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authorStefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>2018-12-18 14:01:35 -0500
committerStefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>2018-12-18 14:01:35 -0500
commitc8219396f0f9135bcbbab512d155385567484619 (patch)
tree1c7fac15b207b07a5d894749cb572504e5af9bc5 /README
parentc778396366d9fe19e3c5da311d5482ec6279f27c (diff)
* README (PACKAGES/Externals): Clarify use
Don't give the impression that there's a need to checkout the whole elpa.git archive. Suggested by Feng Shu <tumashu@163.com>.
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@@ -234,10 +234,12 @@ new remote branch in `elpa.git', named externals/<pkgname>. For example:
git push elpa <mybranch>:externals/<pkgname>
Then edit the `externals-list' file as mentioned above, and push that
-change to `elpa's master branch.
+change to `elpa's master branch. After it's added to the `externals-list'
+file, the package can be maintained just by pushing changes to the
+`externals/<pkgname>` branch.
-You can check out all the external packages into the `packages' directory
-with the command:
+If you wish to check out all the external packages into the `packages'
+directory, you can run the command:
make externals