develop.md

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Build for Development

If you want to develop the TiDB project, you can follow this guide.

Before you begin

You need to check the supported platforms and prerequisites first.

Build TiKV

• Get TiKV source code from GitHub

  git clone https://github.com/tikv/tikv.git
  cd tikv

• Run all unit tests:

  make dev

• Build in release mode:

  make release

Build TiDB

• Make sure the GOPATH environment is set correctly.

• Get the TiDB source code.

  git clone https://github.com/pingcap/tidb.git $GOPATH/src/github.com/pingcap/tidb

• Enter $GOPATH/src/github.com/pingcap/tidb to build and install the binary in the bin directory.

  make

• Run the unit test.

  make dev

Build PD

• Get the PD source code.

  git clone https://github.com/pingcap/pd.git $GOPATH/src/github.com/pingcap/pd

• Enter $GOPATH/src/github.com/pingcap/pd to build and install the binary in the bin directory.

  make

• Run the unit test.

  make dev