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Revise getting started guide for React Native Windows
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Fix CLI version tag in getting-started.md
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Fix CLI version command in getting-started.md
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions docs/getting-started.md
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Expand Up @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Call the following from the place where you want your project directory to live:
<!-- Note, make sure both `@react-native-community/cli@ABC` and `--version XYZ` are pointing to the correct NPM tags in the command below. -->

<!-- 1. For the next version (i.e. in docs/getting-started.md) use `next` for the CLI and `nightly` for the RN version -->
<!-- 2. For stable versions in versioned_docs use `latest` for the CLI and the semantic version, i.e. `^0.73.0` for the RN version -->
<!-- 2. For stable versions in versioned_docs use `latest` for the CLI and the semantic version, i.e. `0.73.0` for the RN version -->

<!-- See https://www.npmjs.com/package/@react-native-community/cli?activeTab=versions for the CLI version tags. -->
<!-- See https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native?activeTab=versions for the RN version tags. -->
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<!-- Note, make sure `version` is pointing to the correct react-native-windows NPM tag in the command below. -->

<!-- 1. For the next version (i.e. in docs/getting-started.md) use `canary` -->
<!-- 2. For other versions in versioned_docs use the version in the format `^0.XY.0` -->
<!-- 2. For other versions in versioned_docs use the version in the format `0.XY.0` -->

Next you'll want to add `react-native-windows` as a dependency:

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion website/versioned_docs/version-0.77/getting-started.md
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Expand Up @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Remember to call `@react-native-community/cli init` from the place you want your
<!-- See https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native?activeTab=versions for the RN version tags. -->

```bat
npx --yes @react-native-community/cli@latest init <projectName> --version ^0.77.0
npx --yes @react-native-community/cli@latest init <projectName> --version 0.77.0
```

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Expand Up @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Remember to call `@react-native-community/cli init` from the place you want your
<!-- See https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native?activeTab=versions for the RN version tags. -->

```bat
npx --yes @react-native-community/cli@latest init <projectName> --version ^0.78.0
npx --yes @react-native-community/cli@latest init <projectName> --version 0.78.0
```

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion website/versioned_docs/version-0.79/getting-started.md
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Expand Up @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Call the following from the place where you want your project directory to live:
<!-- See https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native?activeTab=versions for the RN version tags. -->

```bat
npx --yes @react-native-community/cli@latest init <projectName> --version ^0.79.0
npx --yes @react-native-community/cli@latest init <projectName> --version 0.79.0
```

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion website/versioned_docs/version-0.82/getting-started.md
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Expand Up @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Call the following from the place where you want your project directory to live:
<!-- See https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native?activeTab=versions for the RN version tags. -->

```bat
npx --yes @react-native-community/cli@latest init <projectName> --version "^0.82.0"
npx --yes @react-native-community/cli@latest init <projectName> --version 0.82.0
```

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