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+# Quantum optics and quantum information 2022
+
+This is the Git Repository to share the Jupyter Notebooks with the students.
+Its address is https://c4science.ch/source/quantum_optics2022.git .
+
+For any questions please contact your assistants.
+
+## How to download the repository
+
+To install git go to: https://git-scm.com/downloads
+
+Simple introduction to git: https://rogerdudler.github.io/git-guide/
+
+### Get repo for the first time
+
+Open the command line (cmd) or terminal in the folder you would like the repo to be and run:
+
+```bash
+git clone https://c4science.ch/source/quantum_optics2022.git
+```
+
+### Update repo to get next weeks exercise
+
+Open the command line (cmd) or terminal in the quantum_optics2022 folder (this one had been created by the clone before) and run:
+
+```bash
+git pull
+```
+
+This will make sure that you have the newest version of the repo in your computer.
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