diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 689b4a5a..9e3460f7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ MANSRC=$(MANDIR)/cdist-config-layout.text \
$(MANDIR)/cdist-stages.text \
$(MANDIR)/cdist-terms.text \
-MANGENERATED=$(MANDIR)/cdist-type-listing.text
+MANGENERATED=$(MANDIR)/cdist-reference.text
MANSRC=$(MANDIR)/cdist.text \
$(MANDIR)/cdist-bin-transfer.text \
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ doc/man/.marker: $(MANSRC) $(MANGENERATED)
touch $@
# Only depends on cdist-type__*.text in reality
-$(MANDIR)/cdist-type-listing.text: $(MANSRC) $(MANDIR)/cdist-type-listing.text.sh
- $(MANDIR)/cdist-type-listing.text.sh
+$(MANDIR)/cdist-reference.text: $(MANSRC) $(MANDIR)/cdist-reference.text.sh
+ $(MANDIR)/cdist-reference.text.sh
clean:
diff --git a/doc/man/cdist-reference.text b/doc/man/cdist-reference.text.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
similarity index 67%
rename from doc/man/cdist-reference.text
rename to doc/man/cdist-reference.text.sh
index 72ee4f48..c8a49abd
--- a/doc/man/cdist-reference.text
+++ b/doc/man/cdist-reference.text.sh
@@ -1,17 +1,53 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# 2010-2011 Nico Schottelius (nico-cdist at schottelius.org)
+#
+# This file is part of cdist.
+#
+# cdist is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with cdist. If not, see .
+#
+#
+# Generate manpage that lists available types
+#
+
+__cdist_pwd="$(pwd -P)"
+__cdist_mydir="${0%/*}";
+__cdist_abs_mydir="$(cd "$__cdist_mydir" && pwd -P)"
+__cdist_myname=${0##*/};
+__cdist_abs_myname="$__cdist_abs_mydir/$__cdist_myname"
+
+filename="${__cdist_myname%.sh}"
+dest="$__cdist_abs_mydir/$filename"
+
+cd "$__cdist_abs_mydir"
+
+# exec > "$dest"
+cat << eof
cdist-reference(7)
==================
Nico Schottelius
NAME
----
-cdist-reference - Variable, path and type reference
+cdist-reference - Variable, path and type reference for cdist $(git describe)
DESCRIPTION
-----------
Various scripts which are not in the core need information on how
to find information. This manpage summarises the available environment
-variables and paths and clearifies with part may access with variables.
+variables, types and paths and clearifies with part may access which variables.
PATHS
@@ -30,15 +66,15 @@ conf/manifest/init::
It should be primary used to define mapping from configurations to hosts.
conf/manifest/*::
- All other files in this directory are not directly used by Cdist, but you
+ All other files in this directory are not directly used by cdist, but you
can seperate configuration mappings, if you have a lot of code in the
manifest/init file. This may also be very helpful to have different admins
maintain different groups of hosts.
-conf/explorer/:
+conf/explorer/::
Contains explorers to be run on the target hosts, see cdist-explorer(7).
-conf/type/:
+conf/type/::
Contains all available types, which are used to provide
some kind of functionality. See cdist-type(7).
@@ -66,7 +102,7 @@ conf/type//explorer::
See cdist-explorer(7).
-out/:
+out/::
This directory contains output of cdist and is usually located
in a temporary directory and thus will be removed after the run.
@@ -86,11 +122,26 @@ out/object/