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Development Environment
=======================
In order to compile restic with the `go` tool directly, it needs to be checked
out at the right path within a `GOPATH`. The concept of a `GOPATH` is explained
in ["How to write Go code"](https://golang.org/doc/code.html).
If you do not have a directory with Go code yet, executing the following
instructions in your shell will create one for you and check out the restic
repo:
$ export GOPATH="$HOME/go"
$ mkdir -p "$GOPATH/src/github.com/restic"
$ cd "$GOPATH/src/github.com/restic"
$ git clone https://github.com/restic/restic
For development you need the build tool [`gb`](https://getgb.io), it can be
installed by running the following command: