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Summary

The existing README contains only a one-line description and status badges. This PR adds comprehensive documentation covering:

  • How it works: step-by-step sync pipeline explanation with ASCII diagram
  • Installation: from GitHub releases and from source
  • Quickstart: end-to-end 5-step guide from repo setup to first sync
  • Configuration reference: complete table of all fields with types, defaults, and descriptions
  • File filters: glob-based include/exclude pattern documentation
  • Carried patches: how to create and maintain downstream patches in openshift/patches/
  • Examples: minimal config, Knative-style, custom release naming, and GitHub Actions CI automation
  • Architecture: package layout overview
  • Development: build and test instructions

Motivation

Deviate solves a real problem (automated upstream-to-downstream sync with patch management), but the lack of documentation makes it hard for new adopters to discover and use. We're evaluating deviate for the kagenti midstream sync pipeline and found the code well-structured but undocumented.

All content was derived from reading the source code (config structures, sync pipeline, CLI flags, test fixtures).

Test plan

  • Verify README renders correctly on GitHub
  • Spot-check configuration field names against pkg/config/structure.go
  • Verify example configs are valid YAML

The existing README contained only a one-line description and badges.
This adds:

- How it works: step-by-step sync pipeline explanation with diagram
- Installation: from releases and from source
- Quickstart: end-to-end guide from repo setup to first sync
- Configuration reference: all fields with types, defaults, descriptions
- File filters and carried patches documentation
- Examples: minimal config, Knative-style, custom release naming, CI automation
- Architecture overview of the package layout
- Development instructions

Assisted-By: 🤖 Claude Code
@openshift-ci openshift-ci Bot requested review from maschmid and rudyredhat1 June 3, 2026 17:33
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