Thanks. A new executable appeared in the src folder: emacs-26.0.50.2
Is this the executable that I need to run to see the changes I made, or can
I still run emacs-26.0.50.1?
Generally speaking, whenever I make a change and rebuild, do I need to
change the target file that I run (emacs-26.0.50.2, .3, .4, etc.)?

On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 1:20 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

> > From: Itai Berli <itai.berli@gmail.com>
> > Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2017 12:53:24 +0300
> > Cc: Emacs developers <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
> >
> > If I make a change to the code, for experimentation purposes, how do I
> compile it so I can see my change in
> > action and debug it? Should I run
> >
> > ./autogen.sh
> > ./autogen.sh git
> > CFLAGS='-O0 -g3' ./configure
> > make
> > make install
> >
> > or can I simply compile the file that I changed with the compiler (GCC
> or Clang)?
>
> Just "make" should do.  Since you are debugging the binary in the
> source tree, not the installed binary, "make install" shouldn't be
> necessary, AFAIU (but I don't know enough about the intricacies of
> macOS installations).
>