Properly clone/checkout the code

[etna]

Hi, may I know how should one checkout the repo properly? There are no instructions on how this should be done; the only instructions on the README are for building.

i did a git clone of this repo but gclient runhooks always fails with 'gclient not configured'. Trying the steps listed in #301 (comment) allows for gclient runhooks to run, but only results in more problems about missing libraries during the build.

Specifically, I notice that following the upstream instructions results in a copy of Debian Sid being pulled to build/linux, but this does not happen in my clone of this repo. I suspect this is where my issues with missing libraries are originating from.

[msisov]

Right, the instructions are missing.

You need to checkout upstream first and add remote to this repo. Then switch to it and gclient will be able to fetch needed dependencies.

[msisov]

If you have more questions, feel free to reopen

[etna]

@msisov
Sorry, I still need help (and a little hand holding here).

As per the upstream instructions, I use depot_tools to perform fetch --nohooks chromium
The next step immediately after that is to run the dependencies script, which I omit because it's only useful for Ubuntu and Debian, following by gcllient runhooks.

I'm certain your add remote to this repo' step comes before gclient runhooks, but I still have no idea how this is done.

[msisov]

mkdir chromium
fetch --nohooks chromium
git remote add igalia https://github.com/Igalia/chromium
git fetch igalia
git checkout -b ozone-wayland-dev
git reset --hard igalia/ozone-wayland-dev
git pull igalia ozone-wayland-dev
gclient sync