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 = homesick
 
-Homesick is like rip, but for dotfiles. It keeps clones of peoples' git-version
-dotfiles in the ~/.homesick/ directory, and then allows you to very easily
-symlink all the dotfiles from any one of your cloned repos into place.
+A man's home (directory) is his castle, so don't leave home with out it.
+
+Homesick is sorta like rip, but for dotfiles. It uses git to clone a repository containing dotfiles, and saves them in ~/.homesick. It then allows you to symlink all the dotfiles into place with a single command.
+
+We call a repository that is compatible with homesick to be a 'castle'. To act as a castle, a repository must be organized like so:
+
+* Contains a 'home' directory
+* 'home' contains any number of files and directories that begin with '.'
+* Optionally has a README file
+
+To get started, install homesick first:
+
+    gem install homesick
+
+Next, you use the homesick command to clone a castle:
+
+    homesick clone git://github.com/technicalpickles/pickled-vim.git
+
+Alternatively, if it's on github, there's a slightly shorter way:
+
+    homesick clone technicalpickles/pickled-vim
+
+With the castle cloned, you can now link its contents into your home dir:
+
+    homesick link pickled-vim
+
+If you're not sure what castles you have around, you can easily list them:
+
+    homesick list
 
 == Note on Patches/Pull Requests
  
 * Fork the project.
 * Make your feature addition or bug fix.
-* Add tests for it. This is important so I don't break it in a
-  future version unintentionally.
-* Commit, do not mess with rakefile, version, or history.
-  (if you want to have your own version, that is fine but bump version in a commit by itself I can ignore when I pull)
+* Add tests for it. This is important so I don't break it in a future version unintentionally.
+* Commit, do not mess with rakefile, version, or history.  (if you want to have your own version, that is fine but bump version in a commit by itself I can ignore when I pull)
 * Send me a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches.
 
 == Copyright