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 Customization
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-The project is managed via [Git][3]. It is highly recommend that you commit
-your changes and push them to [GitHub][4] to not lose them. If you do not know
-how to use Git, follow this [tutorial][5] and bookmark this [reference][6].
+The project is managed via [Git][3]. It is highly recommend that you fork this 
+project so that you can commit your changes and push them to [GitHub][4] to not
+lose them. If you do not know how to use Git, follow this [tutorial][5] and 
+bookmark this [reference][6].
 
 Resources
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