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 # Open Source Setup
 
+The following steps show how to get set up with the new Cobalt repository
+format. Note that this was tested with git version 2.51, and some older
+versions of git are known not to work with gclient. We expected versions 2.25
+and greater to succeed, but recommend you use version 2.51 or later.
+
 ```
 # Install necessary packages
 sudo apt update && sudo apt install -qqy --no-install-recommends \