README.md: Update Overview

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 # Overview
 
 
 # Overview
 

-## Comparison to Other Solutions
+## From zero to vcsh
+
+You put a lot of effort into your configuration and want to both protect and
+distribute this configuration.

 
 Most people who decide to put their dotfiles under version control start with a
 single repository in `$HOME`, adding all their dotfiles (and possibly more)
 
 Most people who decide to put their dotfiles under version control start with a
 single repository in `$HOME`, adding all their dotfiles (and possibly more)


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 downsides of this approach are the necessary manual steps of cloning and
 symlinking the individual repositories.
 
 downsides of this approach are the necessary manual steps of cloning and
 symlinking the individual repositories.
 

-`vcsh` takes this second approach one step further. It expects
-single-purpose repositories and stores them in a hidden directory (similar
-to `~/.dotfiles`). However, it does not create symbolic links in `$HOME`; it
-puts the actual files right into `$HOME`.
+`vcsh` takes this approach one step further. It enables single-purpose
+repositories and stores them in a hidden directory. However, it does not create
+symbolic links in `$HOME`; it puts the actual files right into `$HOME`.
+
+As `vcsh` allows you to put an arbitrary number of distinct repositories into
+your `$HOME`, you will end up with a lot of repositories very quickly.
+
+To manage both `vcsh` and other repositories, we suggest using [mr](mr). `mr`
+takes care of pulling in and pushing out new data for a variety of version
+control systems.
+

 
 

-Furthermore, by making use of [mr][mr], it makes it very easy to enable/disable
-and clone a large number of repositories. The use of `mr` is technically
-optional (see section 4.3), but it will be an integral part of the proposed
-system that follows.
+The last logical step is to maintain all those new repositores with an automated
+tool instead of tracking them by hand.
+This is where `mr` comes in. While the use of `mr` is technically
+optional, but it will be an integral part of the proposed system that follows.

 
 ## Default Directory Layout
 
 
 ## Default Directory Layout