diff --git a/NOTES.txt b/NOTES.txt
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--- a/NOTES.txt
+++ b/NOTES.txt
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ How to create a new Gentoo tinyorm ebuild:
 cd /var/db/repos/crystal/dev-db/tinyorm/
 sudo cp/mv tinyorm-0.37.x.ebuild tinyorm-0.37.y.ebuild
 sudo ebuild ./tinyorm-0.37.y.ebuild manifest
-- copy an updated Manifest and a new ebuild to tools/distributions/gentoo/repos/crystal/dev-db/tinyorm/
-cp ./{Manifest,tinyorm-0.37.y.ebuild} ~/Code/c/TinyORM/TinyORM/tools/distributions/gentoo/repos/crystal/dev-db/tinyorm
-cd ~/Code/c/TinyORM/TinyORM/tools/distributions/gentoo/repos/crystal/dev-db/tinyorm
+- copy an updated Manifest and a new ebuild to tools/distributions/gentoo/var/db/repos/crystal/dev-db/tinyorm/
+cp ./{Manifest,tinyorm-0.37.y.ebuild} ~/Code/c/TinyORM/TinyORM/tools/distributions/gentoo/var/db/repos/crystal/dev-db/tinyorm
+cd ~/Code/c/TinyORM/TinyORM/tools/distributions/gentoo/var/db/repos/crystal/dev-db/tinyorm
 - update ownerships if needed
 chown xyz:xyz ./{Manifest,tinyorm-0.37.y.ebuild}
 - commit to TinyORM project, commit message like:
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diff --git a/tools/distributions/gentoo/repos/crystal/.editorconfig b/tools/distributions/gentoo/var/db/repos/crystal/.editorconfig
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diff --git a/tools/distributions/gentoo/repos/crystal/.mailmap b/tools/distributions/gentoo/var/db/repos/crystal/.mailmap
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diff --git a/tools/distributions/gentoo/repos/crystal/dev-cpp/metadata.xml b/tools/distributions/gentoo/var/db/repos/crystal/dev-cpp/metadata.xml
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diff --git a/tools/distributions/gentoo/repos/crystal/dev-cpp/tabulate/Manifest b/tools/distributions/gentoo/var/db/repos/crystal/dev-cpp/tabulate/Manifest
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diff --git a/tools/distributions/gentoo/repos/crystal/dev-cpp/tabulate/tabulate-1.5.ebuild b/tools/distributions/gentoo/var/db/repos/crystal/dev-cpp/tabulate/tabulate-1.5.ebuild
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diff --git a/tools/distributions/gentoo/repos/crystal/dev-cpp/tabulate/tabulate-9999.ebuild b/tools/distributions/gentoo/var/db/repos/crystal/dev-cpp/tabulate/tabulate-9999.ebuild
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diff --git a/tools/distributions/gentoo/repos/crystal/dev-db/tinyorm/Manifest b/tools/distributions/gentoo/var/db/repos/crystal/dev-db/tinyorm/Manifest
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diff --git a/tools/distributions/gentoo/repos/crystal/dev-db/tinyorm/tinyorm-0.37.3.ebuild b/tools/distributions/gentoo/var/db/repos/crystal/dev-db/tinyorm/tinyorm-0.37.3.ebuild
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diff --git a/tools/distributions/gentoo/repos/crystal/dev-db/tinyorm/tinyorm-0.38.1.ebuild b/tools/distributions/gentoo/var/db/repos/crystal/dev-db/tinyorm/tinyorm-0.38.1.ebuild
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diff --git a/tools/distributions/gentoo/repos/crystal/dev-db/tinyorm/tinyorm-9999.ebuild b/tools/distributions/gentoo/var/db/repos/crystal/dev-db/tinyorm/tinyorm-9999.ebuild
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