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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ community around the general idea of version controlling your (digital) life.
 
 * IRC: #vcs-home on irc.oftc.net
 
-* Mailing list: vcs-home@lists.madduck.net
+* Mailing list: http://lists.madduck.net/listinfo/vcs-home
 
 * Pull requests or issues on https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ To illustrate, this is what a possible directory structure looks like.
 
 ### available.d ###
 
-The files you see in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mr/available.d are mr configuration files
+The files you see in $XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/mr/available.d are mr configuration files
 that contain the commands to manage (checkout, update etc.) a single
 repository. vcsh repo configs end in .vcsh, git configs end in .git, etc. This
 is optional and your preference. For example, this is what a zsh.vcsh
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ this repository and fork your own.
 
 ### config.d ###
 
-$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mr/available.d contains *all available* repositories. Only
+$XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/mr/available.d contains *all available* repositories. Only
 files/links present in mr/config.d, however, will be used by mr. That means
 that in this example, only the zsh, gitconfigs, tmux and vim repositories will
 be checked out. A simple `mr update` run in $HOME will clone or update those
@@ -130,11 +130,13 @@ this:
 
     [DEFAULT]
     jobs = 5
-    include = cat $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mr/config.d/*
+    # Use if your mr does not have vcsh support in mainline, yet
+    include = cat /usr/share/mr/vcsh
+    include = cat ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/mr/config.d/*
 
 ### repo.d ###
 
-$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/repo.d is the directory where all git repositories which
+$XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/vcsh/repo.d is the directory where all git repositories which
 are under vcsh's control are located. Since their working trees are configured
 to be in $HOME, the files contained in those repositories will be put in $HOME
 directly.
@@ -155,8 +157,10 @@ configuration to a new host.
    example: `vcsh clone git://github.com/RichiH/vcsh_mr_template.git mr`
 2. Choose your repositories by linking them in config.d (or go with the default
    you may have already configured by adding symlinks to git).
-3. Run mr to clone the repositories: `cd; mr update`.
-4. Done.
+3. Make sure the line 'include = cat /usr/share/mr/vcsh' in .mrconfig points
+   to an existing file
+4. Run mr to clone the repositories: `cd; mr update`.
+5. Done.
 
 Hopefully the above could help explain how this approach saves time by
 
@@ -183,10 +187,10 @@ Make sure none of the following files and directories exist for your test
 
 * ~/.gitignore.d
 * ~/.mrconfig
-* $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mr/available.d/mr.vcsh
-* $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mr/available.d/zsh.vcsh
-* $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mr/config.d/mr.vcsh
-* $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/repo.d/mr.git/
+* $XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/mr/available.d/mr.vcsh
+* $XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/mr/available.d/zsh.vcsh
+* $XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/mr/config.d/mr.vcsh
+* $XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/vcsh/repo.d/mr.git/
 
 All of the files are part of the template repository, the directory is where
 the template will be stored.
@@ -195,11 +199,13 @@ the template will be stored.
 
 #### 4.1.2 Clone the Template ####
 
+    cd $HOME
     mkdir -p ~/work/git
-    cd !$
     git clone git://github.com/RichiH/vcsh.git vcsh
+    # make sure 'include = cat /usr/share/mr/vcsh' points to an exiting file
+    vim .mrconfig
     cd vcsh
-    ln -s vcsh /usr/local/bin        # or add it to your PATH
+    ln -s vcsh /usr/local/bin                       # or add it to your PATH
     cd
     vcsh clone git://github.com/RichiH/vcsh_mr_template.git mr
 
@@ -237,6 +243,8 @@ Done!
 You're welcome to clone the example repository:
 
     vcsh clone git://github.com/RichiH/vcsh_mr_template.git mr
+    # make sure 'include = cat /usr/share/mr/vcsh' points to an exiting file
+    vim .mrconfig
 
 Look around in the clone. It should be reasonably simple to understand. If not,
 poke me, RichiH, on Freenode (query) or OFTC (#vcs-home).
@@ -267,6 +275,8 @@ mr is used to actually retrieve configs, etc
 
     ~ % cat ~/.mrconfig
     [DEFAULT]
+    # adapt /usr/share/mr/vcsh to your system if needed
+    include = cat /usr/share/mr/vcsh
     include = cat $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mr/config.d/*
     ~ % echo $XDG_CONFIG_HOME
     /home/richih/.config
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