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@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ First barebone project for Calypso based on Athena master. Only packages not inc
 The following sequence will allow you to compile Calypso 1.0.0 on any machine with cvmfs access.
 ```
 #clone the (forked) project to your local machine
-git clone https://:@gitlab.cern.ch:8443/$USERNAME/calypso.git 
+git clone --recursive https://:@gitlab.cern.ch:8443/$USERNAME/calypso.git 
 
-# You also need to add faser-common as a submodule
-cd calypso
-git submodule add https://:@gitlab.cern.ch:8443/faser/faser-common.git
-cd ..
+# You also need to update faser-common as a submodule
+cd calypso/faser-common
+git submodule update --init
+cd ../..
 
 #The next three lines are used to setup the ATLAS release environment
 export ATLAS_LOCAL_ROOT_BASE=/cvmfs/atlas.cern.ch/repo/ATLASLocalRootBase 
@@ -23,6 +23,3 @@ cd build
 cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../run ../calypso ; make ; make install
 
 It can be convenient to alias the "asetup --input=calypso/asetup.faser" to something like "fsetup"
-
-Note that in order for CI/CD to work properly on your gitlab fork of calypso, you will also need to fork the faser-common project.  To avoid having to keep this fork up to date, you can set it up to mirror from the master in gitlab.  Once you have forked the project in gitlab from https://gitlab.cern.ch/faser/faser-common, navigate to to Settings / Repository menu and select "Mirroring repositories" to set up a (Pull) mirror to keep this fork up to date.
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