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 ## Setup
 
-Just run `make setup` to install laravel octane with FrankenPHP since
-this is what the `laravel-base` image expects from your app.
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+Once you started your laravel project **and** initialized it as a git repo:
+
+1. `git remote add origin git@gitgud.foo:thegrind/laravel-dockerized.git`
+2. `git pull -u origin main`
+3. Run `make setup` to install laravel octane with FrankenPHP since this is what the `laravel-base` image expects from your app.
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