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authorJohn McLear <john@mclear.co.uk>2015-03-31 23:21:02 +0100
committerJohn McLear <john@mclear.co.uk>2015-03-31 23:21:02 +0100
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Merge pull request #2477 from gabrielliwerant/develop-readme-instructions
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@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ Now, run `start.bat` and open <http://localhost:9001> in your browser.
Update to the latest version with `git pull origin`, then run `bin\installOnWindows.bat`, again.
+If cloning to a subdirectory within another project, you may need to do the following:
+
+1. Start the server manually (e.g. `node/node_modules/ep_etherpad-lite/node/server.js]`)
+2. Edit the db `filename` in `settings.json` to the relative directory with the file (e.g. `application/lib/etherpad-lite/var/dirty.db`)
+3. Add auto-generated files to the main project `.gitignore`
+
[Next steps](#next-steps).
## GNU/Linux and other UNIX-like systems