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How to use git with Macaulay2

To get the source code of Macaulay2, one "clones" our git repository with one of the following shell commands:

• git clone [email protected]:Macaulay2/M2
• git clone https://github.com/Macaulay2/M2

The source code will appear in a directory called M2; enter it with cd M2. There you can find the following items of interest:

• Instructions for building Macaulay2: M2/INSTALL
• Source code for the package Foo: the file M2/Macaulay2/packages/Foo.m2 and possibly the directory M2/Macaulay2/packages/Foo/ and its contents.