(maint) Add help function with basic description
Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/maint/addMakefile/use-tests' into maint/addMakefile/use-tests

Conflicts:
	setup/_check2_test

(maint) Add new dotfiles and resolve merge conflicts between home and work edits

Prior to this commit, there was some strategy drift. This commit resolves the minor
differences between these remote branches.