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-## Adding a grammar
-
-To add a new grammar, first create a submodule in the repository root:
-
-```shell
-git submodule add https://github.com/{{owner}}/tree-sitter-{{language}}.git tree-sitter-{{language}}
-```
-
-Once finished, check out the release whose version is **less than or equal** to the current `tree-sitter` release:
-```shell
-(cd tree-sitter-{{language}} && git checkout {{version}})
-```
-
 ## Example usage
 
 First, load the shared object somewhere in your application: