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@@ -29,15 +29,21 @@ The *--recursive* flag tells git to initialize all submodules within the
 repository. **DRAMPower** [2] and **tinyxml** are examples third party
 repositories that were embedded within the source tree as submodules.
 
-It is possible to work with a copy of the official codebase. The copy is
-called **fork**. In that case, after pushing changes into your fork you should
-create a **pull request** in order to your supervisor check and possibly bring
-your changes to the official codebase.
+It is possible to work with a **fork** of the official codebase. In that case,
+after pushing changes into your fork you should create a **pull request** in
+order to get your changes merged into to the official codebase.
 
 ``` bash
 $ git clone --recursive https://<user>@git.rhrk.uni-kl.de/<user>/dram.vp.system.git
 ```
 
+Also, the official repository must be added as a remote for your fork.
+
+``` bash
+$ git remote add upstream https://<user>@git.rhrk.uni-kl.de/EIT-Wehn/dram.vp.system.git
+$ git remote -v
+```
+
 After a pull request being accepted and merged into the official repository
 you should get your fork updated.