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Add some instructions about installing the frontend toolchain when doing a git-based install.
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@ -296,8 +296,18 @@ code for InvokeAI. For this to work, you will need to install the
on your system, please see the [Git Installation
Guide](https://github.com/git-guides/install-git)
You will also need to install the [frontend development toolchain](https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI/blob/main/docs/contributing/contribution_guides/contributingToFrontend.md).
If you have a "normal" installation, you should create a totally separate virtual environment for the git-based installation, else the two may interfere.
> **Why do I need the frontend toolchain**?
>
> The InvokeAI project uses trunk-based development. That means our `main` branch is the development branch, and releases are tags on that branch. Because development is very active, we don't keep an updated build of the UI in `main` - we only build it for production releases.
>
> That means that between releases, to have a functioning application when running directly from the repo, you will need to run the UI in dev mode or build it regularly (any time the UI code changes).
1. Create a fork of the InvokeAI repository through the GitHub UI or [this link](https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI/fork)
1. From the command line, run this command:
2. From the command line, run this command:
```bash
git clone https://github.com/<your_github_username>/InvokeAI.git
```
@ -305,10 +315,10 @@ Guide](https://github.com/git-guides/install-git)
This will create a directory named `InvokeAI` and populate it with the
full source code from your fork of the InvokeAI repository.
2. Activate the InvokeAI virtual environment as per step (4) of the manual
3. Activate the InvokeAI virtual environment as per step (4) of the manual
installation protocol (important!)
3. Enter the InvokeAI repository directory and run one of these
4. Enter the InvokeAI repository directory and run one of these
commands, based on your GPU:
=== "CUDA (NVidia)"
@ -334,11 +344,15 @@ installation protocol (important!)
Be sure to pass `-e` (for an editable install) and don't forget the
dot ("."). It is part of the command.
You can now run `invokeai` and its related commands. The code will be
5. Install the [frontend toolchain](https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI/blob/main/docs/contributing/contribution_guides/contributingToFrontend.md) and do a production build of the UI as described.
6. You can now run `invokeai` and its related commands. The code will be
read from the repository, so that you can edit the .py source files
and watch the code's behavior change.
4. If you wish to contribute to the InvokeAI project, you are
When you pull in new changes to the repo, be sure to re-build the UI.
7. If you wish to contribute to the InvokeAI project, you are
encouraged to establish a GitHub account and "fork"
https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI into your own copy of the
repository. You can then use GitHub functions to create and submit