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 To get a development setup you need to checkout this `ontology-pipeline-template` repository and create a second repository with an ontology using the copier template.
 To initialize your ontology repository with your build environment run.
 ```
-copier --vcs-ref HEAD path/to/template/repository path/to/ontology/repository
+copier copy --vcs-ref HEAD path/to/template/repository path/to/ontology/repository
 ```
 
 To simply switch your ontology repository to the latest development state of this repository run
 
 ```
-copier --vcs-ref main update
+copier copy --vcs-ref main update
 # or
-copier --vcs-ref HEAD update
+copier copy --vcs-ref HEAD update
 ```
 
 To switch the remote template repository check out [Trouble shooting](#trouble-shooting) > [Migrate from a different template remote](#migrate-from-a-different-template-remote).