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Add section on what to do after building gnucash for the first time
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Expand Up @@ -102,7 +102,43 @@ d. To generate a self-installing setup.exe file that contains *everything* run

./dist.sh

More information is collected on http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Windows

And next ?
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If you got here without errors then congratulations ! You have just completed
your first successful GnuCash Build. To use this version you can launch the
Windows GnuCash Installer you just built in step d. You can find this installer
in c:\gcdev\gnucash\. It works just like any other installer for a piece of
Windows software: you double-click it and follow the instructions that are
displayed.

At some point you may want to build GnuCash again to get updates. To do so you
should start with updating the GnuCash source files as well as the scripts
used to build GnuCash on Windows.

The former are stored in c:\gcdev\gnucash.git
The latter in c:\gcdev\gnucash-on-windows.git

As the name suggests both are managed by a tool called git. Below is only a
minimal explanation on how to update these directories.
- Open a Windows Explorer
- Right-click on the gnucash-on-windows.git directory
- Select Git Bash. This will open a command prompt.
- Enter one command: git pull
- Close the command prompt again
This example shows how to update gnucash-on-windows.git but the same steps
apply as well for gnucash.git.

If you want to do more advanced things such as modifying code or building
from a git branch other than the default 'master' branch you will need to
familiarize yourself with git more intimately. A good starting point is
http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Git

In general more information with regards to building GnuCash on Windows is
collected on http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Windows/Development

At the time of this writing it should still be adapted to the new build
scripts (2014-05-07).

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