+++ /dev/null
-
-#[swim downstream]
-# updates local code repositories from master versions before uploading those changes to any downstream repositories, such as sourceforge or github.
-14 */2 * * * (export LIGHTWEIGHT_INIT=true; source $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh; cd $HOME ; rev_update ; make ) &>>/tmp/cron-swim_downstream-$USER.log
-
--- /dev/null
+
+#[synch and swim downstream]
+# updates local code repositories from master versions before uploading any changes to downstream
+# repositories, such as sourceforge or github. the uploading process (which we think of as sending
+# those updated items swimming downstream to their dependent repositories) is done automatically in
+# our makefiles. that's why the code below relies on the top-level makefile in home.
+14 */2 * * * (export LIGHTWEIGHT_INIT=true; source $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh; cd $HOME ; rev_update ; make ) &>>/tmp/${USER}-cron-synch_and_swim_downstream.log
+