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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-vcsh(1) - manage and sync config files via git
-==============================================
+vcsh(1) - manage config files in $HOME via fake bare git repositories
+=====================================================================

 
 ## SYNOPSIS
 
 
 ## SYNOPSIS
 


@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@ vcsh(1) - manage and sync config files via git
 
 `vcsh` run <repo> <command>
 
 
 `vcsh` run <repo> <command>
 

-`vcsh` seed-gitignore <repo>
-

 `vcsh` setup <repo>
 
 `vcsh` setup <repo>
 

+`vcsh` which <substring>
+
+`vcsh` write-gitignore <repo>
+

 `vcsh` <repo> <gitcommand>
 
 `vcsh` <repo>
 `vcsh` <repo> <gitcommand>
 
 `vcsh` <repo>


@@ -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


@@ -94,14 +97,17 @@ an interactive user.
   This is needed to support mr and other scripts properly and of no concern to
   an interactive user.
 
   This is needed to support mr and other scripts properly and of no concern to
   an interactive user.
 

-* seed-gitignore:
-  Seed .gitignore.d/<repo> from git ls-files.
-

 * 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>:
 * <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>`.


@@ -111,10 +117,44 @@ an interactive user.
 As noted earlier, `vcsh` will set <$GIT_DIR> and <$GIT_WORK_TREE> to the
 appropriate values for fake bare git repositories.
 
 As noted earlier, `vcsh` will set <$GIT_DIR> and <$GIT_WORK_TREE> to the
 appropriate values for fake bare git repositories.
 

+## HOOK SYSTEM
+
+`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.
+If you want to have more than one script for a certain hook, just append
+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.
+
+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
+
+Man pages are intended to be short and thus often useless to glean best
+practices from. This software comes with a file called <README.md>. It contains
+various approaches to setting up and using vcsh. You can view the file it as
+plain text or render it into various other formats via Markdown.
+
+On Debian-based systems, this file can be found in </usr/share/doc/vcsh>.
+

 ## SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
 
 `vcsh` allows you to execute arbitrary commands via `vcsh` run. For example,
 ## SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
 
 `vcsh` allows you to execute arbitrary commands via `vcsh` run. For example,

-speaking, adding a `sudo`(8) rule for `vcsh` would be pretty stupid.
+adding a `sudo`(8) rule for `vcsh` would be pretty stupid.
+
+Additionally, vcsh will source, i.e. execute, <$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/config>.
+You can put any and all commands into this config file and they will be executed.

 
 ## BUGS
 
 
 ## BUGS
 


@@ -138,9 +178,9 @@ 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