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 ### Initialize submodules
 After cloning or forking you will need to initialize and update the submodules using these commands in you qgroundcontrol source directory:
 
+```
 git submodule init
 git submodule update
+```
 
 Each time you pull new source to your repository you should re-run "git submodule update" to get the latest submodules as well.