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    vcsh(1) - manage config files in $HOME via fake bare git repositories
    =====================================================================
    
    ## SYNOPSIS
    
    `vcsh` clone <url> [<repo>]
    
    `vcsh` delete <repo>
    
    `vcsh` enter <repo>
    
    `vcsh` help
    
    `vcsh` init <repo>
    
    `vcsh` list
    
    `vcsh` list-tracked
    
    `vcsh` list-tracked-by <repo>
    
    `vcsh` rename <repo> <newname>
    
    `vcsh` run <repo> <command>
    
    `vcsh` setup <repo>
    
    `vcsh` write-gitignore <repo>
    
    `vcsh` <repo> <gitcommand>
    
    `vcsh` <repo>
    
    
    ## DESCRIPTION
    
    `vcsh` allows you to have several `git`(1) repositories, all maintaining their
    working trees in $HOME without clobbering each other. That, in turn, means you
    can have one repository per config set (zsh, vim, ssh, etc), picking and
    choosing which configs you want to use on which machine.
    
    `vcsh` is using a technique called fake bare git repositories, keeping <$GIT_DIR>
    in a different directory from <$GIT_WORK_TREE> which is pointed to <$HOME>.
    
    The use of symlinks is not needed in this setup, making for a cleaner setup.
    
    `vcsh` was designed with `mr`(1) in mind so you might want to install it alongside
    vcsh. That being said, you can easily use `vcsh` without `mr` if you prefer.
    
    A sample configuration for `vcsh` and `mr` can be found at
    *https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh_mr_template*
    
    Please note that you can always use a path instead of a name for <repo>.
    This is needed to support mr and other scripts properly and of no concern to
    an interactive user.
    
    ## OPTIONS
    
    * clone:
      Clone an existing repository.
    
    * delete:
      Delete an existing repository.
    
    * enter:
      Enter repository; spawn new <$SHELL>.
    
    * help:
      Display help.
    
    * init:
      Initialize an empty repository.
    
    * list:
      List all local vcsh repositories.
    
    * list-tracked:
      List all files tracked by vcsh.
    
    * list-tracked-by:
      List files tracked by a repository.
    
    * rename:
      Rename a repository.
    
    * run:
      Run command with <$GIT_DIR> and <$GIT_WORK_TREE> set. Allows you to run any
      and all commands without any restrictions. Use with care.
    
      Please note that there is a somewhat magic feature for run. Instead of <repo>
      it accepts <path>, as well. Anything that has a slash in it will be assumed to
      be a path. `vcsh run` will then operate on this directory instead of the one
      normally generated from the repository's name.
      This is needed to support mr and other scripts properly and of no concern to
      an interactive user.
    
    * 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.
    
    Available hooks are <pre-enter>, <post-enter>, <pre-run>, <post-run>,
    <pre-setup>, and <post-setup>. If you need more, vcsh is trivial to patch,
    but please let upstream know so we can ship them by default.
    
    ## 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,
    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
    
    None are known at this time, but reports and/or patches are more than welcome.
    
    ## HISTORY
    
    Like most people, the author initially made do with a single repository for all
    config files, all of which were soft-linked into <$HOME>.
    
    Martin F. Krafft aka madduck came up with the concept of fake bare git
    repositories.
    
    vcsh was initally written by madduck. This version is a re-implementation from
    scratch with a lot more features. madduck graciously agreed to let the author
    take over the name.
    
    ## AUTHOR
    
    This manpage and `vcsh` itself were written by Richard "RichiH" Hartmann.
    
    ## COPYRIGHT
    
    Copyright 2011-2012 Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>
    
    Licensed under the GNU GPL version 3 or higher.
    
    https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh
    
    ## SEE ALSO
    
    `git`(1), `mr`(1)