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@@ -487,10 +487,11 @@ on the kind of project it finds the dependency to be.
as their build tool. This essentially patches Rebar out, and
fixes and converts the project to be compatible with Erlang.mk.
-* Erlang.mk projects have their 'erlang.mk' file redirect to
-the top-level project's Erlang.mk. This is to ensure that
-functionality works across all dependencies, even if the
-dependency's Erlang.mk is outdated.
+* Erlang.mk projects have their 'Makefile' patched, if necessary,
+to include the top-level project's Erlang.mk. This is to ensure
+that functionality works across all dependencies, even if the
+dependency's Erlang.mk is outdated. The patched Makefile
+can be safely committed if necessary.
* Other Erlang projects get a small Erlang.mk Makefile
generated automatically.