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Expand Up @@ -268,8 +268,15 @@ update that will be significantly faster but will require a bit more work. Make
sure you follow these steps in the exact order they are listed below:

1. **Update the code.**
* Go to the directory with the cloned AlphaFold repository and run `git
fetch origin main` to get all code updates.
* Go to the directory with the cloned AlphaFold repository and run:

```bash
git checkout main
git pull --ff-only origin main
```

This updates the local checkout to the latest `main` branch without
creating a merge commit.
1. **Update the UniProt, UniRef, MGnify and PDB seqres databases.**
* Remove `<DOWNLOAD_DIR>/uniprot`.
* Run `scripts/download_uniprot.sh <DOWNLOAD_DIR>`.
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