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@@ -32,23 +32,26 @@ image is defined as a group of
.B strata
describing subsystems,
each of which comprises a series of
-.B chunks
-, each of which in turn corresponds
+.BR chunks ,
+each of which in turn corresponds
to an individual upstream project. For example, there might be a 'generic
developer system' system morphology, containing a stratum for the basic
bootable system and another for developer tools; the latter would then have
individual chunks for make, gcc, binutils and so forth.
.PP
A chunk is a git repository based on an individual upstream project's revision
-control system (converted into git if upstream does not already use it), which
-contains a branch named 'baserock', that both contains a JSON configuration file
+control system, converted into git if upstream does not already use it.
+The build is controlled a
+.B something.morph
+configuration file
defining how to build the chunk and any other changes required to get the
repository to build with the rest of Baserock.
.PP
-Morph is also capable of branching the whole system (that is branching all constituent
-git repositories of a system simultaneously) in order to allow system-wide changes that
-cross the boundaries of individual git repositories, and of generating commits to the
-group of git repositories that have been modified in such a branch.
+Morph is also capable of branching the whole system (that is branching
+all constituent git repositories of a system simultaneously) in order
+to allow system-wide changes that cross the boundaries of individual
+git repositories, and of generating commits to the group of git
+repositories that have been modified in such a branch.
.PP
For more details, please see the Baserock wiki at http://wiki.baserock.org.
.SH OPTIONS
@@ -128,3 +131,6 @@ itself.
.BR cliapp (5).
.PP
http://wiki.baserock.org/
+.br
+http://www.baserock.com/
+