improve description

diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 075a28385c8c07a984f87fb59f1b46ca2c29a1bd..740bfbc9203044c42452d3981da77a4238b5eeb2 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -13,9 +13,15 @@ Section: utils
 Depends: 
 Suggests: subversion, git-core, cvs, bzr
 Description: a Multiple Repository management tool
- The mr(1) command allows you to register a set of repositories in 
- a .mrconfig file, and then checkout, update, or perform other actions on
- the repositories as if they were one big respository.
+ The mr(1) command can checkout, update, or perform other actions on
+ a set of repositories as if they were one combined respository. It
+ supports any combination of subversion, git, cvs, and bzr repositories,
+ and support for other revision control systems can easily be added.
  .
- Any mix of revision control systems can be used with mr(1), and you can
- define arbitrary actions for commands like "update", "checkout", or "commit".
+ It is extremely configurable via simple shell scripting. Some examples
+ of things it can be configured to do include:
+ .
+ * Update a repository no more frequently than once every twelve hours.
+ * Run an arbitrary command before committing to a repository.
+ * When updating a git repository, pull from two different upstreams
+   and merge the two together.

diff --git a/mr b/mr
index 83b595221886af7b802cecc888aedc2aab1f11ce..3cc603f6c3fba08a3007afc2e8139c63238a74a3 100755 (executable)
--- a/mr
+++ b/mr
@@ -26,13 +26,11 @@ B<mr> [options] action [params ...]
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-B<mr> is a Multiple Repository management tool. It allows you to register a
-set of repositories in a .mrconfig file, and then checkout, update, or
-perform other actions on the repositories as if they were one big
-respository.
-
-Any mix of revision control systems can be used with B<mr>, and you can
-define arbitrary actions for commands like "update", "checkout", or "commit".
+B<mr> is a Multiple Repository management tool. It
+can checkout, update, or perform other actions on
+a set of repositories as if they were one combined respository. It
+supports any combination of subversion, git, cvs, and bzr repositories, 
+and support for other revision control systems can easily be added.
 
 B<mr> cds into and operates on all registered repsitories at or below your
 working directory. Or, if you are in a subdirectory of a repository that