From: Eric Wong Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2021 08:34:45 +0000 (+0000) Subject: doc: -clone|lei add-external: add bit about the Makefile X-Git-Tag: v1.7.0~9 X-Git-Url: http://www.git.stargrave.org/?p=public-inbox.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=e3db60fe84c3ce3e2f325259e8ad6135e2e48ded doc: -clone|lei add-external: add bit about the Makefile It's pretty useful, I think. --- 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 by mirroring the public-inbox at C. +C will have a Makefile with a C +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. 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 unless it is removed +completely. + public-inbox-clone does not use nor require any extra configuration files (not even C<~/.public-inbox/config>).