From 67cbec4fbaf1134793adff027932389a428622c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: stertooy <5571903+stertooy@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 09:48:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Document that automake is installed by default, add example
 to README

---
 README.md | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index be2ea7d..f8acba5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ All of the following inputs are optional.
 
 - `pkgs-to-install`:
     - Comma-separated list containing the Cygwin packages needed to install GAP
-    - default: `'wget,git,gcc-g++,gcc-core,libgmp-devel,make,libtool,autoconf,zlib-devel,libreadline-devel,xdg-utils'`
+    - default: `'wget,git,gcc-g++,gcc-core,libgmp-devel,make,libtool,autoconf,zlib-devel,libreadline-devel,xdg-utils,automake'`
 - `extra-pkgs-to-install`:
     - Comma-separated list containing the extra Cygwin packages needed to install additional packages
     - default: `''`
@@ -31,6 +31,29 @@ issue and possibly revert to v1).
 Moreover the `EXTRA_PKGS_TO_INSTALL` input was renamed to `extra-pkgs-to-install`,
 and `PKGS_TO_INSTALL` was renamed to `pkgs-to-install`.
 
+### Examples
+
+The following is a minimal example to run this action.
+
+```yaml
+name: CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  # The CI test job
+  test:
+    name: CI test
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: gap-actions/setup-cygwin@v2
+      # ... additional steps using GAP will usually follow here
+```
+
 ## Contact
 Please submit bug reports, suggestions for improvements and patches via
 the [issue tracker](https://github.com/gap-actions/setup-cygwin/issues).