diff --git a/debian/patches/precompiled_manpage.patch b/debian/patches/precompiled_manpage.patch
index d7745f280ee91072b5f4cd097db97ca2b129f1b5..e7193d625a339162f2d3c442b199d760807c9f53 100644
--- a/debian/patches/precompiled_manpage.patch
+++ b/debian/patches/precompiled_manpage.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Index: vcsh/Makefile
 ===================================================================
---- vcsh.orig/Makefile	2012-03-19 00:56:14.000000000 +0100
-+++ vcsh/Makefile	2012-03-19 01:01:46.602210421 +0100
+--- vcsh.orig/Makefile	2013-04-23 22:52:16.495583394 +0200
++++ vcsh/Makefile	2013-04-23 22:52:16.463583395 +0200
 @@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
  
  manpages: $(manpages)
@@ -20,17 +20,20 @@ Index: vcsh/Makefile
 Index: vcsh/vcsh.1
 ===================================================================
 --- /dev/null	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
-+++ vcsh/vcsh.1	2012-03-19 01:02:17.326210882 +0100
-@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
++++ vcsh/vcsh.1	2013-04-23 22:53:25.527580957 +0200
+@@ -0,0 +1,290 @@
 +.\" generated with Ronn/v0.7.3
 +.\" http://github.com/rtomayko/ronn/tree/0.7.3
 +.
-+.TH "VCSH" "1" "March 2012" "" ""
++.TH "VCSH" "1" "April 2013" "" ""
 +.
 +.SH "NAME"
 +\fBvcsh\fR \- manage config files in $HOME via fake bare git repositories
 +.
 +.SH "SYNOPSIS"
++\fBvcsh\fR [\fIoptions\fR] \fIcommand\fR
++.
++.P
 +\fBvcsh\fR clone \fIurl\fR [\fIrepo\fR]
 +.
 +.P
@@ -58,19 +61,22 @@ Index: vcsh/vcsh.1
 +\fBvcsh\fR rename \fIrepo\fR \fInewname\fR
 +.
 +.P
-+\fBvcsh\fR run \fIrepo\fR \fIcommand\fR
++\fBvcsh\fR run \fIrepo\fR \fIshell command\fR
 +.
 +.P
 +\fBvcsh\fR setup \fIrepo\fR
 +.
 +.P
++\fBvcsh\fR version
++.
++.P
 +\fBvcsh\fR which \fIsubstring\fR
 +.
 +.P
 +\fBvcsh\fR write\-gitignore \fIrepo\fR
 +.
 +.P
-+\fBvcsh\fR \fIrepo\fR \fIgitcommand\fR
++\fBvcsh\fR \fIrepo\fR \fIgit command\fR
 +.
 +.P
 +\fBvcsh\fR \fIrepo\fR
@@ -96,6 +102,20 @@ Index: vcsh/vcsh.1
 +.SH "OPTIONS"
 +.
 +.TP
++\-c
++Source \fIfile\fR prior to other configuration files
++.
++.TP
++\-d
++Enable debug mode
++.
++.TP
++\-v
++Enable verbose mode
++.
++.SH "COMMANDS"
++.
++.TP
 +clone
 +Clone an existing repository\.
 +.
@@ -143,6 +163,10 @@ Index: vcsh/vcsh.1
 +Set up repository with recommended settings\.
 +.
 +.TP
++version
++Print version information\.
++.
++.TP
 +which \fIsubstring\fR
 +Find \fIsubstring\fR in name of any tracked file\.
 +.
@@ -161,6 +185,77 @@ Index: vcsh/vcsh.1
 +.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
 +As noted earlier, \fBvcsh\fR will set \fI$GIT_DIR\fR and \fI$GIT_WORK_TREE\fR to the appropriate values for fake bare git repositories\.
 +.
++.SH "CONFIG"
++There are several ways to turn the various knobs on \fBvcsh\fR\. In order of ascending precedence, they are:
++.
