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[nongnu] elpa-admin 88fb267 150/439: Update README to tell how to checko


From: Philip Kaludercic
Subject: [nongnu] elpa-admin 88fb267 150/439: Update README to tell how to checkout a single external package.
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2021 15:47:50 -0400 (EDT)

branch: elpa-admin
commit 88fb267f896ecd7ca5f5057e5d91ed7eb8417ba1
Author: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>

    Update README to tell how to checkout a single external package.
---
 README | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README b/README
index acc42e4..be8d5b2 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -92,11 +92,24 @@ merge -s subtree" from the upstream branch.
 
 In the `external' case, the copy of the code is not kept here but in the
 `externals/<pkg>' branch in the `elpa' repository.
+
 You can check out all the external packages into the `packages' directory
 with the command:
 
    make externals
 
+You can check out a specific external PACKAGE into the `packages'
+directory with these commands:
+
+   cd packages
+   git clone --reference .. --single-branch --branch externals/PACKAGE 
git://git.sv.gnu.org/srv/git/emacs/elpa PACKAGE
+
+If you already have a packages/PACKAGE directory with a previous
+checkout, you can update it like this:
+
+   cd packages/PACKAGE
+   git pull
+
 ** Public incubation
 
 If you want to develop a package publicly prior to its first release (to



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