From: Richard Hartmann Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 22:20:50 +0000 (+0200) Subject: More work on README.md X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/code/vcsh.git/commitdiff_plain/980fcd4e555f9d7508db067b424aa84258c2ec83 More work on README.md --- diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4f2f717..f13a959 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -21,33 +21,31 @@ community around the general idea of version controlling your (digital) life. # 2 Introduction # -vcsh allows you to maintain several git repositories in one single directory. -They all maintain their working trees without clobbering each other or -interfering otherwise. -By default, all git repositories maintained via vcsh are stored in $HOME but -you can override this setting if you want to. +[vcsh][vcsh] allows you to maintain several git repositories in one single +directory. They all maintain their working trees without clobbering each other +or interfering otherwise. By default, all git repositories maintained via +`vcsh` are stored in `$HOME` but you can override this setting if you want to. All that means that you can have one repository per application or application -family, i.e. zsh, vim, ssh, mr, etc. -This, in turn, allows you to clone different sets of configurations onto -different machines or even for different users; picking and mixing which -configurations you want to use on which machine. -For example, you may not need to have your mplayer configuration on a server or -for root and you may want to maintain different configuration for ssh on your -personal and your work machines. - -vcsh was designed with [mr][mr] in mind so you might want to install that, as +family, i.e. `zsh`, `vim`, `ssh`, etc. This, in turn, allows you to clone +custom sets of configurations onto different machines or even for different +users; picking and mixing which configurations you want to use where. +For example, you may not need to have your `mplayer` configuration on a server +or available to root and you may want to maintain different configuration for +`ssh` on your personal and your work machines. + +`vcsh` was designed with [mr][mr] in mind so you might want to install that, as well. -Read INSTALL.md and PACKAGING for instructions specific to your operating +Read `INSTALL.md` and `PACKAGING` for instructions specific to your operating system. The following overview will try to give you an idea of the use cases and -advantages of vcsh. See sections 3 and 4 for detailed instructions and +advantages of `vcsh`. See sections 3 and 4 for detailed instructions and examples. ## 2.1 Talks ## -Some people found it useful to look at slides and videos explaining how vcsh +Some people found it useful to look at slides and videos explaining how `vcsh` works. They can all be found [on the author's talk page][talks].