From 0573001758a9485d413fefb563c97bc5e4f49d7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marco De Lucia <delucia@gfz-potsdam.de>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 11:45:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md

---
 README.md | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 598117675..16efc5895 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,6 +53,19 @@ $ R
 > q(save="no")
 ```
 
+### Clone the repository
+
+POET can be anonimously cloned from this repo over https. Make sure to 
+also download the submodules:
+
+```sh
+git clone --recurse-submodules https://git.gfz-potsdam.de/naaice/poet.git
+```
+The `--recurse-submodules` option is a shorthand for:
+```sh
+cd poet
+git submodule init && git submodule update
+```
 
 ### Compiling source code