-        if [[ $USERNAME != "git" ]]; then
+        if [[ $USERNAME != "git" && $USRNAME != "trove" ]]; then
             if [ -d $SERVER_DIRECTORY/backup/personal/$USERNAME ]; then
                 if [ ! -d /home/$USERNAME ]; then
                     ${PROJECT_NAME}-adduser $USERNAME
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ function restore_owncloud {
             chown -R www-data:www-data /var/lib/owncloud/assets
             for d in /home/*/ ; do
                 USERNAME=$(echo "$d" | awk -F '/' '{print $3}')
-                if [[ $USERNAME != "git" ]]; then
+                if [[ $USERNAME != "git" && $USRNAME != "trove" ]]; then
                     occ files:scan $USERNAME
                 fi
             done
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ function restore_blog {
         fi
         for d in /home/*/ ; do
             USERNAME=$(echo "$d" | awk -F '/' '{print $3}')
-            if [[ $USERNAME != "git" ]]; then
+            if [[ $USERNAME != "git" && $USRNAME != "trove" ]]; then
                 if [ -d /var/www/${FULLBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs/content/$USERNAME/blog/uncategorized/post ]; then
                     mv /var/www/${FULLBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs/content/$USERNAME/blog/*.md /var/www/${FULLBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs/content/$USERNAME/blog/uncategorized/post
                 fi
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ function restore_email {
     fi
     for d in $SERVER_DIRECTORY/backup/mail/*/ ; do
         USERNAME=$(echo "$d" | awk -F '/' '{print $6}')
-        if [[ $USERNAME != "git" ]]; then
+        if [[ $USERNAME != "git" && $USRNAME != "trove" ]]; then
             if [ -d $SERVER_DIRECTORY/backup/mail/$USERNAME ]; then
                 if [ ! -d /home/$USERNAME ]; then
                     ${PROJECT_NAME}-adduser $USERNAME
diff --git a/src/freedombone-trove b/src/freedombone-trove
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..01b85b9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/freedombone-trove
@@ -0,0 +1,217 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# .---.                  .              .
+# |                      |              |
+# |--- .--. .-.  .-.  .-.|  .-. .--.--. |.-.  .-. .--.  .-.
+# |    |   (.-' (.-' (   | (   )|  |  | |   )(   )|  | (.-'
+# '    '     --'  --'  -' -  -' '  '   -' -'   -' '   -  --'
+#
+#                    Freedom in the Cloud
+#
+# Host git repos which the project depends on
+#
+# License
+# =======
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2015-2016 Bob Mottram <bob@robotics.uk.to>
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+PROJECT_NAME='freedombone'
+
+export TEXTDOMAIN=${PROJECT_NAME}-trove
+export TEXTDOMAINDIR="/usr/share/locale"
+
+# Minimum number of characters in a password
+MINIMUM_PASSWORD_LENGTH=10
+
+CONFIGURATION_FILE="/root/${PROJECT_NAME}.cfg"
+
+# if this is blank then just use the default repos
+FRIENDS_TROVE_SERVER=
+REPOS=
+TROVE_BASE=/home/trove/trove
+MY_TROVE_PASSWORD=
+FRIENDS_TROVE_PASSWORD=
+NEW_TROVE='no'
+FRIENDS_TROVE_SSH_PORT=2222
+
+MAIN_COMMAND=/usr/local/bin/${PROJECT_NAME}
+if [ ! -f $MAIN_COMMAND ]; then
+    MAIN_COMMAND=/usr/bin/${PROJECT_NAME}
+fi
+
+REPOS=($(cat ${MAIN_COMMAND} | grep "_REPO=\"" | uniq -u | sed 's|${PROJECT_NAME}|'"${PROJECT_NAME}"'|g'))
+
+# obtain the trove password if it exists
+if [ -f $CONFIGURATION_FILE ]; then
+    if ! grep -q "MY_TROVE_PASSWORD" $CONFIGURATION_FILE; then
+        MY_TROVE_PASSWORD=$(grep "MY_TROVE_PASSWORD" $CONFIGURATION_FILE | awk -F '=' '{print $2}')
+    fi
+    if ! grep -q "FRIENDS_TROVE_SERVER" $CONFIGURATION_FILE; then
+        FRIENDS_TROVE_SERVER=$(grep "FRIENDS_TROVE_SERVER" $CONFIGURATION_FILE | awk -F '=' '{print $2}')
+    fi
+    if ! grep -q "FRIENDS_TROVE_PASSWORD" $CONFIGURATION_FILE; then
+        FRIENDS_TROVE_PASSWORD=$(grep "FRIENDS_TROVE_PASSWORD" $CONFIGURATION_FILE | awk -F '=' '{print $2}')
+    fi
+    if ! grep -q "FRIENDS_TROVE_SSH_PORT" $CONFIGURATION_FILE; then
+        FRIENDS_TROVE_SSH_PORT=$(grep "FRIENDS_TROVE_SSH_PORT" $CONFIGURATION_FILE | awk -F '=' '{print $2}')
+    fi
+fi
+
+function show_help {
+    echo ''
+    echo $"${PROJECT_NAME}-trove --sync [domain/url] -p [password]"
+    echo ''
+    echo $'Creates or syncs with a set of git repositories'
+    echo ''
+    echo $'     --help                   Show help'
+    echo $'  -n|--new [yes|no]           Start a new trove'
+    echo $"  -p|--password [yes|no]      Friend's trove user password"
+    echo $"  -m|--mypassword [yes|no]    Local trove user password"
+    echo $"     --port [number]          Friend's server ssh port number"
+    echo $"  -s|--sync [domain]          Friend's server domain to sync with"
+    echo ''
+    exit 0
+}
+
+function create_trove_user {
+    if [ -d /home/trove ]; then
+        return
+    fi
+
+    create_password='no'
+    if [ ! "$MY_TROVE_PASSWORD" ]; then
+        create_password='yes'
+    fi
+    if [ ${#MY_TROVE_PASSWORD} -lt ${MINIMUM_PASSWORD_LENGTH} ]; then
+        echo $'Password is too short. Creating new one.'
+        create_password='yes'
+    fi
+
+    if [[ $create_password == 'yes' ]]; then
+        MY_TROVE_PASSWORD="$(openssl rand -base64 20 | cut -c1-18)"
+    fi
+
+    useradd -m -p "$MY_TROVE_PASSWORD" -s /bin/bash trove
+
+    # remove any existing user files
+    rm -rf /home/trove/*
+
+    # store the trove password
+    if [ -f $CONFIGURATION_FILE ]; then
+        if ! grep -q "MY_TROVE_PASSWORD" $CONFIGURATION_FILE; then
+            echo "MY_TROVE_PASSWORD=$MY_TROVE_PASSWORD" >> $CONFIGURATION_FILE
+        else
+            sed -i "s|MY_TROVE_PASSWORD=.*|MY_TROVE_PASSWORD=${MY_TROVE_PASSWORD}|g" $CONFIGURATION_FILE
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+function update_repos_from_friend {
+    if [ ! $FRIENDS_TROVE_SERVER ] then
+       return
+    fi
+
+    new_repos=()
+    for line in "${REPOS[@]}"
+    do
+        repo_name=$(echo "$line" | awk -F '=' '{print $1}')
+        trove_name=$(echo "$repo_name" | sed "s|_REPO||g" | awk '{print tolower($0)}')
+        #repo_url=$(echo "$line" | awk -F '=' '{print $2}'  | awk -F '"' '{print $2}')
+        friends_repo_url="ssh://trove@${FRIENDS_TROVE_SERVER}:${FRIENDS_TROVE_SSH_PORT}/home/trove/${trove_name}"
+        new_line="${repo_name}=\"${friends_repo_url}\""
+        new_repos+=($new_line)
+    done
+    REPOS=("${new_repos[@]}")
+}
+
+function sync_trove_repos {
+    for line in "${REPOS[@]}"
+    do
+        repo_name=$(echo "$line" | awk -F '=' '{print $1}')
+        repo_url=$(echo "$line" | awk -F '=' '{print $2}'  | awk -F '"' '{print $2}')
+        trove_name=$(echo "$repo_name" | sed "s|_REPO||g" | awk '{print tolower($0)}')
+        if [[ $NEW_TROVE == 'yes' ]]; then
+            if [ -d /home/trove/${trove_name} ]; then
+                rm -rf /home/trove/${trove_name}
+            fi
+        fi
+        if [ ! -d /home/trove/${trove_name} ]; then
+            git clone --mirror ${repo_url} /home/trove/${trove_name}
+            if [ ! -d /home/trove/${trove_name} ]; then
+                echo $"WARNING: failed to mirror repo ${repo_url}"
+            fi
+        else
+            cd /home/trove/${trove_name}
+            git fetch -p origin
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+while [[ $# > 1 ]]
+do
+key="$1"
+
+case $key in
+    --help)
+    show_help
+    ;;
+    -s|--sync)
+    shift
+    # use repos on another server
+    FRIENDS_TROVE_SERVER="$1"
+    ;;
+    -m|--mypass|--mypassword)
+    shift
+    MY_TROVE_PASSWORD="$1"
+    if [ -f $CONFIGURATION_FILE ]; then
+        if ! grep -q "MY_TROVE_PASSWORD" $CONFIGURATION_FILE; then
+            echo "MY_TROVE_PASSWORD=$MY_TROVE_PASSWORD" >> $CONFIGURATION_FILE
+        else
+            sed -i "s|MY_TROVE_PASSWORD=.*|MY_TROVE_PASSWORD=${MY_TROVE_PASSWORD}|g" $CONFIGURATION_FILE
+        fi
+    fi
+    ;;
+    -p|--pass|--password)
+    shift
+    FRIENDS_TROVE_PASSWORD="$1"
+    if [ -f $CONFIGURATION_FILE ]; then
+        if ! grep -q "FRIENDS_TROVE_PASSWORD" $CONFIGURATION_FILE; then
+            echo "FRIENDS_TROVE_PASSWORD=$FRIENDS_TROVE_PASSWORD" >> $CONFIGURATION_FILE
+        else
+            sed -i "s|FRIENDS_TROVE_PASSWORD=.*|FRIENDS_TROVE_PASSWORD=${FRIENDS_TROVE_PASSWORD}|g" $CONFIGURATION_FILE
+        fi
+    fi
+    ;;
+    -n|--new)
+    shift
+    NEW_TROVE="$1"
+    ;;
+    --port)
+    shift
+    FRIENDS_TROVE_SSH_PORT=${1}
+    ;;
+    *)
+    # unknown option
+    ;;
+esac
+shift
+done
+
+create_trove_user
+update_repos_from_friend
+sync_trove_repos
+
+exit 0