From d6463843f5d2f7374bcc3c4ca97b2e8ca9d1e33f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marcos Zuzuarregui <Marcos.Zuzuarregui@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 15:41:54 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md

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 README.md | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@
 <!-- [![arXiv](https://img.shields.io/badge/arXiv-2409.04653-b31b1b.svg)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.04653) -->
 
 ## How to Start
-Make sure you initialize the repo with the repo pre-commits:
-```bash
-make repo-init
-```
-
 After, build your container:
 ```bash
 make build-image
@@ -36,6 +31,18 @@ Next, standup the VNC container to forward X11 to your web browser. You can see
 make vnc
 ```
 
+### Development
+If you plan on contributing, make sure you bash into the container and then initialize the git precommit checks:
+To start the Docker environment:
+```bash
+make bash
+```
+
+Once inside, make sure you initialize the repo with the repo pre-commits:
+```bash
+make repo-init
+```
+
 ### Simulation
 To start the Docker environment:
 ```bash
@@ -58,6 +65,8 @@ Example:
 make config-target-network KINOVA_NIC=<your_nic_name>
 ```
 
+NOTE: this must be done outside the container to take effect on the host machine.
+
 To start the Docker environment:
 ```bash
 make bash