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authorPhilip Chimento <philip.chimento@gmail.com>2020-12-03 16:23:02 -0800
committerPhilip Chimento <philip.chimento@gmail.com>2020-12-30 16:26:15 -0800
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docs: Avoid confusing term "checkout directory"
You _checkout_ a branch, but you _clone_ a repository, yet the directory that you _clone_ into is called a _checkout_ directory! This is weird. Just refer to it as the gjs directory.
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diff --git a/doc/Hacking.md b/doc/Hacking.md
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
First of all, if you are contributing C++ code, install the handy git
commit hook that will autoformat your code when you commit it.
-In your GJS checkout directory, run
+In your `gjs` directory, run
`tools/git-pre-commit-format install`.
For more information, see
<https://github.com/barisione/clang-format-hooks/>.
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ make sure to use the same build prefix for SpiderMonkey with `--prefix`.
## First build ##
-To build GJS, change to your checkout directory, and run:
+To build GJS, change to your `gjs` directory, and run:
```sh
meson _build
ninja -C _build
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ To install GJS into the path you chose with `-Dprefix`, (or into
## Making Sure Your Stuff Doesn't Break Anything Else ##
-Make your changes in your GJS checkout directory, then run
+Make your changes in your `gjs` directory, then run
`ninja -C _build` to build a modified copy of GJS.
Each changeset should ensure that the test suite still passes.