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diff --git a/third-party/README.md b/third-party/README.md index 0d4c521e87..c3ec399695 100644 --- a/third-party/README.md +++ b/third-party/README.md @@ -1,9 +1,8 @@ # Third party dependencies for neovim -This directory contains any third party dependencies for neovim which, for one -reason or another, we cannot rely on the system to supply. +This directory contains the recipes to build any third party dependencies for +neovim which, for one reason or another, we cannot rely on the system to supply. -Ideally commits within this directory will only be merge commits from upstream -projects. The "git subtree" tool is a good choice for managing such merge -commits. In order to avoid needlessly inflating the bandwidth required to clone -neovim, the ``--squash`` option for git subtree should be used. +Most of the details are captured in the `CMakeLists.txt`, but we have a +dedicated directory in case any of the dependencies requires patching and other +support. |