From 8e22bc6e0e2417eaceea16e137eef50670679992 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Travis Ralston Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 10:30:01 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Update developer guide to put `.link-config` in the correct place (#33484) --- developer_guide.md | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/developer_guide.md b/developer_guide.md index c42c6aacfa..260ae64961 100644 --- a/developer_guide.md +++ b/developer_guide.md @@ -32,22 +32,24 @@ pnpm install popd ``` -Clone the repo and switch to the `element-web/apps/web` directory: +Clone the repo and switch to that directory: ```bash git clone https://github.com/element-hq/element-web.git -cd element-web/apps/web +cd element-web ``` -Configure the app by copying `config.sample.json` to `config.json` and -modifying it. See the [configuration docs](docs/config.md) for details. - Set up your local development link by creating a `.link-config` file with contents like: ``` matrix-js-sdk=/path/to/matrix-js-sdk ``` +Switch to the `apps/web` directory: `cd apps/web` + +Configure the app by copying `config.sample.json` to `config.json` and +modifying it. See the [configuration docs](docs/config.md) for details. + Finally, build and start Element itself: ```bash