Your first commit: Building
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This step of the walkthrough gets you a working build. For the full build reference — every make target, container builds, and code generation — see the authoritative Building the code guide.
Fork the repository
If you have not already done so, make a fork of the repository and clone it to your local machine.
Build the code
From the root of the repository, build the main outputs with:
make build
The first build downloads and compiles dependencies, so it may take a few minutes; later builds are faster. When it finishes, the rad CLI binary is written under ./dist/<GOOS>_<GOARCH>/release/rad (the exact path is printed in the build output, and depends on your OS and architecture).
Run make (or make help) at any time to see every target and its description.
Test it out
Run the binary that was just built — copy the path printed in the build output (it depends on your OS and architecture):
./dist/<GOOS>_<GOARCH>/release/rad
You should see the rad CLI help text listing its top-level commands. If you got this far, your build works.