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dev-manual: Updates to "Cloning and Checking Out Branches"

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Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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<title>Cloning and Checking Out Branches</title>
<para>
To use the Yocto Project, you need a release of the Yocto Project
locally installed on your development system.
The locally installed set of files is referred to as the
To use the Yocto Project for development, you need a release locally
installed on your development system.
This locally installed set of files is referred to as the
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink>
in the Yocto Project documentation.
</para>
<para>
You create your Source Directory by using
The preferred method of creating your Source Directory is by using
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_OM_URL;#git'>Git</ulink> to clone a local
copy of the upstream <filename>poky</filename> repository.
<note><title>Tip</title>
The preferred method of getting the Yocto Project Source
Directory set up is to clone the repository.
</note>
Working from a copy of the upstream repository allows you
to contribute back into the Yocto Project or simply work with
Working from a cloned copy of the upstream repository allows you
to contribute back into the Yocto Project or to simply work with
the latest software on a development branch.
Because Git maintains and creates an upstream repository with
a complete history of changes and you are working with a local