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+# Gerrit Code Review Automerger Plugin
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+See src/main/resources/documentation.
+
+## Web Plugin Development
+
+For running unit tests execute:
+
+ bazel test --test_output=all //plugins/automerger/web:karma_test
+
+For checking or fixing eslint formatter problems run:
+
+ bazel test //plugins/automerger/web:lint_test
+ bazel run //plugins/automerger/web:lint_bin -- --fix "$(pwd)/plugins/automerger/web"
+
+For testing the plugin with
+[Gerrit FE Dev Helper](https://gerrit.googlesource.com/gerrit-fe-dev-helper/)
+build the JavaScript bundle and copy it to the `plugins/` folder:
+
+ bazel build //plugins/automerger/web:automerger
+ cp -f bazel-bin/plugins/automerger/web/automerger.js plugins/
+
+and let the Dev Helper redirect from `.+/plugins/automerger/static/automerger.js` to
+`http://localhost:8081/plugins_/automerger.js`.
+
