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add note on DataLads procedures

Elena Piscopia 4 years ago
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@@ -96,3 +96,13 @@ important may be the .gitattributes file, in which one can set
 rules for git-annex about which files should be version-controlled
 with Git instead of being annexed.
 
+It can be useful to use pre-configured procedures that can apply
+configurations, create files or file hierarchies, or perform
+arbitrary tasks in datasets. They can be shipped with DataLad,
+its extensions, or datasets, and you can even write your own
+procedures and distribute them. The "datalad run-procedure"
+command is used to apply such a procedure to a dataset. Procedures
+shipped with DataLad or its extensions starting with a "cfg" prefix
+can also be applied at the creation of a dataset with
+"datalad create -c <PROC-NAME> <PATH>" (omitting the "cfg" prefix).
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