From f3b6d6b1b2e9fc253127d6244a1d1e6f82327ed8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: adam-m Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:58:07 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] add info to BUILDING.txt how to contribute --- BUILDING.txt | 19 ++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/BUILDING.txt b/BUILDING.txt index d566dced8d..29bff518f9 100644 --- a/BUILDING.txt +++ b/BUILDING.txt @@ -55,13 +55,26 @@ NOTE: This has not been fully tested in non-Windows environments yet, so we don't have instructions for that yet. -4) Compile Autopsy -4a) using Netbeans IDE: +4) Get Autopsy source. +4a) If you are not planning to contribute to Autopsy development, clone a read-only repository: + +git clone https://github.com/sleuthkit/autopsy.git + +4b) if you plan to contribute and submit patches, login to Github and create your own Autopsy fork. +Then, clone your fork and work on that source-tree: + +git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/autopsy.git + +You will be able to submit patches by committing and pushing changes to your fork +and by submitting pull requests to the main Autopsy repository. + +5) Compile Autopsy +5a) using Netbeans IDE: - Start NetBeans IDE and open the Autopsy project. - Choose to build the Autopsy project / module. It is the highest level project that will then cause the other modules to be compiled. -4b) without Netbeans IDE (requires JDK and ant >= 1.7.1): +5b) without Netbeans IDE (requires JDK and ant >= 1.7.1): - from root directory of Autopsy source execute: ant build (to build Autopsy)