From 29b93b8558f93caeb81049800cd3747a93ad7f5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ialokim <ialokim@mailbox.org>
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2021 11:17:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add instructions to download source code with git submodules

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 README.md | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6cb277902a..0d4d2c4164 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,6 +34,21 @@ java -jar briar-desktop.jar
 
 ## Developers
 
+### Download Source Code
+
+Briar dependencies are included as [Git Submodules](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Submodules).
+To be able to build Briar Desktop, download the source code and the submodules using
+
+```shell
+git clone --recursive-submodules git@code.briarproject.org:briar/briar-desktop.git
+```
+
+or
+
+```shell
+git clone --recursive-submodules https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-desktop.git
+```
+
 ### Intellij IDEA
 
 The easiest and most convenient way to build Briar Desktop is by using
-- 
GitLab