From 12a62f4566d4b98aa949f9aec3467eb8359274ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Boris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 16:39:27 +0200
Subject: Add README file

---
 README    | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 buildfile |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 README

diff --git a/README b/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0770b17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+This package contains the build2 build system.
+
+build2 is an open source, cross-platform toolchain for building and packaging
+C++ code. Its aim is a modern build system and package manager for the C++
+language that provide a consistent, out of the box interface across multiple
+platforms and compilers. For more information see:
+
+https://build2.org/
+
+See the NEWS file for the user-visible changes from the previous release.
+
+See the LICENSE file for the distribution conditions.
+
+See the INSTALL file for the prerequisites and installation instructions.
+
+See the doc/ directory for documentation.
+
+Send questions, bug reports, or any other feedback to the users@build2.org
+mailing list. You can post without subscribing. See https://lists.build2.org
+for searchable archives, posting guidelines, etc.
diff --git a/buildfile b/buildfile
index 4cca56d..1f6ca0e 100644
--- a/buildfile
+++ b/buildfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 d = build2/ tests/ doc/
 
 ./: $d \
-doc{INSTALL LICENSE version} \
+doc{INSTALL LICENSE README version} \
 file{INSTALL.cli config.guess config.sub bootstrap manifest}
 
 include $d
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