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+# Getting started with vcsh #
+
+Below you will find three methods for setting up vcsh:
+
+1. The template way
+2. The steal-from-template way
+3. The manual way
+
+# 1. The template way #
+
+## Prerequisites ##
+
+Make sure none of the following files/diretories exist for your test (user). If they do, move them away for now:
+
+* ~/.gitignore
+* ~/.mrconfig
+* ~/.config/mr/available.d/mr.vcsh
+* ~/.config/mr/available.d/zsh.vcsh
+* ~/.config/mr/config.d/mr.vcsh
+* ~/.config/vcsh/repo.d/mr.git/
+
+All of the files are part of the template repository, the directory is where the template will be stored.
+
+    apt-get install mr               # this is optional, but highly recommended
+
+## Clone the template ##
+
+    mkdir -p ~/work/git
+    cd !$
+    git clone git://github.com/RichiH/vcsh.git vcsh
+    cd vcsh
+    ln -s vcsh /usr/local/bin        # or add it to your PATH
+    cd
+    vcsh clone git://github.com/RichiH/vcsh_mr_template.git mr.vcsh
+
+## Enable your test repository ##
+
+    mv ~/.zsh   ~/zsh.bak
+    mv ~/.zshrc ~/zshrc.bak
+    cd ~/.config/mr/config.d/
+    ln -s ../available.d/zsh.vcsh .  # link, and thereby enable, the zsh repository
+    cd
+    mr up
+
+## Set up your own repositories ##
+
+Now, it's time to edit the template config and fill it with your own remotes:
+
+    vim .config/mr/available.d/mr.vcsh
+    vim .config/mr/available.d/zsh.vcsh
+
+And then create your own stuff:
+
+    vcsh init foo
+    vcsh run foo git add -f bar baz quux
+    vcsh run foo git remote add origin git://quuux
+    vcsh run foo git commit
+    vcsh run foo git push
+
+    cp .config/mr/available.d/mr.vcsh .config/mr/available.d/foo.vcsh
+    vim .config/mr/available.d/foo.vcsh # add your own repo
+
+Done!
+
+## Daily use  ##
+
+### Keeping repositories up-to-date ###
+
+This is the beauty of it all. Once you are set up, just run:
+
+   mr up
+   mr push
+
+Neat.
+
+### Making changes ###
+
+After you have made some changes, for which you would normally use `git add` and `git commit`, use the vcsh wrapper (like above):
+
+    vcsh run foo git add -f bar baz quux
+    vcsh run foo git commit
+    vcsh run foo git push
+
+By the way, you'll have to use -f/--force flag with git-add because all files will be ignored by default. This is to show you only useful output when running git-status.
+A fix for this problem is being worked on.
+
+
+# 2. The steal-from-template way #
+
+You're welcome to clone the example repository:
+
+    git clone git://github.com/RichiH/vcsh_mr_template.git
+
+Look around in the clone. It should be reasonably simple to understand. If not, poke me, RichiH, on Freenode (query) or OFTC (#vcs-home).
+
+
+# 3. The manual way #
+
+This is how my old setup procedure looked like. Adapt it to your own style or copy mine verbatim, either is fine.
+
+    # Create workspace
+    mkdir -p ~/work/git
+    cd !$
+
+    # Clone vcsh and make it available
+    git clone git://github.com/RichiH/vcsh.git vcsh
+    sudo ln -s ~/work/git/vcsh/vcsh /usr/bin/local
+    hash -r
+
+Grab my mr config. see below for details on how I set this up
+
+    vcsh clone ssh://<remote>/mr.git
+    cd ~/.config/mr/config.d/
+    ln -s ../available.d/* .
+
+
+mr is used to actually retrieve configs, etc
+
+    ~ % cat ~/.mrconfig
+    [DEFAULT]
+    include = cat ~/.config/mr/config.d/*
+    ~ % echo $XDG_CONFIG_HOME
+    /home/richih/.config
+    ~ % ls $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mr/available.d # random selection of my repos
+    git-annex gitk.vcsh git.vcsh ikiwiki mr.vcsh reportbug.vcsh snippets.git wget.vcsh zsh.vcsh
+    ~ %
+    # then simply ln -s whatever you want on your local machine from
+    # $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mr/available.d to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mr/config.d
+    ~ % cd
+    ~ % mr -j 5 up