diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6166a6740c58465cd703192ed2d9269e769bcf41..57f56ed773586ae1becf75c2549d694b1c179041 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -70,44 +70,21 @@ modes you will still be fine.
 `vcsh enter` and `vcsh run`  will be covered in later sections.
 
 
-## Initialize a new repository called "vim"
+| Task                                                  | Command                                           |
+| ----------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
+| _Initialize a new repository called "vim"_            |   `vcsh init vim`                                 |
+| _Clone an existing repository_                        |   `vcsh clone <remote> <repository_name>`         |
+| _Add files to repository "vim"_                       |   `vcsh vim add ~/.vimrc ~/.vim`                  |
+|                                                       |   `vcsh vim commit -m 'Update Vim configuration'` |
+| _Add a remote for repository "vim"_                   |   `vcsh vim remote add origin <remote>`           |
+|                                                       |   `vcsh vim push origin master:master`            |
+|                                                       |   `vcsh vim branch --track master origin/master`  |
+| _Push to remote of repository "vim"_                  |   `vcsh vim push`                                 |
+| _Pull from remote of repository "vim"_                |   `vcsh vim pull`                                 |
+| _Show status of changed files in all repositories_    |   `vcsh status`                                   |
+| _Pull from all repositories_                          |   `vcsh pull`                                     |
+| _Push to all repositories_                            |   `vcsh push`                                     |
 
-    vcsh init vim
-
-## Clone an existing repository
-
-    vcsh clone <remote> <repository_name>
-
-## Add files to repository "vim"
-
-    vcsh vim add ~/.vimrc ~/.vim
-    vcsh vim commit -m 'Update Vim configuration'
-
-## Add a remote for repository "vim"
-
-    vcsh vim remote add origin <remote>
-    vcsh vim push origin master:master
-    vcsh vim branch --track master origin/master
-
-## Push to remote of repository "vim"
-
-    vcsh vim push
-
-## Pull from remote of repository "vim"
-
-    vcsh vim pull
-
-## Show status of changed files in all repositories
-
-    vcsh status
-
-## Pull from all repositories
-
-    vcsh pull
-
-## Push to all repositories
-
-    vcsh push
 
 # Overview
 
@@ -280,14 +257,21 @@ the template will be stored.
 
     apt-get install mr
 
-#### Install vcsh
+### Install vcsh
 
 #### Debian
 
-If you are using Debian Squeeze, you will need to enable backports
+If you are using Debian Squeeze, you will need to enable backports.
+From Wheezy onwards, you can install it directly:
 
     apt-get install vcsh
 
+#### Gentoo
+
+To install vcsh in Gentoo Linux just give the following command as root:
+
+    emerge dev-vcs/vcsh
+
 #### Arch Linux
 
 vcsh is availabe via [AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=54164)
diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index b0bac5d205166c3e704c18b4c85c3ce10d0fe2e9..dc578c6f6686ca8d107bc505f22d41b07543bfab 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2013-12-29  Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>
+
+	* Release 1.20131229
+	* Fix mktemp bug (GitHub issue #99)
+	* Make code more resilient and efficient
+	* Improve output
+
 2013-12-14  Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>
 
 	* Release 1.20131214
diff --git a/vcsh b/vcsh
index cb7eada9a88ff1a42c898e026b684f62479f8ee2..9f413f6c67fa1c468c07259ed29e768c0f2c298b 100755
--- a/vcsh
+++ b/vcsh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 [ -n "$VCSH_DEBUG" ] && set -vx
 
 SELF=$(basename $0)
-VERSION='1.20131214.git-HEAD'
+VERSION='1.20131229'
 
 fatal() {
 	echo "$SELF: fatal: $1" >&2
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ while getopts "c:dv" flag; do
 		VCSH_DEBUG=1
 		echo "debug mode on"
 		echo "$SELF $VERSION"
-	elif [ "$1" = '-v' ];then
+	elif [ "$1" = '-v' ]; then
 		VCSH_VERBOSE=1
 		echo "verbose mode on"
 		echo "$SELF $VERSION"
-	elif [ "$1" = '-c' ];then
+	elif [ "$1" = '-c' ]; then
 		VCSH_OPTION_CONFIG=$OPTARG
 	fi
 	shift 1
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ source_all() {
 
 # Read configuration and set defaults if anything's not set
 [ -n "$VCSH_DEBUG" ]                  && set -vx
-[ -z "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME" ]             && XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$HOME/.config"
+: ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:=$HOME/.config}
 
 # Read configuration files if there are any
 [ -r "/etc/vcsh/config" ]             && . "/etc/vcsh/config"
@@ -69,11 +69,11 @@ fi
 [ -n "$VCSH_DEBUG" ]                  && set -vx
 
