diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index cbb144acb3f0530feb6874aa3baa2921d2e6c92b..f042ac707fe1bbdb7f9c145f4ce7dc6090694fa2 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 Alphabetical list of surnames of everyone who ever committed to this repository.
 Auto-generated from tools/list_CONTRIBUTORS.
 
+Skurikhin Alexander <a@skurih.in>
 Eric Bouchut <ebouchut@gmail.com>
 Dridi Boukelmoune <dridi.boukelmoune@gmail.com>
 Rob Cornish <jrmcornish@gmail.com>
 Vincent Demeester <vincent@demeester.fr>
+Jeff Fein-Worton <jeff@fein-worton.com>
 Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen <tfnico@gmail.com>
 martin f. krafft <madduck@madduck.net>
 Alessandro Ghedini <alessandro@ghedini.me>
@@ -20,7 +22,9 @@ Evan Pitstick <nerdx00@gmail.com>
 Dieter Plaetinck <dieter@plaetinck.be>
 Corey Quinn <corey@sequestered.net>
 Pavlos Ratis <dastergon@gentoo.org>
+Dewey Sasser <dewey@sasser.com>
 Gernot Schulz <post@gernot-schulz.com>
+Andrew Schwartzmeyer <andrew@schwartzmeyer.com>
 Dato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
 Alexander Skurikhin <a.skurihin@gmail.com>
 Jonathan Sternberg <jonathansternberg@gmail.com>
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 785b36ca83348a59198671c10f8ca5e091932fee..0fc717a5404648372aa71c8e10bed81508abffcd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ vcsh - Version Control System for $HOME - multiple Git repositories in $HOME
 
 # Index
 
-1. [30 second howto](#30-second-howto)
+1. [30 Second How-to](#30-second-how-to)
 2. [Introduction](#introduction)
-3. [Usage Exmaples](#usage-examples)
+3. [Usage Examples](#usage-examples)
 4. [Overview](#overview)
 5. [Getting Started](#getting-started)
 6. [Contact](#contact)
 
 
-# 30 second howto
+# 30 Second How-to
 
 While it may appear that there's an overwhelming amount of documentation and
 while the explanation of the concepts behind `vcsh` needs to touch a few gory
@@ -121,10 +121,17 @@ myrepos is just another set of files that you cat track with `vcsh` like any
 other. This makes setting up any new machine a breeze. It can take literally
 less than five minutes to go from standard installation to fully set up system.
 
-We suggest using [myrepos][myrepos] to manage both `vcsh` and other repositories. The
-`mr` utility takes care of pulling in and pushing out new data for a variety of
-version control systems.  While the use of myrepos is technically optional, it will
-be an integral part of the proposed system that follows.
+We suggest using [myrepos][myrepos] to manage both `vcsh` and other
+repositories. The `mr` utility takes care of pulling in and pushing
+out new data for a variety of version control systems. While the use
+of myrepos is technically optional, it will be an integral part of the
+proposed system that follows. For instance, you can use
+[myrepos][myrepos] to track repositories in home such as `.emacs.d`,
+which `mr` can clone and update for you automatically. To do this,
+just add a `mr` configuration file to `availabile.d` with a `checkout`
+command to clone the repo, and set the [title] to the desired
+location, e.g. `$HOME/.emacs.d`. Try the `mr register` command in an
+existing repository, then view `~/.mrconfig` for an example.
 
 ## Default Directory Layout
 
@@ -174,12 +181,15 @@ repository. This is for demonstration, only. Of course, you are more than
 welcome to clone from this repository and fork your own.
 
     [$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/repo.d/zsh.git]
-    checkout = vcsh clone 'git://github.com/RichiH/zshrc.git' zsh
+    checkout = vcsh clone 'git://github.com/RichiH/zshrc.git' 'zsh'
     update   = vcsh zsh pull
     push     = vcsh zsh push
     status   = vcsh zsh status
     gc       = vcsh zsh gc
 
+    [$HOME/.emacs.d]
+    checkout = vcsh clone 'git://github.com/andschwa/emacs.git' '.emacs.d'
+
 ### config.d
 
 $XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/mr/available.d contains *all available* repositories. Only
@@ -248,12 +258,12 @@ Below, you will find a few different methods for setting up vcsh:
 Make sure none of the following files and directories exist for your test
 (user). If they do, move them away for now:
 
-* ~/.gitignore.d
-* ~/.mrconfig
-* $XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/mr/available.d/mr.vcsh
-* $XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/mr/available.d/zsh.vcsh
-* $XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/mr/config.d/mr.vcsh
-* $XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/vcsh/repo.d/mr.git/
+* `~/.gitignore.d`
+* `~/.mrconfig`
+* `$XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/mr/available.d/mr.vcsh`
+* `$XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/mr/available.d/zsh.vcsh`
+* `$XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/mr/config.d/mr.vcsh`
+* `$XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/vcsh/repo.d/mr.git/`
 
 All of the files are part of the template repository, the directory is where
 the template will be stored.
@@ -293,7 +303,7 @@ Or you can do it yourself manually using the documentation on installing AUR pac
 If you prefer to use the devel package that installs the git HEAD version it
 is available [here](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/vcsh-git/).
 
