From 4ae5f8d387fc6b29f975b7015754eb00fa958145 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elara Musayelyan <elara@elara.ws>
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2023 15:15:49 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add generation instructions to README

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 README.md | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
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 [![Go Reference](https://pkg.go.dev/badge/go.arsenm.dev/go-lemmy.svg)](https://pkg.go.dev/go.arsenm.dev/go-lemmy)
 
-Go bindings to the [Lemmy](https://join-lemmy.org) API
+Go bindings to the [Lemmy](https://join-lemmy.org) API, automatically generated directly from Lemmy's source code using the generator in [cmd/gen](cmd/gen).
 
 Example:
 
@@ -28,4 +28,32 @@ _, err = c.SaveUserSettings(ctx, types.SaveUserSettings{
 if err != nil {
 	panic(err)
 }
-```
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+```
+
+### How to generate
+
+First, build the generator:
+
+```bash
+go build ./cmd/gen
+```
+
+Clone Lemmy's source code at whatever version you need:
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy -b 0.16.7
+```
+
+Remove all the existing generated code:
+
+```bash
+rm **/*.gen.go
+```
+
+Execute the generator:
+
+```bash
+./gen -out-dir .
+```
+
+And that's it! Your generated code should be ready for use.
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