@menu
+* Downloading the source code as an archive::
* Using lily-git::
* Starting with Git::
* Basic Git procedures::
@end menu
+@node Downloading the source code as an archive
+@section Downloading the source code as an archive
+
+
+An easy way to get the complete source code is to download it
+as a @qq{tarball} archive, that can be extracted on any operating
+system (Windows users may have to download and install the free-software
+@uref{http://www.7-zip.org, 7zip archiver} to extract it.
+
+Such a tarball is directly available on the LilyPond website: see
+@rweb{Source}. This source code matches the proposed binaries on
+the same page (i.e. the latest stable or development release).
+
+Another way to retrieve the latest LilyPond snapshot from its
+GNU Savannah Git server is to click on the following link:
+@uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=snapshot}.
+
+However, please note that this will not allow you to submit your
+modifications to the code in a proper way. Therefore the recommended
+way of getting the source code (alongside with its complete history log)
+is by using Git, as explained in this section.
+
+
@node Using lily-git
@section Using lily-git
# Changes to be committed:
# (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
#
-# modified: working.itexi
+# modified: working.itexi
#
@end example