kitty/.github/copilot-instructions.md

Repository Build & Test Instructions

Build Procedures

• Required dependencies: A C compiler (either clang or gcc) and a Go compiler. The Go compiler should be at least the version mentioned in the go.mod file. On Linux, the X11 development libraries are also needed.
• Bootstrap: Always run ./dev.sh deps to download all needed dependencies
• Build command: Run ./dev.sh build to build the project

Test Procedures

• To run the complete test suite, run ./test.py
• To run a specific test, run ./test.py test-name t test-name is the name of the test without the leading test_ for Python tests and without the leading Test for Go tests.

Benchmarking

• To run the benchmark: ./benchmark.py