From 865bf011093341382a2c70f5530e9f7ef58b2d5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elena Felder <41136058+elefeint@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 23:47:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: update link and directory (#1012)
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# Getting Started with Cloud Spanner and the Google Cloud Client libraries
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[Cloud Spanner][Spanner] is a horizontally-scalable database-as-a-service
@@ -13,15 +13,15 @@ the [Google Cloud Client Library for Java][java-spanner].
## Quickstart
-Every command here should be run from the root directory of your project (`java-spanner`).
-
Install [Maven](http://maven.apache.org/).
-Build your project with:
+Build your project from the root directory (`java-spanner`):
mvn clean package -DskipTests -DskipUTs -Penable-samples
-You can then run a given `ClassName` via:
+Every subsequent command here should be run from a subdirectory (`cd samples/snippets`).
+
+You can run a given `ClassName` via:
mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass=com.example.spanner.ClassName \
-DpropertyName=propertyValue \