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| author | Niko Matsakis <niko@alum.mit.edu> | 2017-09-21 13:46:52 -0400 |
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| committer | Niko Matsakis <niko@alum.mit.edu> | 2017-10-16 17:32:22 -0400 |
| commit | 09caa12a51cb61a9841ac072103b6300aa5fb1fd (patch) | |
| tree | 304801529cdf828b2701472917abef5fc18d3a9f | |
| parent | 47449ea513955f278e8838a132a0c71655c54abf (diff) | |
| download | rust-09caa12a51cb61a9841ac072103b6300aa5fb1fd.tar.gz rust-09caa12a51cb61a9841ac072103b6300aa5fb1fd.zip | |
add some tips to CONTRIBUTING.md to help with debugging this problem
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index a86742d7bd4..d67a74f681e 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -360,8 +360,10 @@ git add path/to/submodule outside the submodule. -It can also be more convenient during development to set `submodules = false` -in the `config.toml` to prevent `x.py` from resetting to the original branch. +In order to prepare your PR, you can run the build locally by doing +`./x.py build src/tools/TOOL`. If you will be editing the sources +there, you may wish to set `submodules = false` in the `config.toml` +to prevent `x.py` from resetting to the original branch. ## Writing Documentation [writing-documentation]: #writing-documentation |