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Update README to include npm install in react-sdk

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Casual users of /develop shouldn't need to do the whole
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@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ Getting started
1. Clone the repo: `git clone https://github.com/vector-im/vector-web.git`
1. Switch to the vector directory: `cd vector-web`
1. Install the prerequisites: `npm install`
1. If you are using the `develop` branch of vector, you will probably need to
rebuild one of the dependencies, due to https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/3055:
`(cd node_modules/matrix-react-sdk && npm install)`
1. Start the development builder and a testing server: `npm start`
1. Wait a few seconds for the initial build to finish (the command won't
terminate: it's running a web server for you).
@ -48,16 +51,13 @@ webserver to actually serve up the app, which is entirely static content.
Development
===========
For simple tweaks, you can work on any of the source files within Vector with the
setup above, and your changes will cause an instant rebuild.
For simple tweaks, you can work on any of the source files within Vector with
the setup above, and your changes will cause an instant rebuild.
However, all serious development on Vector happens on the `develop` branch. This typically
depends on the `develop` snapshot versions of `matrix-react-sdk` and `matrix-js-sdk`
too, which can't be installed automatically due to https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/3055.
To get the right dependencies, check out the `develop` branches of these libraries and
then use `ln -s` to tell Vector about them:
[Be aware that there may be problems with this process under npm version 3.]
However, much of the functionality in Vector is actually in the
`matrix-react-sdk` and `matrix-js-sdk` modules. It is possible to set these up
in a way that makes it easy to track the `develop` branches in git and to make
local changes without having to manually rebuild each time.
First clone and build `matrix-js-sdk`: