document upstream merge

[automated-distro-installer] / README

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@@ -307,7 +307,21 @@ s apt-get update
 s apt dist-upgrade
 
 
-
+### How to merge upstream fai-config
+
+git checkout upstream
+cd path-to-fai-config
+git pull --stat
+# the following needs modification if there was deletions or renames
+rsync --exclude /.git -rlpgoDcvi . /b/fai/fai/config/
+cd /b/fai/fai/config/
+# where XXXXX is the git commit hash
+# note, several files which just had trailing space changes will get ignored.
+git commit -am "update upstream to XXXXX"
+git checkout master
+git merge upstream
+# fix conflicts
+git commit
 
 
 # TODO