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 The `vcpkg update` command lists all packages which are out-of-sync with your current portfiles. To update a package, follow the instructions in the command.
 
 ## How do I get more libraries?
-The list of libraries is enumerated from the [`ports\`](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/ports) directory. By design, you can add and remove libraries from this directory as you see fit for yourself or your company -- see our [packaging example](../examples/packaging-zipfiles.md).
+The list of libraries is enumerated from the [`ports\`](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/ports) directory. By design, you can add and remove libraries from this directory as you see fit for yourself or your company -- see our examples on packaging [zipfiles](../examples/packaging-zipfiles.md) and [GitHub repos](../examples/packaging-github-repos.md).
 
 We recommend cloning directly from [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg) and using `git pull` to update the list of portfiles. Once you've updated your portfiles, `vcpkg update` will indicate any installed libraries that are now out of date.
 
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+## Packaging Github Repos Example: libogg

+### Create the CONTROL file

+The `CONTROL` file is a simple set of fields describing the package's metadata.

+

+*For libogg, we'll create the file `ports\libogg\CONTROL` with the following contents:*

+```no-highlight

+Source: libogg

+Version: 1.3.3

+Description: Ogg is a multimedia container format, and the native file and stream format for the Xiph.org multimedia codecs.

+```

+

+### Create the portfile

+`portfile.cmake` describes how to build and install the package. First we include `vcpkg_common_functions` to give us utilities for carrying this out:

+

+```no-highlight

+include(vcpkg_common_functions)

+```

+

+Now we download the project from Github with [`vcpkg_from_github`](../maintainers/vcpkg_from_github.md):

+

+```no-highlight

+vcpkg_from_github(

+    OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH

+    REPO xiph/ogg

+    REF v1.3.3

+    SHA512 0bd6095d647530d4cb1f509eb5e99965a25cc3dd9b8125b93abd6b248255c890cf20710154bdec40568478eb5c4cde724abfb2eff1f3a04e63acef0fbbc9799b

+    HEAD_REF master

+)

+```

+

+The important parts to update are `REPO` for the GitHub repository path, `REF` for a stable tag/commit to use, and `SHA512` with the checksum of the downloaded zipfile (you can get this easily by setting it to `1`, trying to install the package, and copying the checksum).

+

+Finally, we configure the project with CMake, install the package, and copy over the license file:

+

+```no-highlight

+vcpkg_configure_cmake(

+    SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}

+    PREFER_NINJA

+)

+vcpkg_install_cmake()

+file(INSTALL ${SOURCE_PATH}/COPYING DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/libogg RENAME copyright)

+```

+

+Check the documentation for [`vcpkg_configure_cmake`](../maintainers/vcpkg_configure_cmake.md) and [`vcpkg_install_cmake`](../maintainers/vcpkg_install_cmake.md) if your package needs additional options. 

+

+Now you can run `vcpkg install libogg` to build and install the package.

+

+### Suggested example portfiles

+In the `ports\` directory are many libraries that can be used as examples, including many that are not based on CMake.

+

+- Header only libraries

+    - rapidjson

+    - range-v3

+- MSBuild-based

+    - cppunit

+    - mpg123

+- Non-CMake, custom buildsystem

+    - openssl

+    - ffmpeg

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 - [Installing and Using Packages Example: sqlite](examples/installing-and-using-packages.md)
 - [Packaging Zipfiles Example: zlib](examples/packaging-zipfiles.md)
+- [Packaging GitHub Repositories Example: libogg](examples/packaging-github-repos.md)
 - [Patching Example: Patching libpng to work for x86-uwp](examples/patching.md)
 
 ### User Help