#THE BRAVE BROWSER INSTALL#
#THE BRAVE BROWSER UPDATE#

#THE BRAVE BROWSER UPDATE#

Run npm run sync brave_core_ref to checkout the specified brave-core ref and update all dependent repos including chromium if needed. Will delete from the working copy any dependencies that have been removed since the last sync. A warning will be output about the current code state expecting a different chromium version. Useful if you want to avoid a minor update when not ready for the larger build time a chromium update may result in. Will force or skip the chromium version update when applicable. **įorce update both Chromium and brave-core to the versions specified in brave-browser/package.json and force updates all dependent repos - same as npm run init **Use this if you're having trouble and want to force the branches back to a known state. Will force update all child dependencies. Updates both Chromium and brave-core to the latest remote commit for the current brave-core branch and the Chromium ref specified in brave-browser/package.json (e.g. **Use this if you want the script to manage keeping you up to date instead of pulling or switching branches manually.

Will update child dependencies only if any project needed updating during this script run. If the chromium version did not change, it will only re-apply patches that have changed. Updates chromium if needed and re-applies patches.

#THE BRAVE BROWSER INSTALL#

to perform npm install on child projects) 📥 Update sub-projects (chromium, brave-core) to latest commit of a git ref (e.g.Npm run sync will (depending on the below flags): This will attempt to stash your local changes in brave-core, but it's safer to commit local changes before running this Once you have the prerequisites installed, you can get the code and initialize the build environment.īrave staff may also want to try Goma for faster builds.

Install prerequisitesįollow the instructions for your platform: įollow on Twitter for important news and announcements. Help us translate Brave to your language by submitting translations at. We'd love to have your help so that we can continue improving Brave. You can ask for help,ĭiscuss features you'd like to see, and a lot more. Join the Q&A community if you'd like to get more involved with Brave. In fact, when you click 'Find extensions. Other repositoriesįor other versions of our browser, please see: Brave browser consists of many novel, innovative features such as Brave shields and Brave rewards making web browsing a comfortable experience. Available for Windows, MacOS, Android, and iOS, the Brave browser is built on the same foundation as Chrome, which means Brave can use Chrome extensions. You can visit our website to get the latest stable release.

Maintains patches for 3rd party Chromium code.

In particular, it fetches and syncs code from the projects defined in package.json and src/brave/DEPS: This repository holds the build tools needed to build the Brave desktop browser for macOS, Windows, and Linux.

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