From e3db60fe84c3ce3e2f325259e8ad6135e2e48ded Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2021 08:34:45 +0000
Subject: doc: -clone|lei add-external: add bit about the Makefile

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

(limited to 'Documentation')

diff --git a/Documentation/lei-add-external.pod b/Documentation/lei-add-external.pod
index 1ab65a16..1761eed1 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 efee01ee..10326091 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>).
 
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