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