 # Read defaults
-[ -z "$VCSH_REPO_D" ]                 && VCSH_REPO_D="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/repo.d"
-[ -z "$VCSH_HOOK_D" ]                 && VCSH_HOOK_D="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/hooks-enabled"
-[ -z "$VCSH_BASE" ]                   && VCSH_BASE="$HOME"
-[ -z "$VCSH_GITIGNORE" ]              && VCSH_GITIGNORE='exact'
-[ -z "$VCSH_WORKTREE" ]               && VCSH_WORKTREE='absolute'
+: ${VCSH_REPO_D:=$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/repo.d}
+: ${VCSH_HOOK_D:=$XDH_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/hooks-enabled}
+: ${VCSH_BASE:=$HOME}
+: ${VCSH_GITIGNORE:=exact}
+: ${VCSH_WORKTREE:=absolute}
 
 if [ ! "x$VCSH_GITIGNORE" = 'xexact' ] && [ ! "x$VCSH_GITIGNORE" = 'xnone' ] && [ ! "x$VCSH_GITIGNORE" = 'xrecursive' ]; then
 	fatal "'\$VCSH_GITIGNORE' must equal 'exact', 'none', or 'recursive'" 1
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ list_tracked_by() {
 pull() {
 	hook pre-pull
 	for VCSH_REPO_NAME in $(list); do
-		echo -n "$VCSH_REPO_NAME: "
+		printf "$VCSH_REPO_NAME: "
 		export GIT_DIR="$VCSH_REPO_D/$VCSH_REPO_NAME.git"
 		use
 		git pull
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ pull() {
 push() {
 	hook pre-push
 	for VCSH_REPO_NAME in $(list); do
-		echo -n "$VCSH_REPO_NAME: "
+		printf "$VCSH_REPO_NAME: "
 		export GIT_DIR="$VCSH_REPO_D/$VCSH_REPO_NAME.git"
 		use
 		git push
@@ -359,8 +359,9 @@ write_gitignore() {
 	done | sort -u)
 
 	# Contrary to GNU mktemp, mktemp on BSD/OSX requires a template for temp files
-	# Use the template GNU mktemo defaults to
-	tempfile=$(mktemp tmp.XXXXXXXXXX) || fatal "could not create tempfile" 51
+	# Using a template makes GNU mktemp default to $PWD and not #TMPDIR for tempfile location
+	# To make every OS happy, set full path explicitly
+	tempfile=$(mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/tmp.XXXXXXXXXX") || fatal "could not create tempfile: '${tempfile}'" 51
 
 	echo '*' > "$tempfile" || fatal "could not write to '$tempfile'" 57
 	for gitignore in $gitignores; do
@@ -390,22 +391,23 @@ fi
 
 export VCSH_COMMAND="$1"
 
-[ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'clon' ]   || [ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'clo' ]   || [ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'cl' ]                                                                && VCSH_COMMAND='clone'
-[ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'commi' ]  || [ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'comm' ]  || [ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'com' ]  || [ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'co' ]                                && VCSH_COMMAND='commit'
-[ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'delet' ]  || [ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'dele' ]  || [ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'del' ]  || [ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'de' ]                                && VCSH_COMMAND='delete'
-[ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'ente' ]   || [ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'ent' ]   || [ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'en' ]                                                                && VCSH_COMMAND='enter'
-[ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'hel' ]    || [ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'he' ]                                                                                                 && VCSH_COMMAND='help'
-[ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'ini' ]    || [ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'in' ]                                                                                                 && VCSH_COMMAND='init'
-[ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'pul' ]                                                                                                                                  && VCSH_COMMAND='pull'
-[ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'pus' ]                                                                                                                                  && VCSH_COMMAND='push'
-[ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'renam' ]  || [ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'rena' ]  || [ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'ren' ]  || [ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 're' ]                                && VCSH_COMMAND='rename'
-[ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'ru' ]                                                                                                                                   && VCSH_COMMAND='run'
-[ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'statu' ]  || [ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'stat' ]  || [ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'sta' ]  || [ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'st' ]                                && VCSH_COMMAND='status'
-[ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'upgrad' ] || [ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'upgra' ] || [ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'upgr' ] || [ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'upg' ]                               && VCSH_COMMAND='upgrade'
-[ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'versio' ] || [ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'versi' ] || [ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'vers' ] || [ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'ver' ] || [ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 've' ] && VCSH_COMMAND='version'
-[ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'whic' ]   || [ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'whi' ]   || [ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'wh' ]                                                                && VCSH_COMMAND='which'
-[ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'write' ]  || [ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'writ' ]  || [ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'wri' ]  || [ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'wr' ]                                && VCSH_COMMAND='write-gitignore'
-
+case "$VCSH_COMMAND" in
+	clon|clo|cl) VCSH_COMMAND=clone;;
+	commi|comm|com|co) VCSH_COMMAND=commit;;
+	delet|dele|del|de) VCSH_COMMAND=delete;;
+	ente|ent|en) VCSH_COMMAND=enter;;
+	hel|he) VCSH_COMMAND=help;;
+	ini|in) VCSH_COMMAND=init;;
+	pul) VCSH_COMMAND=pull;;
+	pus) VCSH_COMMAND=push;;
+	renam|rena|ren|re) VCSH_COMMAND=rename;;
+	ru) VCSH_COMMAND=run;;
+	statu|stat|sta|st) VCSH_COMMAND=status;;
+	upgrad|upgra|upgr|up) VCSH_COMMAND=upgrade;;
+	versio|versi|vers|ver|ve) VCSH_COMMAND=version;;
+	which|whi|wh) VCSH_COMMAND=which;;
+	write|writ|wri|wr) VCSH_COMMAND=write-gitignore;;
+esac    
 
 if [ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'clone' ]; then
 	[ -z "$2" ] && fatal "$VCSH_COMMAND: please specify a remote" 1