diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4fcca29d6a..0fec36ce43 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,42 +1,18 @@ -# Urbit +# Developer Environment Setup -[Urbit](https://urbit.org) is a personal server stack built from scratch. It -has an identity layer (Azimuth), virtual machine (Vere), and operating system -(Arvo). +The quickest way to get set up to play with Shrubbery and Sky is to [boot a comet](https://docs.urbit.org/manual/getting-started/self-hosted/cli) and run `|install ~met %neo`. You could also [boot a moon](https://docs.urbit.org/manual/os/basics#moons) for this. -A running Urbit "ship" is designed to operate with other ships peer-to-peer. -Urbit is a general-purpose, peer-to-peer computer and network. +When you boot your ship you should [use the `--loom 33` flag](https://docs.urbit.org/manual/running/vere#--loom-size), which allocates 8GB of memory on your machine for your ship. During Shrubbery development you could end up nuking and restarting the %neo agent many times, which will quickly use up the 2GB of memory ships are allocated by default. If/when your ship runs out of memory, just boot a new one and copy your work into that. -This repository contains the [Arvo Kernel][arvo] +If you want to work from the GitHub repo… +- Clone [urbit/shrub](https://github.com/urbit/shrub) to your machine. (The `develop` branch is the latest stable build.) +- [Boot a fakeship](https://docs.urbit.org/courses/environment#creating-a-fake-ship) +- `> |new-desk %neo` on the fakeship +- `> |mount %neo` +- `$ rsync -avL path/to/pkg/shrub/* path/to/fakeship/neo` +- `> |commit %neo` +- `> |install our %neo` -For the Runtime, see [Vere][vere]. -For more on the identity layer, see [Azimuth][azim]. -To manage your Urbit identity, use [Bridge][brid]. +This will start the %neo agent which runs the Shrubbery prototype. Once that's finished booting, which will take a few minutes, go to `/neo/sky` to access Sky. -## Install - -To install and run Urbit, please follow the instructions at -[urbit.org/getting-started][start]. You'll be on the live network in a -few minutes. - -[start]: https://urbit.org/getting-started/ - -## Contributing - -Contributions of any form are more than welcome! Please take a look at our -[contributing guidelines][cont] for details on our git practices, coding -styles, and how we manage issues. - -You might also be interested in joining the [urbit-dev][list] mailing list. - -## Release - -For details about our release process, see the [maintainers guidelines][main] - -[arvo]: https://github.com/urbit/urbit/tree/master/pkg/arvo -[azim]: https://github.com/urbit/azimuth -[brid]: https://github.com/urbit/bridge -[vere]: https://github.com/urbit/vere -[list]: https://groups.google.com/a/urbit.org/forum/#!forum/dev -[cont]: https://github.com/urbit/urbit/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md -[main]: https://github.com/urbit/urbit/blob/master/MAINTAINERS.md +When you want to move changes from your local repo to the fakeship, repeat the `rsync -avL` command above. The %neo agent can do incremental builds and will make changes to your `/con` and `/imp` files as you'd expect, but if you make a change to a `/pro` file you'll have to `|nuke %neo` and `|revive %neo`.