Add paragraph to CONTRIBUTING to explain how to run the client from git

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Mathieu Comandon 2018-10-18 19:12:21 -07:00
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@ -34,6 +34,25 @@ help](https://github.com/lutris/lutris/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22
might be a bit more technical to resolve but you can always have a look and see
if they fit your area of expertise.
Running Lutris from Git
-----------------------
Running Lutris from a local git repository is easy, it only requires cloning
the repository and executing Lutris from there.
git clone https://github.com/lutris/lutris
cd lutris
./bin/lutris -d
Make sure you have all necessary dependencies installed. It is recommended that
you keep a stable copy of the client installed with your package manager to
ensure that all dependencies are available.
If you are working on a branch implementing new features, such as the `next`
branch, it might introduce new dependencies. Check in the package configuration
files for new dependencies, for example Debian based distros will have their
dependencies listed in `debian/control` and in `lutris.spec` for RPM based
ones.
Formatting your code
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