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-## Git-repo for Windows and Linux ##
-
-This is a portable version (Windows 7+, Linux) of the [git-repo](http://source.android.com/source/version-control.html) tool.
-
-Git-repo was developed by Google for their Android platform in order to manage multiple Git repositories with a single tool.
-For example it is possible to view the changes of all configured git repositories with a single command: repo diff.
-
-Since the original git-repo tool is supposed to work only on Linux systems, therefore uses platform dependent features,
-Windows users have no viable solution for handling huge progjects which include many git repositories.
-
-The mainly used, platform dependet features are: symbolic links as well as the creation of new child processes with fork().
-
-
-### Requirements ###
-
-* [Python 3.3+](http://python.org/download/releases/3.3.0/)
-* [Git](http://git-scm.com/)
-* Windows 7+ or Linux
-
-### Setup ###
-
-#### Windows ####
-
-* Add to Windows environment variable PATH
-    * full additions (explained further on)
-        ;C:\Python33C;\Program Files (x86)\Git\cmd;C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin;%USERPROFILE%
-    * Python3.3
-    * Git cmd folder
-    * Git bin folder
-    * repo script default path
-
-* Download repo script
-
-    curl https://raw.github.com/esrlabs/git-repo/master/repo > %USERPROFILE%/repo
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-    curl https://raw.github.com/esrlabs/git-repo/master/repo > %USERPROFILE%/repo.cmd
-
-
-#### Linux ####
+## Repo for Microsoft Windows and Linux ##
+
+This is E.S.R.Labs Repo - just like Google Repo but this one also runs under Microsoft Windows.
+For more information, see [Version Control with Repo and Git](http://source.android.com/source/version-control.html).
+
+Repo is a repository management tool that Google built on top of Git. Repo unifies many Git repositories when necessary,
+does the uploads to a revision control system, and automates parts of the development workflow.
+Repo is not meant to replace Git, only to make it easier to work with Git in the context of multiple repositories.
+The repo command is an executable Python script that you can put anywhere in your path.
+In working with the source files, you will use Repo for across-network operations.
+For example, with a single Repo command you can download files from multiple repositories into your local working directory.
+
+### Setup steps for Microsoft Windows ###
+
+1. Download and install Git
+	* [Git](http://git-scm.com/downloads)
+	* Add Git to your path environment variable: C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\cmd;C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin;
+	
+2. Download and install Python
+	* [Python 3+](http://python.org/download/releases/3.3.0/)
+	* Add Python to your path environment variable: C:\Python33;
+
+3. Download and install Repo either using the Windows Command Shell or Git Bash
+	* #### Windows Command Shell ####
+	md %USERPROFILE%\bin
+    curl https://raw.github.com/esrlabs/git-repo/master/repo > %USERPROFILE%/bin/repo
+    curl https://raw.github.com/esrlabs/git-repo/master/repo.cmd > %USERPROFILE%/bin/repo.cmd
+	
+	* #### Git Bash ####
+	mkdir ~/bin
+    curl https://raw.github.com/esrlabs/git-repo/master/repo > ~/bin/repo
+    curl https://raw.github.com/esrlabs/git-repo/master/repo.cmd > ~/bin/repo.cmd
+	
+	* Add Repo to your path environment variable: %USERPROFILE%\bin;
+	
+#### Setup steps for Linux ####
 
 * Add to environment variable PATH
     * repo bin folder (separator is ':')
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-
 ### Usage ###
 
 For more detailed instructions regarding usage, visit [git-repo](http://source.android.com/source/version-control.html).
-Since this version does not break any features of the original repo, the following instructions are exactly the same
-found on the referenced Android [git-repo](http://source.android.com/source/version-control.html) tool page.
-
-* setup a git repository (url refered to as $MANIFEST), containing a manifest file similar to Androids [default.xml](https://android.googlesource.com/platform/manifest/+/master/default.xml)
-* Change to the root folder of your project
-* Initialize repo with the manifest url
-
-    repo init -u $MANIFEST
-
-* Sync to get all repositories
-
-    repo sync
-
-* do stuff in git repositories..
-* view diff, status, .. (in root folder)
-
-    repo status
-
-    repo diff