i am looking for any docs, readmes, advice on how best to build this on a Mac minimising dock use and improving build performance.
Hi there
Got a few resources for you:
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Developer instructions
https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/blob/master/README.md
The main document you’ll want to follow -
macOS dev env tips
https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/macOS-Development-Environment
Important one here is to turn off indexing, so all the object files/outputs don’t get indexed by OS -
Chromium (upstream) setup for macOS
https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/lkgr/docs/mac_build_instructions.md#system-requirements -
sccache
https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/sccache-for-faster-builds
This can be great for speeding up builds; the doc we have is specific to us but I’d recommend checking it out and setting it up
Hope this helps!
Thanks
Brian
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many thanks Brian. The sccache is very useful… i wasnt aware of just how much disk space is needed and how long a build takes. I found the other links, but i think i will also take more time to view the github wiki. I am kinda impatient and tend to jump straight in… i will never learn 
but it is good to get to grips with such a meaty project.