From: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 20:40:33 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: doc/HOWTO.txt: Explain how to run catalyst without installing
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doc/HOWTO.txt: Explain how to run catalyst without installing

Thanks to Chris White for explaining this to me.

Reviewed-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/doc/HOWTO.txt b/doc/HOWTO.txt
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@@ -202,3 +202,18 @@ and `dd`:
 replacing `X` with the appropriate drive letter for your USB disk.
 See https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=251719[bug 251719] for
 details.
+
+Running catalyst from a Git checkout
+------------------------------------
+
+If you're developing catalyst, you'll want to test your altered
+version.  An easy way to run it without reinstalling is to setup a
+local configuration file and run:
+
+    # ./catalyst -c catalyst.conf -f path/to/your.spec
+
+The local configuration file can use all the defaults except for
+`sharedir`, which you should change to point to your development
+directory:
+
+    sharedir="/home/wking/src/catalyst"