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+_TEMPLATE_PROJ_ - tagline of your project
+======================================
+
+Description of _TEMPLATE_PROJ_.
+
+See NEWS for user-visible changes.
+See ChangeLog or the history for detailed changes.
+
+## Usage
+
+$ _TEMPLATE_PROJ_.scm [options] [arguments]
+
+## Install
+
+$ ./bootstrap.sh && make install
+
+To install only for the current user, use
+
+$ ./bootstrap.sh --prefix=$HOME/.local && make install
+
+Also see
+
+$ make help
+
+For details on installing a release, see INSTALL
+
+## Contributors
+
+See AUTHORS
+
+Licensed under GPLv3 or later.
+
+(this is the default of conf. To use a different license, replace
+COPYING and the header in the main code file)
+
+## Release Process
+
+* Check/Update NEWS
+* Increase version in configure.ac (see semver.org)
+* Commit, merge to stable and tag (see branching[1])
+$ ./bootstrap.sh && make distcheck
+
+[1]: See do a release in
+     http://www.draketo.de/branching-strategy#action-maintainer
+