diff --git a/handbook/computing/qstart-git.html b/handbook/computing/qstart-git.html
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--- a/handbook/computing/qstart-git.html
+++ b/handbook/computing/qstart-git.html
@@ -28,15 +28,15 @@
   <tt>git clone ssh://expo@expo.survex.com/~/loser</tt> (read/write)<br> 
     or equivalently
   <tt>git clone ssh://expo@expo.survex.com/home/expo/loser</tt><br>
-  or more compactly
+  or more compactly (though this syntax doesn't work formany installations):
   <tt>git clone expo@expo.survex.com:loser</tt> the : is shorthand for relative to the home directory of the logged-in user, which is 'expo'.<br> 
 </dd>
 
-  <dt>drawings</dt><dd>These are the therion and tunnel cave vector drawing files. You need this if you are 'tunneling' a lot of cave surveys.<tt>git clone ssh://expo@expo.survex.com:drawings</tt> (read/write)</dd>
+  <dt>drawings</dt><dd>These are the therion and tunnel cave vector drawing files. You need this if you are 'tunneling' a lot of cave surveys.<tt>git clone ssh://expo@expo.survex.com/~/drawings</tt> (read/write)</dd>
 
-  <dt>expoweb</dt><dd>These are all webpages, mostly the expo handbook. You need this only if you are editing a lot of handbook pages.<tt>git clone ssh://expo@expo.survex.com:expoweb</tt> (read/write)</dd>
+  <dt>expoweb</dt><dd>These are all webpages, mostly the expo handbook. You need this only if you are editing a lot of handbook pages.<tt>git clone ssh://expo@expo.survex.com/~/expoweb</tt> (read/write)</dd>
 
-  <dt>troggle</dt><dd>This is the python code that runs troggle and generates 2,000 webpages of reports and tables. This is what you need for software development.<tt>git clone ssh://expo@expo.survex.com:troggle</tt> (read/write)</dd>
+  <dt>troggle</dt><dd>This is the python code that runs troggle and generates 2,000 webpages of reports and tables. This is what you need for software development.<tt>git clone ssh://expo@expo.survex.com/~/troggle</tt> (read/write)</dd>
 </dl>
 
 <h3>git use on your machine</h3>