stoat-for-desktop/README.md

Stoat for Desktop

Application for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Development Guide

Contribution guidelines for Desktop app TBA!

Before getting started, you'll want to install:

• Git
• Node.js
• pnpm (run corepack enable)

Then proceed to setup:

# clone the repository
git clone --recursive https://github.com/stoatchat/for-desktop stoat-for-desktop
cd stoat-for-desktop

# install all packages
pnpm i --frozen-lockfile

# start the application
pnpm start
# ... or build the bundle
pnpm package
# ... or build all distributables
pnpm make

Pulling in Stoat's assets

If you want to pull in Stoat brand assets after pulling, run the following:

# update the assets
git -c submodule."assets".update=checkout submodule update --init assets

Currently, this is required to build, any forks are expected to provide their own assets.

Publishing Guide

To publish a new version, simply tag a new release by:

1. Edit package.json with the new version
2. Create a new tag from latest commit by git tag v1.0.0
3. Push the tag and commit by git push --atomic origin main v1.0.0