clarify how to build from git

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,11 +9,20 @@ home page: http://ab-initio.mit.edu/nlopt
 It is compiled and installed with the standard GNU autoconf/automake
 commands:
 
 It is compiled and installed with the standard GNU autoconf/automake
 commands:
 

-       ./configure
-       make
-       make install
+    ./configure
+    make
+    make install

 
 

-(See `./configure --help` or the `INSTALL` file for other options.)
+See `./configure --help` or the `INSTALL` file for other options.  To
+build the latest development sources:
+
+    git clone git://github.com/stevengj/nlopt
+    cd nlopt
+    sh autogen.sh
+    make
+
+(To build from git, you will need GNU autoconf, automake, and libtool
+installed, along with SWIG and Unix tools such as m4, perl, and sed.)

 
 Once it is installed, `#include <nlopt.h>` in your C/C++ programs and
 link it with `-lnlopt -lm`.  You may need to use the C++ compiler to link
 
 Once it is installed, `#include <nlopt.h>` in your C/C++ programs and
 link it with `-lnlopt -lm`.  You may need to use the C++ compiler to link


@@ -22,7 +31,8 @@ even though it has a C API).
 
 The minimization function, `nlopt_minimize`, is described in the [man
 page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_page) (`api/nlopt_minimize.3`,
 
 The minimization function, `nlopt_minimize`, is described in the [man
 page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_page) (`api/nlopt_minimize.3`,

-which is installed by `make install`.
+which is installed by `make install`.  See also the manual on our
+web page.

 
 There are also interfaces for Fortran, Python, Matlab, Octave, OCaml,
 GNU Guile, GNU R, Lua, and Julia.  Interfaces for other languages may
 
 There are also interfaces for Fortran, Python, Matlab, Octave, OCaml,
 GNU Guile, GNU R, Lua, and Julia.  Interfaces for other languages may