-#### Mac OSX
+#### Mac OS X
 
 Formulas are available for vcsh as well as git and myrepos through [homebrew](http://brew.sh). The
 vcsh formula is set to depend on myrepos, so you only need one install command:
@@ -385,12 +395,10 @@ Grab my myrepos config. see below for details on how I set this up
     ln -s ../available.d/* .
 
 
-myrepos is used to actually retrieve configs, etc
+[myrepos][myrepos] is used to actually retrieve configs, etc.
 
     ~ % cat ~/.mrconfig
     [DEFAULT]
-    # adapt /usr/share/mr/vcsh to your system if needed
-    include = cat /usr/share/mr/vcsh
     include = cat $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mr/config.d/*
     ~ % echo $XDG_CONFIG_HOME
     /home/richih/.config
diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index dc578c6f6686ca8d107bc505f22d41b07543bfab..b5d6e781d69660d80d5796071733dacefbfddbc2 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+2014-03-13  Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>
+
+	* Release 1.20140313 -- the "Git won a prize" edition
+	* Initialize repos with --shared=0600
+	* Fix cloning from some spefically-named remotes
+	* Support custom gitattribute files
+	* Support filenames with whitespace in gitignores
+	* Pass out git exit codes
+	* Switch to static, pre-built manpage
+	* Improve documentation
+	* Use more portable find(1) syntax
+	* Various minor improvements
+
 2013-12-29  Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>
 
 	* Release 1.20131229
diff --git a/doc/sample_hooks/post-init-add-origin b/doc/sample_hooks/post-init-add-origin
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..993f3c705aa9517db8d3b0d9d29e6a47a8a20af9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/sample_hooks/post-init-add-origin
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# This adds a remote origin at $GITURL/dotfiles/$VCSH_DIRECTORY which
+# is helpful for creating new dotfile repositories that you plan to
+# store on (e.g.) Github.
+#
+# You must set $GITURL in order to use this hook. For example, add the
+# following to your .bashrc (or equivalent for your shell), replacing
+# YOURUSERNAME with your github username:
+#
+# export GITURL="git@github.com:YOURUSERNAME"
+
+if [ -z $GITURL ]; then
+    echo "\$GITURL is not set; please see post-init-add-origin hook"
+    exit 1;
+fi
+
+vcsh $VCSH_DIRECTORY remote add origin $GITURL/dotfiles/$VCSH_DIRECTORY
diff --git a/doc/sample_hooks/post-init-setup-mr b/doc/sample_hooks/post-init-setup-mr
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a38c0129785fcf253365255a91de37ef36341440
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/sample_hooks/post-init-setup-mr
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# This sets up your new repos with mr.
+
+cat > $HOME/.config/mr/available.d/$VCSH_DIRECTORY.vcsh << EOF
+[\$HOME/.config/vcsh/repo.d/$VCSH_DIRECTORY.git]
+checkout = vcsh clone $GITURL/dotfiles/$VCSH_DIRECTORY.git
+EOF
+
+ln -s $HOME/.config/mr/available.d/$VCSH_DIRECTORY.vcsh $HOME/.config/mr/config.d/
diff --git a/doc/vcsh.1.ronn b/doc/vcsh.1.ronn
index 56df4ed26e74cdbb7a4109056b8415570843d846..05da4fad8bfe18dce47ab8aaa2c3dc9f9c619275 100644
--- a/doc/vcsh.1.ronn
+++ b/doc/vcsh.1.ronn
@@ -171,6 +171,15 @@ executed in the context of your shell.
 
