diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e6872c4a7..0e41f952e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ New users may wish to do the following setup to access the server via a GUI and
 		Terminal on Mac, cmd on Windows, xterm on Linux
 		See A.1 about ssh -Y login from a terminal
 	Git started with Git configuration and authentication: B.1
+		$ git config --global user.name ″Ben Bitdiddle″
+		$ git config --global user.email ″ben_bitdiddle@wally.edu″
+		$ git config --global pull.rebase false
 
 Then follow Section 2.2 to clone the repo, source setup,  make the tests and run regression