From: "W. Trevor King" <[email protected]> Thanks to Chris White for explaining this to me. --- doc/HOWTO.txt | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/HOWTO.txt b/doc/HOWTO.txt index ea9c8f4..5717f80 100644 --- a/doc/HOWTO.txt +++ b/doc/HOWTO.txt @@ -202,3 +202,18 @@ and `dd`: replacing `X` with the appropriate drive letter for your USB disk. See https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=251719[bug 251719] for details. + +Running catalyst from a Git checkout +------------------------------------ + +If you're developing catalyst, you'll want to test your altered +version. An easy way to run it without reinstalling is to setup a +local configuration file and run: + + # ./catalyst -c catalyst.conf -f path/to/your.spec + +The local configuration file can use all the defaults except for +`sharedir`, which you should change to point to your development +directory: + + sharedir="/home/wking/src/catalyst" -- 1.8.1.336.g94702dd
