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+#[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 * * * * (source $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh; cd $HOME ; bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/rev_control/rgetem.sh ; make ) &>>/tmp/${CRONUSER}-cron-synch_and_swim_downstream.log
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