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

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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
 
@@ -23,12 +23,14 @@ vcsh(1) - manage and sync config files via git
 
 `vcsh` run <repo> <command>
 
-`vcsh` seed-gitignore <repo>
-
 `vcsh` setup <repo>
 
+`vcsh` write-gitignore <repo>
+
 `vcsh` <repo> <gitcommand>
 
+`vcsh` <repo>
+
 
 ## DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -92,24 +94,57 @@ 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.
 
+* 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>:
+  Shortcut to run `vcsh enter <repo>`.
+
 ## ENVIRONMENT
 
 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.
+
+## 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,
-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