corda/docs/source/building-against-master.rst

Building against Master
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It is advisable to develop CorDapps against the most recent Corda stable release. However you may need to build
against the unstable Master branch if you are using a very recent feature, or are testing a PR on the main codebase.

To work against the Master branch, proceed as follows:

1. Open a terminal window in the folder where you cloned the Corda repository
  (available `here <https://github.com/corda/corda>`_)

2. Use the following command to check out the latest master branch:

    ``git checkout master; git pull``

3. Publish Corda to your local Maven repository using the following commands:

  * Unix/Mac OSX: ``./gradlew install``
  * Windows: ``gradlew.bat install``

  By default, the Maven local repository is found at:

  * ``~/.m2/repository`` on Unix/Mac OS X
  * ``%HOMEPATH%\.m2`` on Windows

  This step is not necessary when using a stable releases, as the stable releases are published online

  .. warning:: If you do modify your local Corda repository after having published it to Maven local, then you must
     re-publish it to Maven local for the local installation to reflect the changes you have made.

  .. warning:: As the Corda repository evolves on a daily basis, two clones of the Master branch at different points in
     time may differ. If you are using a Master release and need help debugging an error, then please let us know the
     **commit** you are working from. This will help us ascertain the issue.

4. Update the ``ext.corda_release_version`` property in your CorDapp's root ``build.gradle`` file to match the version
   here: https://github.com/corda/corda/blob/master/build.gradle#L7