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@ -10,21 +10,22 @@ pre-requisite, Pandoc to build the html documentation from the markdown files.
Windows pre-requisites: Visual Studio and git-bash
To obtain the source code from which the project can be built, including
this README, from the bash command line (git-bash in windows).
To obtain the source code from which the project can be built,
including this README, from the bash command line (git-bash in windows).
```bash2
git clone --recurse-submodules missing url
```
To configure and build the required third party libraries in windows, then
build the program and run unit test for the first time, launch the Visual
Studio X64 native tools command prompt in the cloned directory, then:
To configure and build the required third party libraries in windows,
then build the program and run unit test for the first time, execute
```bat
winConfigure.bat
.\winConfigure.bat
```
from the windows power shell or command window.
Should the libraries change in a subsequent `pull ` you will need
```bat
@ -48,14 +49,16 @@ takes a while. Normally when you make changes to the source code you
should rebuild just the program, using `wallet.sln` on windows.
To rebuild the documents after editing them, `docs/mkdocs.sh`
winConfigure.bat also configures the repository you just created to use
`winConfigure.bat` also configures the repository you just created to use `.gitconfig` in the repository, causing git to to implement GPG signed commits -- because [cryptographic software is under attack] from NSA entryists and shills, who seek to introduce backdoors.
winConfigure.bat also configures the repository you just created to
to use `.gitconfig` in the repository, causing git to to implement
GPG signed commits -- because [cryptographic software is under attack]
from NSA entryists and shills, who seek to introduce backdoors.
This may be inconvenient if you do not have `gpg` installed and set up.
`.gitconfig` adds several git aliases:
1. `git lg` to display the gpg trust information for the last four commits.
1. `git lg` to display the gpg trust information for the last few commits.
For this to be useful you need to import the repository public key
`public_key.gpg` into gpg, and locally sign that key.
1. `git graph` to graph the commit tree with signing status
@ -93,5 +96,5 @@ files, execute the bash script file `docs/mkdocs.sh`, in an environment where
has been installed, you should be able to run this shell
file in bash by double clicking on it.
[Pre alpha release](./RELEASE_NOTES.html), which means it does not yet work even well enough for
it to be apparent what it would do if it did work.
[Pre alpha release](./RELEASE_NOTES.html), which means it does not yet work even well
enough for it to be apparent what it would do if it did work.