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@@ -38,11 +38,20 @@ and is not part of a release distribution.
 3. Bootstrapping
 ================
 
-* Before you can build from CVS, you need to bootstrap.  This requires a
+* The master M4 repository is stored in git.  
+
+* Before you can build from git, you need to bootstrap.  This requires a
   pre-installed version of GNU M4 built from a package, Autoconf 2.60 or
-  later, Automake 1.9.6 or later, and a CVS checkout of gnulib.  Gnulib
-  can be obtained by:
-    cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sv.gnu.org:/sources/gnulib co gnulib
+  later, Automake 1.9.6 or later, and a git checkout of gnulib.  A
+  read-only copy of gnulib can be obtained by:
+    git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/gnulib.git
+  or
+    cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@pserver.git.sv.gnu.org:/srv/git/gnulib.git \
+      co -d gnulib HEAD
+
+  If you are a member of the savannah group for gnulib, a read-write
+  copy can be obtained by:
+    git clone <savannah-user>@git.sv.gnu.org:/srv/git/gnulib.git
 
 * Either add the gnulib directory to your PATH, or run
     GNULIB_TOOL=path/to/gnulib/gnulib-tool ./bootstrap