diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bf0849747acfe4687d71d559c5a39af6380c690d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mailmap
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com> <richih+github.com@richih.org>
diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 5e52a9df220eb79795dd53e7816bf68ba2cba103..e6c3f11e2553c66b4a828e88e9ee405a55a2d50e 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Alphabetical list of everyone who ever committed to this repository
 
 Vincent Demeester <vincent@demeester.fr>
-Richard Hartmann <richih+github.com@richih.org>
+Valentin Haenel <valentin.haenel@gmx.de>
 Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>
 Dieter Plaetinck <dieter@plaetinck.be>
 Corey Quinn <corey@sequestered.net>
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a52e9edf49b4996a99dad1658c93c9c19a12b1b7..cb112c72b619dec628d167f17f75630a99bb34fd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@ test:
 	if which git > /dev/null ; then :; else echo "'git' not found, exiting..."; exit 1; fi
 
 moo:
-	if [ -x /usr/games/cowsay ]; then /usr/games/cowsay "I hope you're happy now..."; fi
+	@if [ -x /usr/games/cowsay ]; then /usr/games/cowsay "I hope you're happy now..."; fi
diff --git a/PACKAGING b/PACKAGING
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..92c1dd50d0d0bcddad814852b492fc55dd67570e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PACKAGING
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Archlinux
+
+AUR does not require any packaging information within this repository.
+
+# Debian
+
+Debian packages are provided by the author in separate branches, maintained in
+the upstream repository
+
+## Ubuntu
+
+Ubuntu imports Debian's package automagically.
+
+# Mac OS X
+
+Homebrew does not require any packaging information within this repository.
+A separate branch with a statically compiled manpage and release tags is
+provided to ease packaging. The static manpage because Homebrew lacks Ronn;
+the tag so github generates tarballs Homebrew can be pointed at.
+
+# Anything else
+
+If you are maintaining a package for a different distribution, please get
+in touch so your work can be included in another branch, thus allowing others
+to adapt it to their needs or to improve it.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c0585d237617259e167c1ca5670d5d4c831a9bc8..66db1106b82582cc3e0b4bf50b97ddbb1a551c35 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ 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
 examples.
 
+## 2.1 Talks ##
+
+Some people found it useful to look at slides and videos explaining how vcsh works.
+They can all be found at [here](http://richardhartmann.de/talks/).
+
 # 3 Overview
 
 ## 3.1 Comparison to Other Solutions ##
@@ -197,19 +202,48 @@ the template will be stored.
 
     apt-get install mr
 
-#### 4.1.2 Clone the Template ####
+#### 4.1.2 Install vcsh ####
+
+#### 4.1.2.1 Debian ####
+
+If you are using Debian Squeeze, you will need to enable backports
+
+    apt-get install vcsh
+
+#### 4.1.2.2 Arch Linux ####
+
+vcsh is availabe via [AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=54164)
+and further documentation about the use of AUR is available
+[on Arch's wiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository).
+
+    cd /var/abs/local/
+    wget https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/vc/vcsh-git/vcsh-git.tar.gz
+    tar xfz vcsh-git.tar.gz
+    cd vcsh-git
+    makepkg -s
+    pacman -U vcsh*.pkg.tar.xz
+
+#### 4.1.2.3 From source ####
 
+If your version of mr is older than version 1.07, make sure to put
+
+    include = cat /usr/share/mr/vcsh
+
+into your .mrconfig .
+
+    # choose a location for your checkout
     cd $HOME
     mkdir -p ~/work/git
-    git clone git://github.com/RichiH/vcsh.git vcsh
-    # make sure 'include = cat /usr/share/mr/vcsh' points to an exiting file
-    vim .mrconfig
+    git clone git://github.com/RichiH/vcsh.git
     cd vcsh
     ln -s vcsh /usr/local/bin                       # or add it to your PATH
     cd
+
+#### 4.1.3 Clone the Template ####
+
     vcsh clone git://github.com/RichiH/vcsh_mr_template.git mr
 
-#### 4.1.3 Enable Your Test Repository ####
+#### 4.1.4 Enable Your Test Repository ####
 
     mv ~/.zsh   ~/zsh.bak
     mv ~/.zshrc ~/zshrc.bak
@@ -218,7 +252,7 @@ the template will be stored.
     cd
     mr up
 
-#### 4.1.4 Set Up Your Own Repositories ####
+#### 4.1.5 Set Up Your Own Repositories ####
 
 Now, it's time to edit the template config and fill it with your own remotes:
 
diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index bfc4d24064c924d5c6d9bf4659d91a73279e146d..12e32088102ba5aae813c5767ab4aa842b55e127 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,28 @@
+2013-04-21  Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>
+
+	* Release 1.2
+	* Introduce `vcsh version`
+
+2013-03-31  Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>
+
+	* Release 1.1
+	* Documentation fixes
+	* Use rm -f when removing a git repo
+	* Fix quoting bug (Debian #699093)
+
+2013-02-13  Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>
+
+	* Release 1.0.1
+	* Improve documentation
+	* Fix parameter bug
+
+2012-06-30  Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>
+
+	* Release 1.0
+	* Make `vcsh list` more resilient
+	* Lots of doc improvements
+
+
 2012-02-27  Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>
 
 	* Refactor Makefile
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index d662c1efcde5b167bb11e31243bf41a87d6bfd02..bb0428202c362b494046d536d36670a9f640399c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,28 @@
+vcsh (1.2-1) experimental; urgency=low
+
+  * New upstream release
+    + Documentation fixes
+    + Introduce `vcsh version` Closes: #694584
+
+ -- Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>  Sun, 21 Apr 2013 01:17:27 +0200
+
+vcsh (1.1-1) experimental; urgency=low
+
+  * New upstream release
+    + Documentation fixes
+    + Use rm -f when removing a git repo
+    + Fix quoting bug Closes: #699093
+
+ -- Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>  Sun, 31 Mar 2013 20:46:10 +0200
+
+vcsh (1.0-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * New upstream release
+    + Make `vcsh list` more resilient
+    + Lots of doc improvements
+
+ -- Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>  Sat, 30 Jun 2012 01:49:00 +0200
+
 vcsh (0.20120227-1~bpo60+1) squeeze-backports; urgency=low
 
   * Rebuild for squeeze-backports.
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index edded467ad67f17f28a63729534b8b09280522da..cdd81abd4aef8b939bf326e28aeb99ebf645afd5 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,15 +3,19 @@ Maintainer: Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>
 Section: misc
 Priority: optional
 Standards-Version: 3.9.3
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7), git
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7),
+               git
 Vcs-Git: git://github.com/RichiH/vcsh.git
 Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh
 Homepage: https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh/blob/master/README.md
 
 Package: vcsh
 Architecture: all
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, git
-Recommends: mr (>= 1.07), ssh-client
+Depends: git,
+         ${misc:Depends},
+         ${shlibs:Depends}
+Recommends: mr (>= 1.07),
+            ssh-client
 Description: manage config files in $HOME via fake bare git repositories
  vcsh allows you to have several git repositories, all maintaining their working
  trees in $HOME without clobbering each other. That, in turn, means you can have
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index 009cc048db9e11aa7a8e5eaab0b4f7fe93ddc4a8..8cf5b501d3faa7c1383d2888ee63bf5f859349b4 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
 Upstream-Name: vcsh
 Upstream-Contact: <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>
 Source: https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh
-License: GPL-2+
 Copyright: 2011-2012 Richard Hartmann
+License: GPL-2+
 
 Files: *
 Copyright: 2011-2012 Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>
diff --git a/doc/error_codes.md b/doc/error_codes.md
index e127e7d6e7d85f9ffa9bd7207446dfd8b22add99..49cb084ee4593b68d06668a631cc1fa367c94bec 100644
--- a/doc/error_codes.md
+++ b/doc/error_codes.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 * 0: OK
 * 1: Generic error
-* 10: Init failed because $GIT_DIR exists
-* 11: Could not enter $GIT_WORK_TREE
+* 10: Init failed because $GIT\_DIR exists
+* 11: Could not enter $GIT\_WORK\_TREE
 * 12: No repository found
 * 13: Required directory exists but is not a directory
 * 16: Potentially harmful operation aborted
diff --git a/doc/vcsh.1.ronn b/doc/vcsh.1.ronn
index 76ae2a50920cb57db994787ada87f9ba5cb1e38a..e12cf1599c175ee5c8c3be9b12a845a5e28a70e8 100644
--- a/doc/vcsh.1.ronn
+++ b/doc/vcsh.1.ronn
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ vcsh(1) - manage config files in $HOME via fake bare git repositories
 
