From 5c91af8b525692fcff98d80838cbf781dd203523 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cellar geek <decanter.vanilla050@passmail.net>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2025 16:15:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] development.md: suggest forking to match contributing.md best
 practice

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 DEVELOPMENT.md | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/DEVELOPMENT.md b/DEVELOPMENT.md
index 7adf77ad..e18104a0 100644
--- a/DEVELOPMENT.md
+++ b/DEVELOPMENT.md
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ This guide covers setting up environments for core, Flutter/Dart, and Python dev
 
 ## Obtaining the source code
 
+1. Start by [forking] the project
+1. Clone your fork
 ```shell
-git clone https://gitlab.com/veilid/veilid.git
+git clone https://gitlab.com/[USERNAME]/veilid.git
 ```
 
 ## Dependencies
@@ -266,3 +268,5 @@ For each language, perform the listed steps and commit changed files.
 ### WASM
 
 1. Update sources in `veilid-wasm/src`
+
+[forking]:https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/repository/forking_workflow.html