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8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions doc/contributing/distribution.md
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Expand Up @@ -25,3 +25,11 @@ only as a semver-major change, unless the related feature or project is
documented as experimental. In addition, Node.js includes external projects as
internal dependencies. These may be replaced or removed at any time, provided
that doing so is not a breaking change.

## Executables

The Node.js distribution adds a number of executable commands into the user's
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`PATH`, such as `node`. The distribution will only include executables that run
code that is vendored within the Node.js distribution. The distribution will not
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include executables whose names refer to software that is not included in the
Node.js distribution.
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