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 **www.openbiometrics.org**
 
+Identify the latest [tagged release](https://github.com/biometrics/openbr/releases).
+
     $ git clone https://github.com/biometrics/openbr.git
     $ cd openbr
+    $ git checkout <tag>
     $ git submodule init
     $ git submodule update
     
-To optionally check out a particular [tagged release](https://github.com/biometrics/openbr/releases):
-
-    $ git checkout <tag>
-    $ git submodule update
-
 **[Build Instructions](http://openbiometrics.org/doxygen/latest/installation.html)**