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authorLagoLunatic <LagoLunatic@users.noreply.github.com>2026-05-22 18:19:12 -0400
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Decmp guide: Explain making local copy in Ghidra
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* Port Number: 13100
* User ID: (the username that you chose earlier)
* Password: (the password that you chose earlier)
-* You should now be able to view the files in the Ghidra project. You should checkout the `main` file.
+* You should now be able to view the files in the Ghidra project. Checkout the `main` file.
+* Finally, you should make a local copy of the `main` file in Ghidra. Right click on `main`, select Copy, then right click again and select Paste.
+ * This is so that you will be able to save changes that you make while decompiling, as you don't have write access to change `main` itself.
+ * Additionally, Ghidra has a bug that causes the remote version of `main` to be extremely slow to use if you only have read access, so you should still make a local copy even if you don't intend to change anything. The first checkout of `main` will still be slow, but opening the local copy in the future should be fast.
Now you have Ghidra set up and ready to use.