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diff --git a/README-GIT b/README-GIT
index 0bd7de9..efa6a36 100644
--- a/README-GIT
+++ b/README-GIT
@@ -9,3 +9,9 @@ git clone --recursive https://git.build2.org/build2.git
 Alternatively, if you have already cloned without --recursive, run:
 
 git submodule update --init
+
+The checked out libbuild2/version.hxx and libbuild2/config.hxx will be
+overwritten during the build process but these changes should be ignored. To
+do this automatically, run:
+
+git update-index --assume-unchanged libbuild2/version.hxx libbuild2/config.hxx