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   if they're not worth spinning off; the plugin guide shows how.
 
 **Q:** I want to hack two projects in parallel, but it's annoying to switch between them.  
-**A:** Use a feature called _checkout dependencies_. If you create
-  a directory called <tt>checkouts</tt> in your project root and
-  symlink some other projects into it, Leiningen will allow you to
-  hack on them in parallel. That means changes in the dependency will
-  be visible in the main project without having to go through the
-  whole install/switch-projects/deps/restart-swank cycle.
+
+**A:** Use a feature called _checkout dependencies_. If you create a
+  directory called <tt>checkouts</tt> in your project root and symlink
+  some other project roots into it, Leiningen will allow you to hack
+  on them in parallel. That means changes in the dependency will be
+  visible in the main project without having to go through the whole
+  install/switch-projects/deps/restart-swank cycle. Note that this is
+  not a replacement for listing the project in :dependencies; it
+  simply supplements that.
 
 **Q:** Is it possible to exclude indirect dependencies?  
 **A:** Yes. Some libraries, such as log4j, depend on projects that are