diff --git a/instructions.tex b/instructions.tex
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+++ b/instructions.tex
@@ -13,6 +13,16 @@
 \newcommand{\TIheadofgrad}{TBA}
 \newcommand{\TItvdadmin}{Sigrún Þorgeirsdóttir~\formatemail{sigrunth}}
 
+%% setup development environment
+%% Warning:  overleaf only accepts branch Master
+% 1. git clone <overleaf repo>
+% 2. git remote add gitea <gitea repo>
+% 3. git checkout -b gitea --track gitea/master
+% 4. <DO SOME WORK>
+% 5. <COMMIT AND PUSH TO GITEA>
+% 6. git checkout master
+% 7. git merge gitea
+
 % \begin{document} % this tells the compiler that it is time to make
 %                  % text to print instead of just getting ready.
 % \maketitle{}  % make a title page from the Title, Date, and Author