[GitHub] [skywalking] wu-sheng commented on a change in pull request #4333: Make an alternative method while cloning

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wu-sheng commented on a change in pull request #4333:  Make an alternative method while cloning
URL: https://github.com/apache/skywalking/pull/4333#discussion_r376769377
 
 

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 File path: docs/en/guides/How-to-build.md
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 @@ -17,11 +17,19 @@ If you need to execute build behind the proxy, edit the *.mvn/jvm.config* and pu
 
 ### Build from GitHub
 1. Prepare git, JDK8 and maven3
-1. `git clone https://github.com/apache/skywalking.git`
-1. `cd skywalking/`
+1. Clone project
+    ```bash
+    git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/apache/skywalking.git
+    cd skywalking/
+    
+    OR
+    
+    git clone https://github.com/apache/skywalking.git
+    cd skywalking/
+    git submodule init
+    git submodule update
 
 Review comment:
   Your step is not right, because branch change could relate to submodule change.

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