Re: Help getting started debugging Emacs on macOS Sierra

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Itai Berli <address@hidden>
> Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2017 13:43:18 +0300
> Cc: Emacs developers <address@hidden>
> 
> Thanks. A new executable appeared in the src folder: emacs-26.0.50.2

And 'emacs' should be hard-linked to this new executable.

> Is this the executable that I need to run to see the changes I made, or can I 
> still run emacs-26.0.50.1?

Neither.  You call 'emacs', which is hard-linked to the latest
emacs-26.0.50.N executable.  The numbered executables are there for
you to be able to invoke previous versions.

> Generally speaking, whenever I make a change and rebuild, do I need to change 
> the target file that I run
> (emacs-26.0.50.2, .3, .4, etc.)?

Not if your target is always 'emacs'.