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diff --git a/docs/development/contributing_guide.md b/docs/development/contributing_guide.md index 4e1df51164..cb0d727efa 100644 --- a/docs/development/contributing_guide.md +++ b/docs/development/contributing_guide.md @@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ The source code of Synapse is hosted on GitHub. You will also need [a recent ver For some tests, you will need [a recent version of Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/). +A recent version of the Rust compiler is needed to build the native modules. The +easiest way of installing the latest version is to use [rustup](https://rustup.rs/). + # 3. Get the source. @@ -114,6 +117,11 @@ Some documentation also exists in [Synapse's GitHub Wiki](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/wiki), although this is primarily contributed to by community authors. +When changes are made to any Rust code then you must call either `poetry install` +or `maturin develop` (if installed) to rebuild the Rust code. Using [`maturin`](https://github.com/PyO3/maturin) +is quicker than `poetry install`, so is recommended when making frequent +changes to the Rust code. + # 8. Test, test, test! <a name="test-test-test"></a> @@ -195,7 +203,7 @@ The database file can then be inspected with: sqlite3 _trial_temp/test.db ``` -Note that the database file is cleared at the beginning of each test run. Thus it +Note that the database file is cleared at the beginning of each test run. Thus it will always only contain the data generated by the *last run test*. Though generally when debugging, one is only running a single test anyway. |