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## Get the code
+The name of the top-level directory does not matter. In our examples, we use
+"repo". This directory must not have been used before by `gclient config` as
+each directory can only house a single gclient configuration.
+
```
-mkdir pdfium
-cd pdfium
-gclient config --name . --unmanaged https://pdfium.googlesource.com/pdfium.git
+mkdir repo
+cd repo
+gclient config --unmanaged https://pdfium.googlesource.com/pdfium.git
gclient sync
+cd pdfium
```
## Generate the build files