[Build] How to build the Docker image

[fly-man-]

Is there a possibility that you can create a explanation how to compile this correctly so I can use this with docker-compose and start checking out and trying the PR's in a clean environment ?

[kvalev]

It works exactly like the upstream project if you are familiar with it. You can take a look at the developer guide for a more detailed explanation - https://docs.photoprism.app/developer-guide/setup/, but the TLDR is:

In one shell you start the docker compose environment:

docker-compose up

In another shell you open up shell to the main docker container (started by the compose environment), build the backend and start it:

make terminal
make dep build-go
./photoprism start

And in a third terminal (outside of the docker environment), you build and start the frontend:

make build-js
make watch-js

The starting point is the preview branch, which contains a bit older upstream version and all of my extensions so far.

One more point - whenever you change the frontend code, in 99% of the time the changes are hot loaded and you only have to reload the page to see them, but there are some cases where you have to rebuild it (third terminal).
Whenever you change the backend code, you always have to stop the existing process and rebuild it (make build-go && ./photoprism start)

Let me know if this works for you.