doc/INSTALL.md: Specify how to install as user

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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>
 
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ vcsh(1) - Version Control System for $HOME - multiple Git repositories in $HOME
 
 `vcsh` list
 
-`vcsh` list-tracked
-
-`vcsh` list-tracked-by <repo>
+`vcsh` list-tracked [<repo>]
 
 `vcsh` list-untracked [<-r>] [<repo>]
 
@@ -88,6 +86,9 @@ an interactive user.
   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
 
@@ -109,9 +110,14 @@ an interactive user.
 * list-tracked:
   List all files tracked by vcsh.
 
+  If you want to list files tracked by a specific repository, simply
+  append the repository's name last.
+
 * list-tracked-by:
   List files tracked by a repository.
 
+  This is a legacy command; you should use `list-tracked <repo>` instead.
+
 * list-untracked:
   List all files NOT tracked by vcsh.
 
@@ -266,6 +272,24 @@ Available hooks are <pre-clone>, <post-clone>, <post-clone-retired>,
 If you need more, vcsh is trivial to patch, but please let upstream know so
 we can ship them by default.
 
+## OVERLAY SYSTEM
+
+`vcsh` also provides an overlay system. Similar to hooks, the recommended
+locations are <$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/overlays-available> and
+<$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/overlays-enabled>.
+
+Overlays follow the same rules as hooks and you are free to overwrite any
+and all functions. Same as hooks, you can use global or repository-specific
+overlays by using either <$VCSH_OVERLAY_D/$VCSH_COMMAND> or
+<$VCSH_OVERLAY_D/$VCSH_REPO_NAME.$VCSH_COMMAND>.
+
+Please note that nothing stops you from, e.g. overwriting `status()` in
+<$VCSH_OVERLAY_D/commit>. As the overlays will be sourced and you are
+replacing arbitrary functions, any and all features may stop working, or you
+may even lose data.
+
+You have been warned.
+
 ## DETAILED HOWTO AND FURTHER READING
 
 Manpages are often short and sometimes useless to glean best practices from.