--- MITgcm_contrib/ecco_darwin/readme.txt	2019/04/30 00:36:06	1.1
+++ MITgcm_contrib/ecco_darwin/readme.txt	2019/05/03 16:38:21	1.2
@@ -13,3 +13,25 @@
 v5_llc270
 Inclusion of LOAC (Land-Ocean-Aquatic-Coastal) forcing and
 other improvements
+
+**Team Development Process**
+
+When updating ECCO-Darwin code/setup, or anything that may impact ECCO-Darwin: 
+
+1.) Check in readme.txt file(s) with updated instructions, along with any other input files that are needed.
+
+2.) Test updated ECCO-Darwin from scratch by checking out fresh MITgcm code, 
+and following the instructions line-by-line in the readme.txt file(s). 
+
+3.) Once test is successful, add a full description of changes to MITgcm_contrib/ecco_darwin/tag-index. 
+Include the date and list all specific changes.
+
+Example: 
+
+05/03/19
+- To make initialization and pickups more robust:
+  - remove pickupSuff from data
+  - remove PTRACERS_Iter0 and PTRACERS_initialFile from data.ptracers
+  - delete pickup_dic.0000000001.data so that it does not get used for
+    initialization because of above changes
+