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

diff --git a/doc/vcsh.1.ronn b/doc/vcsh.1.ronn
index c6e0152973a7b123e08506f193efcdfd3b91ab27..0fbead9a78c4f30ce0e1d02680a913249c49dbf7 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/vcsh.1.ronn
+++ b/doc/vcsh.1.ronn
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ vcsh(1) - manage config files in $HOME via fake bare git repositories
 
 `vcsh` setup <repo>
 
 
 `vcsh` setup <repo>
 

+`vcsh` which <substring>
+

 `vcsh` write-gitignore <repo>
 
 `vcsh` <repo> <gitcommand>
 `vcsh` write-gitignore <repo>
 
 `vcsh` <repo> <gitcommand>


@@ -48,7 +50,8 @@ The use of symlinks is not needed in this setup, making for a cleaner setup.
 vcsh. That being said, you can easily use `vcsh` without `mr` if you prefer.
 
 A sample configuration for `vcsh` and `mr` can be found at
 vcsh. That being said, you can easily use `vcsh` without `mr` if you prefer.
 
 A sample configuration for `vcsh` and `mr` can be found at

-*https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh_mr_template*
+*https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh_mr_template* and used with `vcsh clone
+https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh_mr_template mr`.

 
 Please note that you can always use a path instead of a name for <repo>.
 This is needed to support mr and other scripts properly and of no concern to
 
 Please note that you can always use a path instead of a name for <repo>.
 This is needed to support mr and other scripts properly and of no concern to


@@ -97,11 +100,14 @@ an interactive user.
 * setup:
   Set up repository with recommended settings.
 
 * setup:
   Set up repository with recommended settings.
 

+* which <substring>:
+  Find <substring> in name of any tracked file.
+

 * write-gitignore:
   Write .gitignore.d/<repo> via git ls-files.
 
 * <repo> <gitcommand>:
 * write-gitignore:
   Write .gitignore.d/<repo> via git ls-files.
 
 * <repo> <gitcommand>:

-  Shortcut to run `vcsh` on a repo. Will prepend `git` to <command> by itself.
+  Shortcut to run `vcsh` on a repo. Will prepend `git` to <command>.

 
 * <repo>:
   Shortcut to run `vcsh enter <repo>`.
 
 * <repo>:
   Shortcut to run `vcsh enter <repo>`.


@@ -113,18 +119,25 @@ appropriate values for fake bare git repositories.
 
 ## HOOK SYSTEM
 
 
 ## HOOK SYSTEM
 

-`vcsh` provides a hook system. Hook scripts need to be executable and placed
-in <$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/hooks-available>. From there, they should be
-soft-linked <$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/hooks-enabled>.
+`vcsh` provides a hook system. Hook scripts must be executable and should be
+placed in <$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/hooks-available>. From there, they can be
+soft-linked into <$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/hooks-enabled>; `vcsh` will only
+execute hooks that are in this directory.

 
 

-Hooks follow a simple format. `pre-run` will be run before anything is run.
+Hooks follow a simple format. <pre-run> will be run before anything is run.

 If you want to have more than one script for a certain hook, just append
 If you want to have more than one script for a certain hook, just append

-strings to order them. A system of `pre-run`, `pre-run.10`, `pre-run.20` etc
-is suggested. The dot it optional.
+any kind of string to order them. A system of <pre-run>, <pre-run.10>,
+<pre-run.20> etc is suggested; other options would be <pre-run-10> or
+<pre-run.sh>. A dot after the hook name is optional.
+
+If you want to create hooks for a specific <vcsh> repository, simply prepend
+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.

 
 

-If you want to create hooks for a specific `vcsh` repository, simply prepend
-the repository's name, followed by a dot, i.e. `zsh.pre-run`. This dot is
-mandatory.
+Available hooks are <pre-enter>, <post-enter>, <pre-run>, <post-run>,
+<pre-setup>, and <post-setup>. 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
 
 
 ## DETAILED HOWTO AND FURTHER READING
 


@@ -147,6 +160,12 @@ You can put any and all commands into this config file and they will be executed
 
 None are known at this time, but reports and/or patches are more than welcome.
 
 
 None are known at this time, but reports and/or patches are more than welcome.
 

+## KNOWN ISSUES
+
+As of this writing (June 2012), `vcsh` does not work with `git submodule` due
+to limitations within `git`. Depending on when you are reading this, you might
+want to consider upgrading.
+

 ## HISTORY
 
 Like most people, the author initially made do with a single repository for all
 ## HISTORY
 
 Like most people, the author initially made do with a single repository for all


@@ -165,9 +184,9 @@ This manpage and `vcsh` itself were written by Richard "RichiH" Hartmann.
 
 ## COPYRIGHT
 
 
 ## COPYRIGHT
 

-Copyright 2011 Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>
+Copyright 2011-2012 Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>

 
 

-Licensed under the GNU GPL version 3 or higher.
+Licensed under the GNU GPL version 2 or higher.

 
 https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh
 
 
 https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh