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@@ -67,6 +67,23 @@ aspects of contributing to PyTorch.
 
 Follow the instructions for [installing PyTorch from source](https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch#from-source). If you get stuck when developing PyTorch on your machine, check out the [tips and debugging](#tips-and-debugging) section below for common solutions.
 
+### Setup the development environment
+
+First, you need to [fork the PyTorch project on GitHub](https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/fork) and follow the instructions at [Connecting to GitHub with SSH](https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh) to setup your SSH authentication credentials.
+
+Then clone the PyTorch project and setup the development environment:
+
+```bash
+git clone git@github.com:<USERNAME>/pytorch.git
+cd pytorch
+git remote add upstream git@github.com:pytorch/pytorch.git
+
+make setup-env
+# Or run `make setup-env-cuda` for pre-built CUDA binaries
+# Or run `make setup-env-rocm` for pre-built ROCm binaries
+source venv/bin/activate  # or `. .\venv\Scripts\activate` on Windows
+```
+
 ### Tips and Debugging
 
 * If you want to have no-op incremental rebuilds (which are fast), see [Make no-op build fast](#make-no-op-build-fast) below.