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@@ -23,6 +23,17 @@
;; While packages managed by package.el use tarballs for distributing
;; the source code, this extension allows for packages to be fetched
;; and updated directly from a version control system.
+;;
+;; To install a package from source use `package-vc-install'. If you
+;; aren't interested in activating a package, you can use
+;; `package-vc-checkout' instead, which will prompt you for a target
+;; directory. If you wish to re-use an existing checkout, the command
+;; `package-vc-link-directory' will create a symbolic link and prepare
+;; the package.
+;;
+;; If you make local changes that you wish to share with an upstream
+;; maintainer, the command `package-vc-prepare-patch' can prepare
+;; these as patches to send via Email.
;;; TODO: