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@@ -10,6 +10,28 @@ A starting point for Neovim that is:
 
 **NOT** a Neovim distribution, but instead a starting point for your configuration.
 
+## Renken's notes
+
+### Divergence from upstream
+
+I try to stay as up-to-date as possible with upstream. However certain commits
+that I deliberately skipped cherry-picking because they can be problematic. I
+will try to document all of them below.
+
+* [nvim-lua/kickstart@7513ec8](https://github.com/nvim-lua/kickstart.nvim/commit/7513ec8a7dd579957ce2d9b44e05c1da18d7d0e3)
+deletes `numToStr/Comment.nvim` without justification. Possibly this feature
+was merged in `neovim-v0.10.0`? The changes to use `vim.uv` instead of
+`vim.loop` were not included as a result. I also want to take the time to
+understand what `neodev` and `lazydev` do before integrating the latter. Future
+commits related to it will not be included here either, such as.
+  * [nvim-lua/kickstart@fd66454](https://github.com/nvim-lua/kickstart.nvim/commit/fd66454c4a02abb44568159e7447060b962e1b5d).
+
+* Debian GNU/Linux packages
+[`markdownlint`](https://packages.debian.org/bookworm-backports/markdownlint).
+However, the binary is installed under `/bin/mdl` which breaks
+`lua/kickstart/plugins/lint.lua`. Make sure to execute `ln -s /bin/mdl
+~/.local/bin/markdownlint` or something similar.
+
 ## Installation
 
 ### Install Neovim
@@ -131,7 +153,7 @@ examples of adding popularly requested plugins.
   * The main purpose of kickstart is to serve as a teaching tool and a reference
     configuration that someone can easily use to `git clone` as a basis for their own.
     As you progress in learning Neovim and Lua, you might consider splitting `init.lua`
-    into smaller parts. A fork of kickstart that does this while maintaining the 
+    into smaller parts. A fork of kickstart that does this while maintaining the
     same functionality is available here:
     * [kickstart-modular.nvim](https://github.com/dam9000/kickstart-modular.nvim)
   * Discussions on this topic can be found here:
@@ -226,4 +248,3 @@ sudo dnf install -y gcc make git ripgrep fd-find unzip neovim
 sudo pacman -S --noconfirm --needed gcc make git ripgrep fd unzip neovim
 ```
 </details>
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