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* Minor fixes to build instructions

* Direct folks to the unit testing page.
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Andrew MacDonald 2019-10-04 07:11:51 -07:00 committed by John Kleinschmidt
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@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ origin URLs.
$ cd src/electron
$ git remote remove origin
$ git remote add origin https://github.com/electron/electron
$ git checkout master
$ git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/master
$ cd -
```
@ -226,20 +227,9 @@ under `src/` directory.
```sh
$ ninja -C out/Debug third_party/electron_node:headers
# Install the test modules with the generated headers
$ (cd electron/spec && npm i --nodedir=../../out/Debug/gen/node_headers)
```
Then, run Electron with `electron/spec` as the argument:
```sh
# on Mac:
$ ./out/Debug/Electron.app/Contents/MacOS/Electron electron/spec
# on Windows:
$ ./out/Debug/electron.exe electron/spec
# on Linux:
$ ./out/Debug/electron electron/spec
```
You can now [run the tests](testing.md#unit-tests).
If you're debugging something, it can be helpful to pass some extra flags to
the Electron binary: