diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+Makefile
+app.tag
+dirs.tag
+host.tag
+tree.tag
+version.tag
+
+cfgdefs.mk
+usrdefs.mk
+ccenv/host.mk
+ccenv/native.mk
+
+*~
+*.o
+*.a
+*.so
+*.gch
+*.exe
+/bin
+/build
+/lib
diff --git a/COPYING.SBMAKE b/COPYING.SBMAKE
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+/*****************************************************************************/
+/*                                                                           */
+/*  sbmake: a sofort-based build project for NetBSD's make(1) utility.       */
+/*                                                                           */
+/*  Copyright (C) 2021  Z. Gilboa                                            */
+/*                                                                           */
+/*  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining    */
+/*  a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the          */
+/*  "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including      */
+/*  without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,      */
+/*  distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to       */
+/*  permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to    */
+/*  the following conditions:                                                */
+/*                                                                           */
+/*  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included  */
+/*  in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.                   */
+/*                                                                           */
+/*  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS  */
+/*  OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF               */
+/*  MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.   */
+/*  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY     */
+/*  CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,     */
+/*  TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE        */
+/*  SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.                   */
+/*                                                                           */
+/*****************************************************************************/
diff --git a/README b/README
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+sbmake: a sofort-based build project for NetBSD's make(1) utility.
+
+The logic in this project is written against a sofort-compatible
+source taball containing:
+
+(1) the utility's C source files and headers
+(2) the utility's unit-test files
+(3) the .mk extension files from crufty.net.