From cde08052354c68df48fe4c47381ef12665e9f685 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Donald <peter@realityforge.org>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2026 12:35:26 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Describe the purpose of this fork

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+# Peter Donald's rules_java Repository
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+This repository contains feature branches for the upstream repository: [rules_java](https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_java).
+The [upstream](https://github.com/realityforge/rules_java/tree/upstream) branch tracks that repository's default branch.
+The master branch contains only this README.