 ## SYNOPSIS
 
+`vcsh` [<options>] <command>
+
 `vcsh` clone <url> [<repo>]
 
 `vcsh` delete <repo>
@@ -21,15 +23,17 @@ vcsh(1) - manage config files in $HOME via fake bare git repositories
 
 `vcsh` rename <repo> <newname>
 
-`vcsh` run <repo> <command>
+`vcsh` run <repo> <shell command>
 
 `vcsh` setup <repo>
 
+`vcsh` version
+
 `vcsh` which <substring>
 
 `vcsh` write-gitignore <repo>
 
-`vcsh` <repo> <gitcommand>
+`vcsh` <repo> <git command>
 
 `vcsh` <repo>
 
@@ -59,6 +63,17 @@ an interactive user.
 
 ## OPTIONS
 
+* -c:
+  Source <file> prior to other configuration files
+
+* -d:
+  Enable debug mode
+
+* -v:
+  Enable verbose mode
+
+## COMMANDS
+
 * clone:
   Clone an existing repository.
 
@@ -100,6 +115,9 @@ an interactive user.
 * setup:
   Set up repository with recommended settings.
 
+* version:
+  Print version information.
+
 * which <substring>:
   Find <substring> in name of any tracked file.
 
@@ -117,6 +135,59 @@ an interactive user.
 As noted earlier, `vcsh` will set <$GIT_DIR> and <$GIT_WORK_TREE> to the
 appropriate values for fake bare git repositories.
 
+## CONFIG
+
+There are several ways to turn the various knobs on `vcsh`. In order of
+ascending precedence, they are:
+
+* `VARIABLE=foo vcsh`
+* </etc/vcsh/config>
+* <$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/config>
+* `vcsh -c <file>`
+
+Please note that those files are sourced. Any and all commands will be
+executed in the context of your shell.
+
+Interesting knobs you can turn:
+
+* <$VCSH_GITIGNORE>:
+  Can be either <exact> or <recursive>.
+
+  <exact> will seed the repo-specific <.gitignore> with all file and directory
+  names which `git ls-files` returns.
+
+  <recursive> will descend through all directories recursively additionally to
+  the above.
+
+  Defaults to <exact>.
+
+Less interesting knobs you could turn:
+
+* <$VCSH_DEBUG>:
+  Enter debug mode.
+
+* <$XDG_CONFIG_HOME>:
+  As specified in the 'XDG Base Directory Specification', see
+  <http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html>
+
+  Defaults to <$HOME/.config>.
+
+* <$VCSH_REPO_D>:
+  The directory where repositories are read from and stored.
+
+  Defaults to <$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/repo.d>.
+
+* <$VCSH_HOOK_D>:
+  The directory where hooks are read from.
+
+  Defaults to <$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/hooks-enabled>.
+
+* <$VCSH_BASE>:
+  The directory where repositories are checked out to.
+
+  Defaults to <$HOME>.
+
+
 ## HOOK SYSTEM
 
 `vcsh` provides a hook system. Hook scripts must be executable and should be
@@ -141,25 +212,35 @@ 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
+Manpages are often short and sometimes useless to glean best practices from.
+While the author tried to avoid this in this case, manpages can not cover
+detailed howtos.
+
+This software also 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,
+`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.
+Additionally, vcsh will source, i.e. execute, all files listed in <CONFIG>.
+You can put any and all commands into these config files and they will be
+executed.
 
 ## BUGS
 
 None are known at this time, but reports and/or patches are more than welcome.
 
