From 15d7c83c19ec8f20290df0541000cfc47e1bc77d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Steven G. Johnson" Date: Sat, 30 May 2026 09:14:58 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] suggest cloning with submodules in README.md --- README.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 2ab2c15b16b4f..254eb16d5d301 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -43,9 +43,11 @@ See [Code Structure on Wiki](https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/wiki/CodeStr If using git to download repo of entire code history, type: - git clone https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore.git + git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore.git cd MuseScore +(The `--recurse-submodules` ensures that the [`muse_framework`](https://github.com/musescore/muse_framework) git submodule is checked out into the `muse/` subdirectory.) + Otherwise, you can just download the latest source release tarball from the [Releases page](https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/releases), and then from your download directory type: tar xzf MuseScore-x.x.x.tar.gz