++.IP "\(bu" 4
++\fBVARIABLE=foo vcsh\fR
++.
++.IP "\(bu" 4
++</etc/vcsh/config>
++.
++.IP "\(bu" 4
++<$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/config>
++.
++.IP "\(bu" 4
++\fBvcsh \-c <file>\fR
++.
++.IP "" 0
++.
++.P
++Please note that those files are sourced\. Any and all commands will be executed in the context of your shell\.
++.
++.P
++Interesting knobs you can turn:
++.
++.TP
++\fI$VCSH_GITIGNORE\fR
++Can be either \fIexact\fR or \fIrecursive\fR\.
++.
++.IP
++\fIexact\fR will seed the repo\-specific <\.gitignore> with all file and directory names which \fBgit ls\-files\fR returns\.
++.
++.IP
++\fIrecursive\fR will descend through all directories recursively additionally to the above\.
++.
++.IP
++Defaults to \fIexact\fR\.
++.
++.P
++Less interesting knobs you could turn:
++.
++.TP
++\fI$VCSH_DEBUG\fR
++Enter debug mode\.
++.
++.TP
++\fI$XDG_CONFIG_HOME\fR
++As specified in the \'XDG Base Directory Specification\', see \fIhttp://standards\.freedesktop\.org/basedir\-spec/basedir\-spec\-latest\.html\fR
++.
++.IP
++Defaults to <$HOME/\.config>\.
++.
++.TP
++\fI$VCSH_REPO_D\fR
++The directory where repositories are read from and stored\.
++.
++.IP
++Defaults to <$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/repo\.d>\.
++.
++.TP
++\fI$VCSH_HOOK_D\fR
++The directory where hooks are read from\.
++.
++.IP
++Defaults to <$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/hooks\-enabled>\.
++.
++.TP
++\fI$VCSH_BASE\fR
++The directory where repositories are checked out to\.
++.
++.IP
++Defaults to \fI$HOME\fR\.
++.
 +.SH "HOOK SYSTEM"
 +\fBvcsh\fR 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>; \fBvcsh\fR will only execute hooks that are in this directory\.
 +.
@@ -174,20 +269,26 @@ Index: vcsh/vcsh.1
 +Available hooks are \fIpre\-enter\fR, \fIpost\-enter\fR, \fIpre\-run\fR, \fIpost\-run\fR, \fIpre\-setup\fR, and \fIpost\-setup\fR\. If you need more, vcsh is trivial to patch, but please let upstream know so we can ship them by default\.
 +.
 +.SH "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\.
++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\.
++.
++.P
++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\.
 +.
 +.P
 +On Debian\-based systems, this file can be found in </usr/share/doc/vcsh>\.
 +.
 +.SH "SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS"
-+\fBvcsh\fR allows you to execute arbitrary commands via \fBvcsh\fR run\. For example, adding a \fBsudo\fR(8) rule for \fBvcsh\fR would be pretty stupid\.
++\fBvcsh\fR allows you to execute arbitrary commands via \fBvcsh run\fR\. For example, adding a \fBsudo\fR(8) rule for \fBvcsh\fR would be pretty stupid\.
 +.
 +.P
-+Additionally, vcsh will source, i\.e\. execute, <$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vcsh/config>\. You can put any and all commands into this config file and they will be executed\.
++Additionally, vcsh will source, i\.e\. execute, all files listed in \fICONFIG\fR\. You can put any and all commands into these config files and they will be executed\.
 +.
 +.SH "BUGS"
 +None are known at this time, but reports and/or patches are more than welcome\.
 +.
++.SH "INTEROPERABILITY"
++If you rely on \fBgit submodule\fR use \fBgit\fR 1\.7\.12 or later\. Earlier versions do not clean internal variables properly before descending into submodules, resulting in unhappy end users\.
++.
 +.SH "HISTORY"
 +Like most people, the author initially made do with a single repository for all config files, all of which were soft\-linked into \fI$HOME\fR\.
 +.