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@@ -8,6 +8,31 @@ That's really up to you, but here are some examples:
 * **document files**: if you use an editor that does not have built-in git support (or maybe if you don't like the git support it has), you can use gitwatch to automatically commit your files when you save them, or combine it with the editor's auto-save feature to fully automatically and regularly track your changes
 * *more stuff!* If you have any other uses, or can think of ones, please let us know, and we can add them to this list!
 
+## Installation
+`gitwatch` can be installed in various ways.
+
+### From Source
+`gitwatch` can be installed from source by simply cloning the repository
+and putting the shell script into your `$PATH`. The commands below will
+do that for you if `/usr/local/bin` is in your `$PATH`. You may need to
+invoke `install` with `sudo`.
+
+```sh
+$ git clone https://github.com/nevik/gitwatch.git
+$ cd gitwatch
+$ [sudo] install -b gitwatch.sh /usr/local/bin/gitwatch
+```
+
+### bpkg
+`gitwatch` can be installed with [bpkg](https://github.com/bpkg/bpkg). Make
+sure you have [bpkg](https://github.com/bpkg/bpkg) installed before
+running the command below. You may need to invoke `bpkg` with `sudo`
+when using the `-g` flag.
+
+```sh
+$ [sudo] bpkg install -g nevik/gitwatch
+```
+
 ## Requirements
 To run this script, you must have installed and globally available:
 * `git` ( [git/git](https://github.com/git/git) | http://www.git-scm.com )
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "name": "gitwatch",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "description": "A script to watch a file or folder and automatically commit changes to a Git repo",
+  "global": "1",
+  "install": "install -b gitwatch.sh ${PREFIX:-/usr/local}/bin/gitwatch",
+  "scripts": [ "gitwatch.sh" ]
+}