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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: add a README file
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:09:06 -0700
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Yann Droneaud wrote:

> Anyway, having a README at the Documentation/ level could also help to
> explain what to be found in this directory:
> - user-manual
> - howto
> - technical
> - RelNote
> - SubmittingPatches
> - CodingGuidelines
> - etc.

A Documentation/README or Documentation/INDEX in the spirit of Linux's
Documentation/00-INDEX could be interesting if it does not bitrot
(unlike Linux's 00-INDEX).  Presumably that means it would have to be
pretty brief.

Thanks,
Jonathan