From 6f97eae1d59391b5895fd490703dc4a81fa6e545 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Neale <michael.neale@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 12:58:44 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] docs: document how to run goose fully from source from any
 dir (#83)

---
 CONTRIBUTING.md | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 7a4edc4a..4f638f8c 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ uv venv
 uv run goose session start  # or any of goose's commands (e.g. goose --help)
 ```
 
+### Running from source
+
+When you build from source you may want to run it from elsewhere.
+
+1. Run `uv sync` as above
+2. Run ```export goose_dev=`uv run which goose` ```
+3. You can use that from anywhere in your system, for example `cd ~/ && $goose_dev session start`, or from your path if you like (advanced users only) to be running the latest.
+
 ## Developing goose-plugins
 
 1. Clone the `goose-plugins` repo: