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index 77e3fec75a081b367d7ed2d33bb26bc08d79b9e8..9e37ca131314f2e648278e35d0366c9c94439855 100644 (file)
@@ -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 +23,10 @@ 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` write-gitignore <repo>
+
 `vcsh` <repo> <gitcommand>
 
 `vcsh` <repo>
 `vcsh` <repo> <gitcommand>
 
 `vcsh` <repo>
@@ -94,12 +94,12 @@ 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.
 
+* 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.
 
 * <repo> <gitcommand>:
   Shortcut to run `vcsh` on a repo. Will prepend `git` to <command> by itself.
 
@@ -111,10 +111,22 @@ 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.
 
+## 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