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release-process: document the rate limiting in automatic updates

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We check for updates only once per day, so clarify the docs.

Change-Id: Ib669ca6ebc67bc13204996fa40e1a3a82012295e
Reviewed-on: https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/c/git-repo/+/305145
Reviewed-by: Raman Tenneti <rtenneti@google.com>
Tested-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@google.com>
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@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ control how repo finds updates:
* `--repo-rev`: This tells repo which branch to use for the full project.
It defaults to the `stable` branch (`REPO_REV` in the launcher script).
Whenever `repo sync` is run, repo will check to see if an update is available.
Whenever `repo sync` is run, repo will, once every 24 hours, see if an update
is available.
It fetches the latest repo-rev from the repo-url.
Then it verifies that the latest commit in the branch has a valid signed tag
using `git tag -v` (which uses gpg).
@ -95,6 +96,11 @@ If that tag is valid, then repo will warn and use that commit instead.
If that tag cannot be verified, it gives up and forces the user to resolve.
### Force an update
The `repo selfupdate` command can be used to force an immediate update.
It is not subject to the 24 hour limitation.
## Branch management
All development happens on the `main` branch and should generally be stable.