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         projects:
           - repo: openstack/astara-appliance
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+Helpers
+=======
+
+In order to help build out these files there are various command line
+based tools that come with this repository. To install these it is as
+easy as ``pip install .`` in this repository directory.
+
+* ``list-changes`` that lists the changes in a given release file.
+* ``interactive-release`` that goes through a *wizard* style set of
+  questions to produce a new or updated release of a given project or
+  set of projects.
+* (and more!)