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Help-using-gitlab.md

 
+You can edit markdown files from the Gitlab web site. From the Gitlab home page, click a project on the right
+side. On the project home page, click "Files" in the left navigation bar. Click a .md file. Click the "Edit"
+button on the right side. Update the text and when finished, enter a commit message below, and click the
+"Commit Changes" button.
+
 #### Markdown, local complete reference
 http://gitlab.iath.virginia.edu/help/markdown/markdown.md
 
@@ -11,6 +16,21 @@ https://help.github.com/articles/github-flavored-markdown/
 #### Standard markdown notes:
 https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet
 
+
+It is a more efficient work flow to work on files locally on your own computer, and use git tools to push the
+modified files back to the Gitlab repository. 
+
+Important: the URL to "clone" a repository can be found on each project's main page. It will be an ssh URL beginning with "git..." or an HTTP URL beginning with "http..."
+
+git@gitlab.iath.virginia.edu:snac/Documentation.git
+
+http://gitlab.iath.virginia.edu/snac/Documentation.git
+
+Do this: Go to the Gitlab home by clicking the logo (some kind of animal) in the upper left corner. On the
+home page click "snac / Documentation". Notice the two buttons at the top center of the page "SSH" and
+"HTTP". Click each to change the URL. That URL is what you clone, whether using command line git tools, or a
+graphical git client application.
+
 #### SourceTree, Windows and Mac graphical client application for git repositories, including Gitlab and Github.
 https://www.sourcetreeapp.com/