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 ### Home skeleton
 
-Files from /etc/skel are copied to /home/$USER when new users are created.
+Pacman should **never** change files in `$HOME`. To still be able to include
+customized configurations, one can copy them to the skeleton used for new users:
+
+Files from `/etc/skel` are copied to `/home/$USER` when new users are created.
 
 Example: [pkg/de-p1st-gnupg/PKGBUILD](pkg/de-p1st-gnupg/PKGBUILD)