thunderbird-patch-review

Easy-to-use patch review interface for Thunderbird

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commit 8833e293294ae6d4ba413f866b4fd78db21d706d
parent ce0c7cd7483d28dd4fefbab83681337a2fa667ab
Author: Pi Agent <agent@pi.local>
Date:   Sat, 18 Jul 2026 15:13:41 +0200

docs: show the zip command to package the extension as an .xpi

Spell out the one-liner used to build patch-review.xpi (run zip from inside
extension/ so manifest.json lands at the archive root) in both the README
and the patch-review.1 INSTALLATION section.

Diffstat:
M
README
 | 
13
++++++++++---
M
patch-review.1
 | 
21
++++++++++++++++++---

2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README b/README
@@ -48,9 +48,16 @@ INSTALLATION
 	      extension/manifest.json.
 
        3. Extension (permanent)
-	      Zip the extension/ directory contents (manifest.json at the
-	      archive root), rename the archive to patch-review.xpi, and
-	      install it from the Add-ons Manager gear menu.
+	      Zip the extension/ directory with manifest.json at the
+	      archive root, then install the .xpi from the Add-ons Manager
+	      gear menu (Install Add-on From File...).  From the project
+	      root:
+
+		      ( cd extension && zip -qrX ../patch-review.xpi . )
+
+	      The parentheses run the zip from inside extension/ so the
+	      archive holds manifest.json at its root, not under
+	      extension/.
 
        Restart Thunderbird after installing the host so it is picked up.
 
diff --git a/patch-review.1 b/patch-review.1
@@ -73,9 +73,24 @@ and pick
 3. Extension (permanent)
 Zip the
 .I extension/
-directory contents (manifest.json at the archive root), rename the archive to
-.BR patch\-review.xpi ,
-and install it from the Add-ons Manager gear menu.
+directory with manifest.json at the archive root, then install the
+.B .xpi
+from the Add-ons Manager gear menu
+.RB ( "Install Add-on From File..." ).
+From the project root:
+.RS
+.PP
+(cd extension && zip -qrX ../patch\-review.xpi .)
+.RE
+.PP
+The subshell runs the
+.BR zip (1)
+from inside
+.I extension/
+so the archive holds
+.B manifest.json
+at its root, not under
+.IR extension/ .
 .PP
 Restart Thunderbird after installing the host so it is picked up.
 .SH CONFIGURATION