Adds instructions for building Gradle plugins (#3372)

* Update building-against-master.rst

* Self-review.
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Building CorDapps against Master
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Building CorDapps against a non-release branch
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It is advisable to develop CorDapps against the most recent Corda stable release. However, you may need to build a CorDapp
against the unstable Master branch if your CorDapp uses a very recent feature, or you are using the CorDapp to test a PR
against an unstable non-release branch if your CorDapp uses a very recent feature, or you are using the CorDapp to test a PR
on the main codebase.
To work against the Master branch, proceed as follows:
To work against a non-release branch, proceed as follows:
1. Clone the `Corda repository <https://github.com/corda/corda>`_
2. Open a terminal window in the folder where you cloned the Corda repository
2. Check out the branch or commit of the Corda repository you want to work against
3. Use the following command to check out the latest master branch:
3. Make a note of the ``gradlePluginsVersion`` in the root ``constants.properties`` file of the Corda repository
4. Clone the `Corda Gradle Plugins repository <https://github.com/corda/corda-gradle-plugins>`_
``git checkout master; git pull``
5. Check out the tag of the Corda Gradle Plugins repository corresponding to the ``gradlePluginsVersion``
4. Publish Corda to your local Maven repository using the following commands:
6. Follow the instructions in the readme of the Corda Gradle Plugins repository to install this version of the Corda Gradle plugins locally
7. Open a terminal window in the folder where you cloned the Corda repository
8. Publish Corda to your local Maven repository using the following commands:
* Unix/Mac OSX: ``./gradlew install``
* Windows: ``gradlew.bat install``
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.. 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
.. warning:: As the Corda repository evolves on a daily basis, two clones of an unstable branch at different points in
time may differ. If you are using an unstable 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.
9. Make a note of the ``corda_release_version`` in the root ``build.gradle`` file of the Corda repository
5. 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
10. In your CorDapp's root ``build.gradle`` file:
* Update ``ext.corda_release_version`` to the ``corda_release_version`` noted down earlier
* Update ``corda_gradle_plugins_version`` to the ``gradlePluginsVersion`` noted down earlier