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diff --git a/README-hacking b/README-hacking index 6afc1afd7..fecbf9eae 100644 --- a/README-hacking +++ b/README-hacking @@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ You can get a copy of the source repository like this: $ git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/coreutils $ cd coreutils +As an optional step, if you already have a copy of the gnulib git +repository on your hard drive, then you can use it as a reference to +reduce download time and disk space requirements: + + $ export GNULIB_SRCDIR=/path/to/gnulib + The next step is to get and check other files needed to build, which are extracted from other source packages: |