From 9fbfd866ceff97ed42ecf01057582012a466ba56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SpiritGun91 <spiritgun@vivaldi.net>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 23:31:01 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Document source build/install flow and make build-admin
 idempotent

---
 Makefile  |  3 ++-
 README.md | 18 +++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f6319756..8a3a87b6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ build-admin:
 	cd admin && \
 	yarn install --frozen-lockfile && \
 	yarn run export && \
-    mv dist ../cmd/hetty/admin
+	rm -rf ../cmd/hetty/admin && \
+	cp -R dist ../cmd/hetty/admin
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9cf40841..7d3c2c05 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,9 +62,21 @@ scoop install hettysoft/hetty
 
 Alternatively, you can [download the latest release from
 GitHub](https://github.com/dstotijn/hetty/releases/latest) for your OS and
-architecture, and move the binary to a directory in your `$PATH`. If your OS is
-not available for one of the package managers or not listed in the GitHub
-releases, you can compile from source _(link coming soon)_.
+architecture, and move the binary to a directory in your `$PATH`.
+
+If you want to compile from source, first build the admin frontend and then
+build the Go binary:
+
+```sh
+make build-admin
+go build ./cmd/hetty
+```
+
+To install the binary into your `$PATH`, run:
+
+```sh
+go install ./cmd/hetty
+```
 
 #### Docker