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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ To get started with Android/LineageOS, you'll need to get familiar with [Source
 
 To initialize your local repository using the LineageOS trees, use a command like this:
 ```
-repo init -u git://github.com/LineageOS/android.git -b lineage-19.0
+repo init -u https://github.com/LineageOS/android.git -b lineage-19.0
 ```
 Then to sync up:
 ```