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+git-sonar is a shell prompt git status indicator, add it to your $PS1 prompt to
+see real-time information about the current directory's repository, branch,
+changed files, etc. git-sonar is forked from the original project git-radar by
+Michael Allen, which is no longer receiving maintenance.
+Ref: https://github.com/michaeldfallen/git-radar
+
+git-sonar also provides git-precheck, a shell utility script which inspects a
+repository and returns machine-parseable results not easily gathered from
+git status. It is intended for use in other git-related scripts.
+
+
+INSTALLATION
+------------
+For a normal installation, run 'make install', but see the output from 'make'
+for more installation options. You can run 'git-sonar --version' to confirm
+that the install was successful.
+
+
+GETTING STARTED
+---------------
+Both of the scripts have an accompanying man-page, which can be viewed after
+installation using the 'man' command, or by passing '--help' to either script
+directly.
+
+These are the user-facing documentation and contain more details about usage,
+configuration, and inserting git-sonar into your particular shell's prompt.
+
+Out of the box, git-sonar has a very usable default configuration, and most
+features are enabled. One can be up and running by just updating their $PS1
+variable - but see the "USAGE" section of git-sonar's man-page for some possible
+$PS1 pitfalls.
+
+
+GETTING SUPPORT
+---------------
+Get in touch on the mailing list to ask questions, report problems, submit
+patches, or discuss the project!
+
+ git-sonar@normalmode.org
+
+For more information, or instructions on subscribing, send an email to:
+
+ git-sonar+help@normalmode.org
+
+
+COMPATIBILITY WITH GIT-RADAR
+----------------------------
+git-sonar is no longer a "drop in" replacement for git-radar. All of the
+environment variables used for configuration have been either renamed, or
+removed, and several others have been added. git-sonar does not read from any
+special RC files, just the shell environment. Furthermore, both tools support
+different command line options.
+
+git-sonar does preserve the original hallmark features of git-radar, and its
+default appearance is very faithful to the original as well.
+
+
+LICENSE
+-------
+For historical reasons, git-sonar, git-precheck, and associated documentation
+are made available under the MIT license - the same license utilized by
+git-radar.