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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ vcsh(1) - Version Control System for $HOME - multiple Git repositories in $HOME
 
 `vcsh` [<options>] <command>
 
-`vcsh` clone <url> [<repo>]
+`vcsh` clone [-b <branch>] <url> [<repo>]
 
 `vcsh` delete <repo>
 
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ vcsh(1) - Version Control System for $HOME - multiple Git repositories in $HOME
 
 `vcsh` run <repo> <shell command>
 
+`vcsh` status [<repo>]
+
 `vcsh` upgrade <repo>
 
 `vcsh` version
@@ -81,6 +83,15 @@ an interactive user.
 * clone:
   Clone an existing repository.
 
+  If you need to clone a bundle of repositories, look into the
+  `post-clone-retired` hook.
+
+  You can also use a single git repository with several branches. Use the `-b`
+  option to specify a branch at clone time, the default is `master`.
+
+* commit:
+  Commit in all repositories
+
 * delete:
   Delete an existing repository.
 
@@ -122,6 +133,9 @@ an interactive user.
   This is needed to support mr and other scripts properly and of no concern to
   an interactive user.
 
+* status:
+  Show statuses of all/one vcsh repositories.
+
 * upgrade:
   Upgrade repository to currently recommended settings.
 
@@ -160,17 +174,37 @@ executed in the context of your shell.
 
 Interesting knobs you can turn:
 
+* <$VCSH_GITATTRIBUTES>:
+  Can be <none>, or any other value.
+
+  <none> will not maintain Git attributes in a special location.
+
+  If set to any other value, repo-specific gitattributes files will be maintained.
+
+  Defaults to <none>.
+
 * <$VCSH_GITIGNORE>:
-  Can be either <exact> or <recursive>.
+  Can be <exact>, <none>, or <recursive>.
 
-  <exact> will seed the repo-specific <.gitignore> with all file and directory
+  <exact> will seed the repo-specific ignore file with all file and directory
   names which `git ls-files` returns.
 
+  <none> will not write any ignore file.
+
   <recursive> will descend through all directories recursively additionally to
   the above.
 
   Defaults to <exact>.
 
+* <$VCSH_VCSH_WORKTREE>:
+  Can be <absolute>, or <relative>.
+
+  <absolute> will set an absolute path; defaulting to <$HOME>.
+
+  <relative> will set a path relative to <$GIT_DIR>.
+
+  Defaults to <absolute>.
+
 Less interesting knobs you could turn:
 
 * <$VCSH_DEBUG>:
@@ -216,9 +250,12 @@ the repository's name, followed by a dot, i.e. <zsh.pre-run>. Otherwise, the
 same rules as above apply. The dot between the repository's name and the hook
 is mandatory, though.
 
-Available hooks are <pre-enter>, <post-enter>, <pre-run>, <post-run>,
-<pre-upgrade>, and <post-upgrade>. If you need more, vcsh is trivial to patch,
-but please let upstream know so we can ship them by default.
+Available hooks are <pre-clone>, <post-clone>, <post-clone-retired>,
+<pre-command>, <post-command>, <pre-enter>, <post-enter>, <pre-init>,
+<post-init>, <pre-pull>, <post-pull>, <pre-push>, <post-push>, <pre-run>,
+<post-run>, <pre-upgrade>, and <post-upgrade>.
+If you need more, vcsh is trivial to patch, but please let upstream know so
+we can ship them by default.
 
 ## DETAILED HOWTO AND FURTHER READING
 
@@ -269,7 +306,7 @@ This manpage and `vcsh` itself were written by Richard "RichiH" Hartmann.
 
 ## COPYRIGHT
 
-Copyright 2011-2013 Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>
+Copyright 2011-2013 Richard Hartmann <richih@debian.org>
 
 Licensed under the GNU GPL version 2 or higher.