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Expand Up @@ -47,7 +47,13 @@ Ensure your container environment is running before using these commands.

#### To start the development environment for the first time

Clone the current repository using `git clone https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop.git`. Then in your terminal move to the repository folder `cd wordpress-develop` and run the following commands:
Go to https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop and fork the repository to your own GitHub account.

Then clone the forked repository to your computer using `git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/wordpress-develop.git`. Add the origin repo as an `upstream` remote via `git remote add upstream https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop.git`; then you can keep your branches up to date via `git pull --ff upstream/trunk`, for example.

Alternatively, if you have the [GitHub CLI](https://cli.github.com/) installed, you can just run `gh repo fork WordPress/wordpress-develop --clone --remote`. This will automatically add an `upstream` remote as well.

Then in your terminal move to the repository folder `cd wordpress-develop` and run the following commands:

```
npm install
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