 Interesting knobs you can turn:
 
+* <$VCSH_GITATTRIBUTES>:
+  Can be <none>, or any other value.
+
+  <none> will not maintain Git attributes in a special location.
+
+  If set to any other value, repo-specific gitattributes files will be maintained.
+
+  Defaults to <none>.
+
 * <$VCSH_GITIGNORE>:
   Can be <exact>, <none>, or <recursive>.
 
diff --git a/tools/list_CONTRIBUTORS b/tools/list_CONTRIBUTORS
index 2954f583ab23df5fc286f7ee270d324f333b39df..1b88451da3d69da58aeed62ec0609e4364487bb6 100755
--- a/tools/list_CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/tools/list_CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+# This program is licensed under the GNU GPL version 2 or later.
+# (c) Richard "RichiH" Hartmann <richih@debian.org>, 2012-2014
+# For details, see LICENSE. To submit patches, you have to agree to
+# license your code under the GNU GPL version 2 or later.
+
+
 echo 'Alphabetical list of surnames of everyone who ever committed to this repository.
 Auto-generated from tools/list_CONTRIBUTORS.
 '
diff --git a/vcsh b/vcsh
index 029a2b26fa078220f2039030485d121de0e2a3fc..1e9f2d5f830812a1f2c6542945932991cc2d032a 100755
--- a/vcsh
+++ b/vcsh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 # This program is licensed under the GNU GPL version 2 or later.
-# (c) Richard "RichiH" Hartmann <richih@debian.org>, 2011-2013
+# (c) Richard "RichiH" Hartmann <richih@debian.org>, 2011-2014
 # For details, see LICENSE. To submit patches, you have to agree to
 # license your code under the GNU GPL version 2 or later.
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # If '.git-HEAD' is appended to the version, you are seeing an unreleased
 # version of vcsh; the master branch is supposed to be clean at all times
 # so you can most likely just use it nonetheless
-VERSION='1.20131229.git-HEAD'
+VERSION='1.20140313'
 SELF=$(basename $0)
 
 fatal() {
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ fi
 : ${VCSH_HOOK_D:=$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/hooks-enabled}
 : ${VCSH_BASE:=$HOME}
 : ${VCSH_GITIGNORE:=exact}
+: ${VCSH_GITATTRIBUTES:=none}
 : ${VCSH_WORKTREE:=absolute}
 
 if [ ! "x$VCSH_GITIGNORE" = 'xexact' ] && [ ! "x$VCSH_GITIGNORE" = 'xnone' ] && [ ! "x$VCSH_GITIGNORE" = 'xrecursive' ]; then
@@ -334,7 +335,7 @@ upgrade() {
 		git config core.worktree "$VCSH_BASE"
 	fi
 	[ ! "x$VCSH_GITIGNORE" = 'xnone' ] && git config core.excludesfile ".gitignore.d/$VCSH_REPO_NAME"
-	git config core.attributesfile ".gitattributes.d/$VCSH_REPO_NAME"
+	[ ! "x$VCSH_GITATTRIBUTES" = 'xnone' ] && git config core.attributesfile ".gitattributes.d/$VCSH_REPO_NAME"
 	git config vcsh.vcsh 'true'
 	use
 	[ -e "$VCSH_BASE/.gitignore.d/$VCSH_REPO_NAME" ] && git add -f "$VCSH_BASE/.gitignore.d/$VCSH_REPO_NAME"
@@ -503,7 +504,7 @@ check_dir() {
 
 check_dir "$VCSH_REPO_D"
 [ ! "x$VCSH_GITIGNORE" = 'xnone' ] && check_dir "$VCSH_BASE/.gitignore.d"
-check_dir "$VCSH_BASE/.gitattributes.d"
+[ ! "x$VCSH_GITATTRIBUTES" = 'xnone' ] && check_dir "$VCSH_BASE/.gitattributes.d"
 
 verbose "$VCSH_COMMAND begin"
 export VCSH_COMMAND=$(echo $VCSH_COMMAND | sed 's/-/_/g')
diff --git a/vcsh.1 b/vcsh.1
index 967aee8c61fe0aecf72f19652f88dd8249c62924..4c77838c2fca10ffd27c9e0cb87c05fed88d8ffc 100644
--- a/vcsh.1
+++ b/vcsh.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" generated with Ronn/v0.7.3
 .\" http://github.com/rtomayko/ronn/tree/0.7.3
 .
-.TH "VCSH" "1" "February 2014" "" ""
+.TH "VCSH" "1" "March 2014" "" ""
 .
 .SH "NAME"
 \fBvcsh\fR \- Version Control System for $HOME \- multiple Git repositories in $HOME
@@ -213,6 +213,19 @@ Please note that those files are sourced\. Any and all commands will be executed
 Interesting knobs you can turn:
 .
 .TP
+\fI$VCSH_GITATTRIBUTES\fR
+Can be \fInone\fR, or any other value\.
+.
+.IP
+\fInone\fR will not maintain Git attributes in a special location\.
+.
+.IP
+If set to any other value, repo\-specific gitattributes files will be maintained\.
+.
+.IP
+Defaults to \fInone\fR\.
+.
+.TP
 \fI$VCSH_GITIGNORE\fR
 Can be \fIexact\fR, \fInone\fR, or \fIrecursive\fR\.
 .