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From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
To: meta@public-inbox.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] doc: -clone|lei add-external: add bit about the Makefile
Date: Wed,  3 Nov 2021 08:34:45 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20211103083446.29264-3-e@80x24.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211103083446.29264-1-e@80x24.org>

It's pretty useful, I think.
---
 Documentation/lei-add-external.pod   | 2 ++
 Documentation/public-inbox-clone.pod | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/lei-add-external.pod b/Documentation/lei-add-external.pod
index 1ab65a1650a6..1761eed1ed78 100644
--- a/Documentation/lei-add-external.pod
+++ b/Documentation/lei-add-external.pod
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ Default: 0
 =item --mirror=URL
 
 Create C<LOCATION> by mirroring the public-inbox at C<URL>.
+C<LOCATION> will have a Makefile with a C<make update>
+target to update the external.
 
 =item --epoch=RANGE
 
diff --git a/Documentation/public-inbox-clone.pod b/Documentation/public-inbox-clone.pod
index efee01eec592..103260913d92 100644
--- a/Documentation/public-inbox-clone.pod
+++ b/Documentation/public-inbox-clone.pod
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ L<public-inbox-index(1)>.  Those commands must be run separately
 if serving/searching the mirror is required.  As-is,
 public-inbox-clone is suitable for creating a git-only backup.
 
+public-inbox-clone creates a Makefile with handy targets to update the
+inbox once indexed.  This Makefile may be edited by the user; it will
+not be rewritten by L<public-inbox-fetch(1)> unless it is removed
+completely.
+
 public-inbox-clone does not use nor require any extra
 configuration files (not even C<~/.public-inbox/config>).
 

  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-11-03  8:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-11-03  8:34 [PATCH 0/3] doc: extindex-related updates Eric Wong
2021-11-03  8:34 ` [PATCH 1/3] doc: extindex: document current behavior + knobs Eric Wong
2021-11-03  8:34 ` Eric Wong [this message]
2021-11-03  8:34 ` [PATCH 3/3] doc: relnotes: 1.7.0: move extindex, note search results change Eric Wong

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