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+Setting up a work environment:
+
+First, clone the git repository (which does not contain source tarballs) and
+then sync the source tree on top of it.
+The git excluse list will ensure that "git status" will not report the source
+tarballs as 'untracked'.
+
+$ git clone git://taper.alienbase.nl/bootstrap.git
+$ cd bootstrap
+$ rsync -av rsync://taper.alienbase.nl/mirrors/alienarm/bootstrap/ .