Building Testing and Debugging

Hooray, hoorah! We're excited that you are joining us on our journey! Before starting out, it's important to make sure you are working in the right branch. Once you figure out what branch you are going to work in, get specific instructions on how to build/test/debug by following the respective links in the branch descriptions in the table below.

Picking Your Branch

Here are the main branches you should know about:

Branch
master	Our primary branch. Changes here currently target Visual Studio "15". If in doubt, this is where you should work, and submit pull requests. [Instructions for Building on Windows](//github.com/dotnet/roslyn/blob/master/docs/contributing/Building, Debugging, and Testing on Windows.md) Instructions for Building on Linux and Mac
stabilization	Changes here target updates of Visual Studio 2015, and is only taking bug fixes at this point. [Instructions for Building on Windows](//github.com/dotnet/roslyn/blob/future/docs/contributing/Building, Debugging, and Testing on Windows.md) Instructions for Building on Linux and Mac
future-stabilization	When we're getting close to a release of a Visual Studio "15", we use this branch to stabilize and limit the churn. You generally shouldn't use this branch unless you have a good reason to do so -- you'll know it if you need it.