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authorGravatar Joe Gregorio <jcgregorio@google.com>2018-01-04 16:43:36 -0500
committerGravatar Skia Commit-Bot <skia-commit-bot@chromium.org>2018-01-05 19:37:19 +0000
commit2323fe2a82eaca603b285a6192a588e4646e2628 (patch)
treef44407d1cfdd78df679f3ebf0f72c6adc7cc576f /site/dev
parentd208a8847777d4643188813f03a15dfed4887365 (diff)
Update docs on how to build and run docserver.
No-Try: true Docs-Preview: https://skia.org/?cl=90943 Bug: skia:7444 Change-Id: I603e629a2a2a799c9f2ea699cbfb6f6533da327b Reviewed-on: https://skia-review.googlesource.com/90943 Commit-Queue: Joe Gregorio <jcgregorio@google.com> Reviewed-by: Ben Wagner <benjaminwagner@google.com>
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https://skia.org/path/to/markdown-file?cl=REITVELD_ISSUE_NUMBER
-You can also run a local copy of the documentation server, which will allow
-you to preview changes much quicker. You must have [Go](https://golang.org)
-installed on your computer, which you will have if you are running on a Google
-corporate workstation. Run:
-
- go get -u skia.googlesource.com/buildbot.git/doc/go/docserver
+This is the preferred method of previewing docs changes.
+
+If for some reason you can't use the method above to preview docs changes you
+can also run a local copy of the documentation server, which will allow you to
+preview changes much quicker. You must have a recent version (>=8.9) of
+[node](https://nodejs.org/) installed on your machine. You must also have
+[Go](https://golang.org) installed on your computer, which you will have if
+you are running on a Google corporate workstation. Installation also means
+that you have `$GOPATH/bin` [added to your PATH](https://golang.org/doc/code.html#GOPATH). Run:
+
+ go get -u go.skia.org/infra/doc/go/docserver
+ cd $GOPATH/src/go.skia.org/infra/doc
+ make
And then **from within** the directory of your local Git checkout of Skia run: