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Mention use-package-ensure in README #746

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Expand Up @@ -669,8 +669,7 @@ You can use `use-package` to load packages from ELPA with `package.el`. This
is particularly useful if you share your `.emacs` among several machines; the
relevant packages are downloaded automatically once declared in your `.emacs`.
The `:ensure` keyword causes the package(s) to be installed automatically if
not already present on your system (set `(setq use-package-always-ensure t)`
if you wish this behavior to be global for all packages):
not already present on your system:

``` elisp
(use-package magit
Expand All @@ -685,6 +684,14 @@ If you need to install a different package from the one named by
:ensure auctex)
```

Enable `use-package-always-ensure` if you wish this behavior to be global
for all packages:

``` elisp
(require 'use-package-ensure)
(setq use-package-always-ensure t)
```

Note that `:ensure` will install a package if it is not already installed, but
it does not keep it up-to-date. If you want to keep your packages updated
automatically, one option is to use
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