Add info about reloading buttons and packages (#8404)

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Isabella Gross Alström 2019-02-10 15:01:25 +01:00 committed by Fabian Affolter
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Packages in Home Assistant provide a way to bundle different component's configuration together. We already learned about the two configuration styles (specifying platforms entries together or individually) on the [adding devices](/docs/configuration/devices/) page. Both of these configuration methods require you to create the component key in the main `configuration.yaml` file. With packages we have a way to include different components, or different configuration parts using any of the `!include` directives introduced in [splitting the configuration](/docs/configuration/splitting_configuration).
<p class='note tip'>
Note that if you use packages for your configuration, the configuration reloading buttons in the configuration panel will not reload your packages.
</p>
Packages are configured under the core `homeassistant/packages` in the configuration and take the format of a package name (no spaces, all lower case) followed by a dictionary with the package config. For example, package `pack_1` would be created as:
```yaml