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 # Installing via GIT
+
+**Windows Users:**  Before installing via `git` on Windows, please read and follow the directions in
+[this link](https://arduino-pico.readthedocs.io/en/latest/platformio.html#important-steps-for-windows-users-before-installing).
+If Win32 long paths are not enabled, and `git` not configured to use them then there
+may be errors when attempting to clone the submodules.
+
 To install via GIT (for latest and greatest versions):
 ````
 mkdir -p ~/Arduino/hardware/pico
