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 Checkout HPVM:
 ```shell
 git clone https://gitlab.engr.illinois.edu/llvm/hpvm.git
-git checkout hpvm-reorg-9 (this step may not be needed once code is mirrored on Github)
+git checkout hpvm-release
 ```
 
 HPVM installer script can be used to download, configure and build HPVM along with LLVM and other subprojects including Clang.