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| author | Daniel Bünzli <daniel.buenzli@erratique.ch> | 2020-02-11 15:13:54 +0100 |
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| committer | Daniel Bünzli <daniel.buenzli@erratique.ch> | 2020-02-11 15:52:21 +0100 |
| commit | 3facb4f09cf3f329229043c2c2a56e898b27a344 (patch) | |
| tree | 64350dec59d1fac9ce44ca0387a38a6cd8c4cdbe /HACKING.adoc | |
| parent | edabf2008cdf2e9130d42e9d34433eaca300e3e8 (diff) | |
| download | ocaml-3facb4f09cf3f329229043c2c2a56e898b27a344.tar.gz | |
HACKING.adoc: update opam instructions for testing.
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diff --git a/HACKING.adoc b/HACKING.adoc index 56353e8e6f..4033f6d2c9 100644 --- a/HACKING.adoc +++ b/HACKING.adoc @@ -38,14 +38,8 @@ make runtop make tests ---- -6. Install in a new opam switch to try things out: -+ ----- -opam compiler-conf install ----- -+ -With opam 2, create a local opam switch with the compiler installed from -the current source directory: +6. Install in a new opam switch to try things out. With `opam` v2, create a local +opam switch with the compiler installed from the current source directory: + ---- opam switch create . --empty @@ -222,13 +216,16 @@ the original commit in the commit message. git cherry-pick -x -m 1 <merge-commit-hash> ---- -=== opam compiler script +=== Testing with `opam` + +To test a particular branch `branch` of a public git repository +`$REPO` of the compiler in an `opam` v2 switch issue: -The separately-distributed script -https://github.com/gasche/opam-compiler-conf[`opam-compiler-conf`] can -be used to easily build opam switches out of a git branch of the -compiler distribution. This lets you easily install and test opam -packages from an under-modification compiler version. +--- +opam switch create ocaml-branch --empty +# Replace $VERSION by the trunk version +opam pin add ocaml-variants.$VERSION+branch git+https://$REPO#branch +--- === Useful Makefile targets |