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@@ -26,11 +26,16 @@ That downloads the entire repository, including revision control history
dating back to 1991. The repository (the part you download, and which
resides in coreutils/.git) currently weighs in at about 30MB. So you
don't want to download it more often than necessary. Once downloaded,
-you can get incremental updates by running this command from inside
-your new coreutils/ directory:
+you can get incremental updates by running one of these commands from
+inside your new coreutils/ directory:
+If you have made *no* changes:
git pull
+If you *have* made changes and committed them to "master", do this:
+ git fetch
+ git rebase origin
+
*Before* you commit changes
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