Merge pull request #262 from soulofmischief/patch-2

[code/vcsh.git] / doc / vcsh.1.ronn

diff --git a/doc/vcsh.1.ronn b/doc/vcsh.1.ronn
index f82a8776940167d6d13073906a7d743035c0f02c..6e19ef8be41e4d078f2e90c998598cdc03732c39 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/vcsh.1.ronn
+++ b/doc/vcsh.1.ronn
@@ -5,23 +5,23 @@ 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>
 
 `vcsh` enter <repo>
 
+`vcsh` foreach [-g] <git command>
+
 `vcsh` help
 
 `vcsh` init <repo>
 
 `vcsh` list
 
-`vcsh` list-tracked
-
-`vcsh` list-tracked-by <repo>
+`vcsh` list-tracked [<repo>]
 
-`vcsh` list-untracked [<-r>] [<repo>]
+`vcsh` list-untracked [<-a>] [<-r>] [<repo>]
 
 `vcsh` pull
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ vcsh(1) - Version Control System for $HOME - multiple Git repositories in $HOME
 
 `vcsh` write-gitignore <repo>
 
-`vcsh` <repo> <git command>
+`vcsh` <repo> <gitcommand>
 
 `vcsh` <repo>
 
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ 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
 
@@ -95,7 +98,12 @@ an interactive user.
   Delete an existing repository.
 
 * enter:
-  Enter repository; spawn new <$SHELL>.
+  Enter repository; spawn new <$SHELL> with <$GIT_DIR> set.
+
+* foreach:
+  Execute git command for every vcsh repository.
+
+  `-g`: Execute in general context.
 
 * help:
   Display help.
@@ -109,18 +117,25 @@ 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.
 
+  `-a`: Show all files.
+  By default, the `git ls-files --exclude-standard` is called.
+
+  `-r`: Recursive mode.
   By default, the file list is shallow and stops at directory levels where
-  possible. If you prefer to get a list of all files, append `-r` for
-  recursive mode.
+  possible.
 
-  If you want to list files not tracked by a specific repository, simply
-  append the repository's name last.
+  `$repo`: List files not tracked by this specific repository.
 
 * pull:
   Pull from all vcsh remotes.
@@ -158,7 +173,7 @@ an interactive user.
   Write .gitignore.d/<repo> via `git ls-files`.
 
 * <repo> <gitcommand>:
-  Shortcut to run `vcsh` on a repo. Will prepend `git` to <command>.
+  Shortcut to run `git` commands on a repo. Will prepend `git` to <gitcommand>.
 
 * <repo>:
   Shortcut to run `vcsh enter <repo>`.
@@ -205,7 +220,7 @@ Interesting knobs you can turn:
 
   Defaults to <exact>.
 
-* <$VCSH_VCSH_WORKTREE>:
+* <$VCSH_WORKTREE>:
   Can be <absolute>, or <relative>.
 
   <absolute> will set an absolute path; defaulting to <$HOME>.
@@ -266,6 +281,24 @@ 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.
@@ -305,7 +338,7 @@ config files, all of which were soft-linked into <$HOME>.
 Martin F. Krafft aka madduck came up with the concept of fake bare Git
 repositories.
 
-vcsh was initally written by madduck. This version is a re-implementation from
+vcsh was initially written by madduck. This version is a re-implementation from
 scratch with a lot more features. madduck graciously agreed to let the author
 take over the name.
 
@@ -315,7 +348,7 @@ This manpage and `vcsh` itself were written by Richard "RichiH" Hartmann.
 
 ## COPYRIGHT
 
-Copyright 2011-2013 Richard Hartmann <richih@debian.org>
+Copyright 2011-2015 Richard Hartmann <richih@debian.org>
 
 Licensed under the GNU GPL version 2 or higher.