| V8 JavaScript Engine | |
| ============= | |
| V8 is Google's open source JavaScript engine. | |
| V8 implements ECMAScript as specified in ECMA-262. | |
| V8 is written in C++ and is used in Google Chrome, the open source | |
| browser from Google. | |
| V8 can run standalone, or can be embedded into any C++ application. | |
| V8 Project page: https://github.com/v8/v8/wiki | |
| Getting the Code | |
| ============= | |
| Checkout [depot tools](http://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/install-depot-tools), and run | |
| fetch v8 | |
| This will checkout V8 into the directory `v8` and fetch all of its dependencies. | |
| To stay up to date, run | |
| git pull origin | |
| gclient sync | |
| For fetching all branches, add the following into your remote | |
| configuration in `.git/config`: | |
| fetch = +refs/branch-heads/*:refs/remotes/branch-heads/* | |
| fetch = +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/* | |
| Contributing | |
| ============= | |
| Please follow the instructions mentioned on the | |
| [V8 wiki](https://github.com/v8/v8/wiki/Contributing). |