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> Those are not the same thing. For instance, upgrading: do you upgrade
> the *recipe definition*, or the *thing it defines* (e.g. a Git branch)? 

The way I use el-get at the minute is: If i do an install/reinstall it grabs the latest git repo. 

Default recipies are updated when el-get is updated. My personal recipes are done manually.

Branch swapping needs a manual edit of the recipe.