+## INTEROPERABILITY
+
+If you rely on `git submodule` use `git` 1.7.12 or later. Earlier versions
+do not clean internal variables properly before descending into submodules,
+resulting in unhappy end users.
+
 ## HISTORY
 
 Like most people, the author initially made do with a single repository for all
diff --git a/tools/list_AUTHORS b/tools/list_AUTHORS
index 2b91ac97945b45ad539e2d00882c6b864009671e..351820564a77614b5b10f335d38cf5ba549d76fa 100755
--- a/tools/list_AUTHORS
+++ b/tools/list_AUTHORS
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 echo 'Alphabetical list of everyone who ever committed to this repository
 '
-git log --all --format='%an <%ae>' | sort -u -k2
+git shortlog -se --all | cut -f1 --complement | sort -u -k2
diff --git a/vcsh b/vcsh
index ba0049e542120cf4931ce3652b9b412808bef2b4..c446fb981ce89e4561f2bace26036a7cfb869da3 100755
--- a/vcsh
+++ b/vcsh
@@ -5,26 +5,82 @@
 # For details, see LICENSE. To submit patches, you have to agree to
 # license your code under the GNU GPL version 2 or later.
 
+# While the following is not legally binding, the author would like to
+# explain the choice of GPLv2+ over GPLv3+.
+# The author prefers GPLv3+ over GPLv2+ but feels it's better to maintain
+# full compability with git. In case git ever changes its licensing terms,
+# this software will most likely follow suit.
 
+SELF=$(basename $0)
+VERSION='1.2'
+
+fatal() {
+	echo "$SELF: fatal: $1" >&2
+	exit $2
+}
+
+# We need to run getops as soon as possible so we catch -d and other
+# options that will modify our behaviour.
+# Commands are handled at the end of this script.
+while getopts  "c:dv" flag; do
+	if [ "$1" = '-d' ] || [ "$1" = '--debug' ]; then
+		set -vx
+		VCSH_DEBUG=1
+	elif [ "$1" = '-v' ];then
+		VCSH_VERBOSE=1
+	elif [ "$1" = '-c' ];then
+		VCSH_OPTION_CONFIG=$OPTARG
+	fi
+	shift 1
+done
+
+source_all() {
+	# Source file even if it's in $PWD and does not have any slashes in it
+	case "$1" in
+		*/*) . "$1";;
+		*)   . "$PWD/$1";;
+	esac;
+}
+
+
+# Read configuration and set defaults if anything's not set
 [ -n "$VCSH_DEBUG" ]                  && set -vx
 [ -z "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME" ]             && XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$HOME/.config"
+
+# Read configuration files if there are any
+[ -r "/etc/vcsh/config" ]             && . "/etc/vcsh/config"
 [ -r "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/config" ] && . "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/config"
+if [ -n "$VCSH_OPTION_CONFIG" ]; then
+	# Source $VCSH_OPTION_CONFIG if it can be read and is in $PWD of $PATH
+	if [ -r "$VCSH_OPTION_CONFIG" ]; then
+		source_all "$VCSH_OPTION_CONFIG"
+	else
+		fatal "Can not read configuration file '$VCSH_OPTION_CONFIG'" 1
+	fi
+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'
 
-SELF=$(basename $0)
 
 help() {
-	echo "usage: $SELF <args>
+	echo "usage: $SELF <options> <command>
 
+   options:
+   -c <file>            Source file
+   -d                   Enable debug mode
+   -v                   Enable verbose mode
+
+   commands:
    clone <remote> \\
          [<repo>]       Clone from an existing repository
+   delete <repo>        Delete an existing repository
+   enter <repo>         Enter repository; spawn new instance of \$SHELL
    help                 Display this help text
-   delete               Delete an existing repository
-   enter                Enter repository; spawn new instance of \$SHELL
    init <repo>          Initialize a new repository
    list                 List all repositories
    list-tracked         List all files tracked by vcsh
@@ -34,7 +90,8 @@ help() {
           <newname>     Rename repository
    run <repo> \\
        <command>        Use this repository
-   setup                Set up repository with recommended settings
+   setup <repo>         Set up repository with recommended settings
+   version              Print version information
    which <substring>    Find substring in name of any tracked file
    write-gitignore \\
    <repo>               Write .gitignore.d/<repo> via git ls-files
@@ -51,11 +108,6 @@ verbose() {
 	if [ -n "$VCSH_DEBUG" ] || [ -n "$VCSH_VERBOSE" ]; then echo "$SELF: verbose: $@"; fi
 }
 
