From bb07d8d7f71f3ec75e4d46118576febfc5c7cef0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: anonimal <anonimal@i2pmail.org>
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2018 17:02:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] README: add instructions for cloning / submodules

---
 README.md | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 114afcd4e..371dd6892 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -187,6 +187,16 @@ library archives (`.a`).
 [^] On Debian/Ubuntu `libgtest-dev` only includes sources and headers. You must
 build the library binary manually. This can be done with the following command ```sudo apt-get install libgtest-dev && cd /usr/src/gtest && sudo cmake . && sudo make && sudo mv libg* /usr/lib/ ```
 
+### Cloning the repository
+
+Clone recursively to pull-in needed submodule(s):
+
+`$ git clone --recursive https://github.com/monero-project/monero`
+
+If you already have a repo cloned, initialize and update:
+
+`$ cd monero && git submodule init && git submodule update`
+
 ### Build instructions
 
 Monero uses the CMake build system and a top-level [Makefile](Makefile) that