diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c41cc9e35e38efc7d080637859e6c72940b374a2..aa28f31a2eaacfaceca21c7b173d98b5dce00c5a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
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-/target
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+/target
+/source
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..16f68583706091e37220afb1405f017ab1842e1a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+
+
+
+```bash
+mkdir source
+cd source
+wget -O geonetwork-3.8.3-0.war https://sourceforge.net/projects/geonetwork/files/GeoNetwork_opensource/v3.8.3/geonetwork.war/download
+cd ..
+```
+
+
+# install geosource war in local maven repository
+#./mvnw install:install-file -DgroupId=org.geonetwork-opensource -DartifactId=geosource -Dversion=3.0.1-0 -Dpackaging=war -Dfile=./source/geosource-3.0.1-0.war
+
+./mvnw install:install-file -DgroupId=org.geonetwork-opensource -DartifactId=geonetwork -Dversion=3.8.3-0 -Dpackaging=war -Dfile=./source/geonetwork-3.8.3-0.war && ./mvnw clean package
+
+# build war overlay
+./mvnw clean package
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diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
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--- a/README.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# install geosource war in local maven repository
-#./mvnw install:install-file -DgroupId=org.geonetwork-opensource -DartifactId=geosource -Dversion=3.0.1-0 -Dpackaging=war -Dfile=./source/geosource-3.0.1-0.war
-./mvnw install:install-file -DgroupId=org.geonetwork-opensource -DartifactId=geonetwork -Dversion=3.2.0-0 -Dpackaging=war -Dfile=./source/geonetwork-3.2.0-0.war
-
-# build war overlay
-./mvnw clean package
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