Requirements:

  • You need a machine that is running Linux or macOS. On Windows, use Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), since the build tooling relies on make and Bash scripts.

  • You need to have these tools installed:

    • Git
    • Go, any recent release (Go downloads the exact toolchain a generator needs automatically)
    • make
    • gcc compiler/linker
    • Docker (required only for the local website preview with make container-serve)

  • You need to know how to create a pull request to a GitHub repository. This involves creating your own fork of the repository. For more information, see Work from a local clone.

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