From eae238417862b4797e36fbff928d906bb9242261 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Francisco Giordano Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2022 06:09:07 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Add git paragraph to installation section (#3197) --- README.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d8537d27837..40ae3f98ac8 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ $ npm install @openzeppelin/contracts OpenZeppelin Contracts features a [stable API](https://docs.openzeppelin.com/contracts/releases-stability#api-stability), which means your contracts won't break unexpectedly when upgrading to a newer minor version. +An alternative to npm is to use the GitHub repository `openzeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts` to retrieve the contracts. When doing this, make sure to specify the tag for a release such as `v4.5.0`, instead of using the `master` branch. + ### Usage Once installed, you can use the contracts in the library by importing them: