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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ familiar with [Repo](https://source.android.com/source/using-repo.html) and [Ver
 
 To initialize your local repository using the LineageOS trees, use a command like this:
 ```
-repo init -u git://github.com/LineageOS/android.git -b cm-14.1
+repo init -u https://github.com/LineageOS/android.git -b cm-14.1
 ```
 Then to sync up:
 ```