Building

In order to use BDv2 yourself, you will for the time being have to build it yourself locally. In order to do so, you have to:

1. Clone the repo (or your fork if you're planning on contributing).
2. Run npm install and npm run build in the root of the repo.
3. Build the node-sass binding or copy the prebuilt binding from other/node-sass bindings. To build the binding for Electron 1.6 on your OS and move them to the correct location run npm run build_node-sass. Or run the command for your OS to copy the prebuilt bindings to the correct location:

   # macOS
   cp -R other/node-sass\ bindings/darwin-x64-53 node_modules/node-sass/vendor/darwin-x64-53
   
   # Linux
   cp -R other/node-sass\ bindings/linux-x64-53 node_modules/node-sass/vendor/linux-x64-53

   :: Windows
   copy "other\node-sass bindings\win32-ia32-53" "node_modules\node-sass\vendor\win32-ia32-53"

4. Download the emote data from https://github.com/JsSucks/BetterDiscordApp/releases/tag/emotedb and move it to tests/data.

   # macOS and Linux
   wget https://github.com/JsSucks/BetterDiscordApp/releases/download/emotedb/emotes.zip
   unzip emotes.zip
   mv emotes.json tests/data/emotes.json
   rm emotes.zip

5. Edit discord_desktop_core/index.js to contain the following:

   new (require('path-to-bd-fork/core/dist/main.js').BetterDiscord)();
   module.exports = require('./core.asar');

   This file is located at %APPDATA%\Roaming\discord\0.0.300\modules\discord_desktop_core\index.js on Windows, ~/Library/Application Support/discord/0.0.250/modules/discord_desktop_core/index.js on macOS and ~/.config/discord/0.0.4/modules/discord_desktop_core/index.js on Linux.

To rebuild the core and the client and CSS editor bundles, run npm run build in the root of the repo.
To watch the core, run npm run watch_core in the root of the repo.
To watch the client, run npm run watch_client in the root of the repo.
To watch the CSS editor, run npm run watch_csseditor in the root of the repo.

Core rebuild requires full Discord restart. Client and CSS editor bundles can be reloaded with Ctrl + R (Windows and Linux) or Cmd + R (macOS).