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  1. [#snapsnots]
  2. = Snapshot builds
  3. It's sometimes useful to test code changes in OliveTin that are still in development - and have not yet made it into an official version, yet. Thankfully, all code changes are automatically compiled into a "snapshot" builds and are saved in GitHub actions.
  4. If you browse to GitHub actions page for OliveTin, you'll find the "Build Snapshot" job, with a list of recent builds.
  5. * https://github.com/OliveTin/OliveTin/actions/workflows/build-snapshot.yml[OliveTin's Build Snapshot page]
  6. image::snapshots.png[]
  7. Most of the time you will want to select the top build, unless you've specifically been given a build link to use.
  8. == Download the snapshot archive
  9. On the job page, you will have a single "snapshot" file listed. In this screenshot, it is 109 MB.
  10. image::snapshot-download.png[]
  11. Once downloaded, you can open the archive using any tool that you use to open .zip files. The contents should read something like this;
  12. image::snapshot-archive.png[]
  13. Extract the file you need, and off you go!