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manual: improve explanation of target directory definition

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Bring this more up to date by mentioning the dotfiles use case.
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***** Added some more information from the web page to the README
***** Made some small improvements to the documentation
***** Added a CONTRIBUTING.md file
***** Add a =watch= target to =Makefile=

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@ -220,9 +220,12 @@ to be installed in a particular directory structure --- e.g., with
@cindex target directory
A @dfn{target directory} is the root of a tree in which one or more
packages wish to @emph{appear} to be installed. A common, but by no
means the only such location is @file{/usr/local}. The examples in this
manual will use @file{/usr/local} as the target directory.
packages wish to @emph{appear} to be installed. @file{/usr/local} is a
common choice for this, but by no means the only such location. Another
common choice is @file{~} (i.e. the user's @code{$HOME} directory) in
the case where Stow is being used to manage the user's configuration
(``dotfiles'') and other files in their @code{$HOME}. The examples in
this manual will use @file{/usr/local} as the target directory.
@cindex stow directory
A @dfn{stow directory} is the root of a tree containing separate