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-# importpatches.py
+# importpatches.py and exportpatches.py
 
-A command to update Fedora Python dist-git spec & patches from a Git repository
+Commands to update Fedora Python dist-git spec & patches from/to a Git repository
 
 Meant to be used with a local clone of [fedora-python/cpython]
 which includes tags like `vX.Y.Z` (upstream releases) and branches
 like `fedora-X.Y` (`vX.Y.Z` + commits for individual patches).
+The exportpatches script assumes that the remote is named `fedora-python`.
 
 The summary lines of patch commits must start with `NNNNN: `, where NNNNN is
 the patch number (registered in the [patch registry]).
@@ -25,11 +26,12 @@ conventions.)
 
 ## Setup
 
-Add the script to your `$PATH`, for example:
+Add the scripts to your `$PATH`, for example:
 
     ln -s $PWD/importpatches.py ~/.local/bin/importpatches
+    ln -s $PWD/exportpatches.py ~/.local/bin/exportpatches
 
-The script needs to know where your local clone of `fedora-python/cpython` is,
+The scripts need to know where your local clone of `fedora-python/cpython` is,
 and uses Git configuration as a default.
 
 In your clone of dist-git, run `git config importpatches.upstream .../cpython`.
@@ -40,13 +42,39 @@ to avoid the need to set this in all dist-git clones of Pythons.
 
 ## Usage
 
-Run `importpatches.py` without arguments in your clone of dist-git.
+Run `importpatches.py`/`exportpatches.py` without arguments in your clone of dist-git.
 If the defaults don't work for you, run with `--help` to see the options.
 
 
+## What it does
+
+### importpatches
+
+importpatches takes commits between a base tag and head tag
+in the [fedora-python/cpython] clone and turns them into patch files
+plus updated spec comments in the current dist-git checkout.
+Each commit is formatted into a *.patch file (named NNNNN-... where possible)
+and its Git patch-id is written into the spec comment above
+the PatchNNNNN: line, along with the commit message body.
+It replaces the whole patches section between the
+`(Patches taken from github.com/fedora-python/cpython)` and
+`(New patches go here ^^^)` markers, removing old patch files and moving
+the new ones into place.
+
+
+### exportpatches
+
+exportpatches is an inverse of importpatches: it takes patches listed
+in the dist-git spec and applies them onto a local clone of [fedora-python/cpython],
+producing the fedora-X.Y branch from the upstream vX.Y.Z tag.
+Each patch becomes one commit, with the summary line prefixed by its patch
+number (NNNNN: ) as required by the patch registry.
+It then tags the result and pushes the branch and tag to the fedora remote.
+
+
 ## Git hash IDs
 
-The script adds Git hash IDs to the spec file.
+The importpatches script adds Git hash IDs to the spec file.
 These are hashes of the patch content, ignoring tings like context lines and
 comments.
 When one of these changes, pay special atttention to the patch diff.