vimr/DEVELOP.md

How to develop

To build Neovim for development, i.e., no universal binary, do the following

clean=false for_dev=true ./bin/build_nvimserver.sh

You can set clean=true if you want to clean the existing build.

How to enable the Debug menu in Release build

defaults write com.qvacua.VimR enable-debug-menu 1

How to update gettext (libintl)

Update ./bin/neovim/resources/build_info../bin/neovim/resources/buildInfo.json

./bin/neovim/bin/prepare_libintl.sh

It will update ./bin/neovim/third-party, commit and push.

How to build nightly

git tag -f neovim-nightly; git push -f origin neovim-nightly

Then, GitHub actions will build and re-create the release.

How to release

• Set a new version of VimR via

  is_snapshot=true ./bin/set_new_versions.sh # for snapshot or
  is_snapshot=false marketing_version=0.38.3 ./bin/set_new_versions.sh # for release
  

  and commit. This will create a ${bundle_version}-snapshot/release.sh file to be used with build_release.sh and release-notes.temp.md for release notes.
• Tag with the name
  • Snapshot: snapshot/yyyymmdd.HHMMSS
  • Release: vX.Y.Z-yyyymmdd.HHMMSS
• Push
• Add release notes to release-notes.temp.md.
• Build, package and upload via

  create_gh_release=true upload=true update_appcast=true \
  release_spec_file=....sh \
  ./bin/build_release.sh
  

• The appcast{-snapshot}.xml file is modified. Check and push.