[elpa] master 482853d: Add explicit instructions for new external packages

[Eric Abrahamsen]

branch: master
commit 482853d658d69a9cd9888c49296dc49104f3b3f5
Author: Eric Abrahamsen <address@hidden>
Commit: Eric Abrahamsen <address@hidden>

    Add explicit instructions for new external packages
    
    * README: Spell out the process for new external packages.
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 README | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README b/README
index 3223929..48c1059 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -194,6 +194,15 @@ help and only gets in the way.
 In the `external' case, the copy of the code is not kept here but in the
 `externals/<pkg-name>' branch in the `elpa' repository.
 
+To add a new externals package, first add this `elpa' repository as a
+new remote in your existing repository.  Then push a local branch to a
+new remote branch in `elpa', named externals/<pkgname>.  For example:
+
+   git push elpa master:externals/<pkgname>
+
+Then edit the `externals-list' file as mentioned above, and push that
+change to `elpa's master branch.
+
 You can check out all the external packages into the `packages' directory
 with the command: