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We've been getting a bunch of panics from duplicate app instances competing over the local sqlite DB. After chatting with @mikayla-maki we determined it was probably best to add our own mechanism to prevent duplicates rather than just relying on the OS. My logic is that we'd need to build a system like this eventually for Windows/Linux anyway so it's more appealing than reworking our local DB access to be able to cooperate with another process while likely isn't something we want to support anyway. I attempted to keep this mechanism conservative so in the case of another program interfering with it we should fail somewhat gracefully and still continue to launch, albeit without the ability to prevent another instance from launching. Fixes https://linear.app/zed-industries/issue/Z-2435/thread-background-executor-1-panicked-at-could-not-send-write-action Release Notes: - Added a mechanism to prevent duplicate Zed instances from launching to avoid a crash.
Zed
Welcome to Zed, a lightning-fast, collaborative code editor that makes your dreams come true.
Development tips
Dependencies
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Install Postgres.app and start it.
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Install the
LiveKitserver and theforemanprocess supervisor:brew install livekit brew install foreman -
Ensure the Zed.dev website is checked out in a sibling directory:
cd .. git clone https://github.com/zed-industries/zed.dev -
Initialize submodules
git submodule update --init --recursive -
Set up a local
zeddatabase and seed it with some initial users:Create a personal GitHub token to run
script/bootstraponce successfully: the token needs to have an access to private repositories for the script to work (repoOAuth scope). Then delete that token.GITHUB_TOKEN=<$token> script/bootstrap
Testing against locally-running servers
Start the web and collab servers:
foreman start
If you want to run Zed pointed at the local servers, you can run:
script/zed-with-local-servers
# or...
script/zed-with-local-servers --release
Dump element JSON
If you trigger cmd-alt-i, Zed will copy a JSON representation of the current window contents to the clipboard. You can paste this in a tool like DJSON to navigate the state of on-screen elements in a structured way.
Licensing
We use cargo-about to automatically comply with open source licenses. If CI is failing, check the following:
- Is it showing a
no license specifiederror for a crate you've created? If so, addpublish = falseunder[package]in your crate's Cargo.toml. - Is the error
failed to satisfy license requirementsfor a dependency? If so, first determine what license the project has and whether this system is sufficient to comply with this license's requirements. If you're unsure, ask a lawyer. Once you've verified that this system is acceptable add the license's SPDX identifier to theacceptedarray inscript/licenses/zed-licenses.toml. - Is
cargo-aboutunable to find the license for a dependency? If so, add a clarification field at the end ofscript/licenses/zed-licenses.toml, as specified in the cargo-about book.
Wasm Plugins
Zed has a Wasm-based plugin runtime which it currently uses to embed plugins. To compile Zed, you'll need to have the wasm32-wasi toolchain installed on your system. To install this toolchain, run:
rustup target add wasm32-wasi
Plugins can be found in the plugins folder in the root. For more information about how plugins work, check the Plugin Guide in crates/plugin_runtime/README.md.