-fatal() {
-	echo "$SELF: fatal: $1" >&2
-	exit $2
-}
-
 error() {
 	echo "$SELF: error: $1" >&2
 }
@@ -88,7 +140,7 @@ clone() {
 delete() {
 	cd "$VCSH_BASE" || fatal "could not enter '$VCSH_BASE'" 11
 	use
-	info "This operation WILL DETROY DATA!"
+	info "This operation WILL DESTROY DATA!"
 	files=$(git ls-files)
 	echo "These files will be deleted:
 
@@ -101,7 +153,7 @@ To continue, type 'Yes, do as I say'"
 	for file in $files; do
 		rm -f $file || info "could not delete '$file', continuing with deletion"
 	done
-	rm -r "$GIT_DIR" || error "could not delete '$GIT_DIR'"
+	rm -rf "$GIT_DIR" || error "could not delete '$GIT_DIR'"
 }
 
 enter() {
@@ -133,8 +185,8 @@ init() {
 }
 
 list() {
-	for i in "$VCSH_REPO_D"/*.git; do
-		echo $(basename "$i" .git)
+	for repo in "$VCSH_REPO_D"/*.git; do
+		[ -d "$repo" ] && [ -r "$repo" ] && echo $(basename "$repo" .git)
 	done
 }
 
@@ -164,7 +216,7 @@ rename() {
 run() {
 	hook pre-run
 	use
-	$VCSH_EXTERNAL_COMMAND
+	"$@"
 	hook post-run
 }
 
@@ -234,6 +286,9 @@ if [ "$1" = 'clone' ]; then
 	[ -n "$3" ] && VCSH_REPO_NAME="$3" || VCSH_REPO_NAME=$(basename "$GIT_REMOTE" .git)
 	export VCSH_REPO_NAME
 	export GIT_DIR="$VCSH_REPO_D/$VCSH_REPO_NAME.git"
+elif [ "$1" = 'version' ]; then
+	echo "$SELF $VERSION"
+	exit
 elif [ "$1" = 'which' ]; then
 	[ -z "$2" ] && fatal "$1: please specify a filename" 1
 	[ -n "$3" ] && fatal "$1: too many parameters" 1
@@ -254,7 +309,7 @@ elif [ "$1" = 'delete' ]           ||
 	export VCSH_REPO_NAME="$2"
 	export GIT_DIR="$VCSH_REPO_D/$VCSH_REPO_NAME.git"
 	[ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'rename' ]         && export GIT_DIR_NEW="$VCSH_REPO_D/$3.git"
-	[ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'run' ] && shift 2 && export VCSH_EXTERNAL_COMMAND="$*"
+	[ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'run' ] && shift 2
 	[ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'write-gitignore' ]
 elif [ "$1" = 'list' ] ||
      [ "$1" = 'list-tracked' ]; then
@@ -265,7 +320,7 @@ elif [ -n "$2" ]; then
 	export GIT_DIR="$VCSH_REPO_D/$VCSH_REPO_NAME.git"
 	[ -d $GIT_DIR ] || { help; exit 1; }
 	shift 1
-	export VCSH_EXTERNAL_COMMAND="git $*"
+	set -- "git" "$@"
 elif [ -n "$1" ]; then
 	export VCSH_COMMAND='enter'
 	export VCSH_REPO_NAME="$1"
@@ -299,6 +354,6 @@ done
 verbose "$VCSH_COMMAND begin"
 export VCSH_COMMAND=$(echo $VCSH_COMMAND | sed 's/-/_/g')
 hook pre-command
-$VCSH_COMMAND
+$VCSH_COMMAND "$@"
 hook post-command
 verbose "$VCSH_COMMAND end, exiting"