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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -o errexit
+
+display_help()
+{
+  echo "---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+  echo "Use this script to run a local instance of Appsmith on port 80."
+  echo "The script will build all the artefacts required for a fat Docker container to come up."
+  echo "If no argument is given, the build defaults to release branch."
+  echo "---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+  echo
+  echo "Syntax: $0 [-h] [branchName]"
+  echo "options:"
+  echo "h     Print this help"
+  echo
+}
+
+pretty_print()
+{
+  echo "----------------"
+  echo $1
+  echo "----------------"
+  echo
+}
+
+# Check whether user had supplied -h or --help. If yes display usage
+if [[ ( $@ == "--help") ||  $@ == "-h" ]]
+then 
+  display_help
+  exit 0
+fi 
+
+BRANCH=${1:-release}
+
+pretty_print "Setting up instance to run on branch: $BRANCH"
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"/..
+git fetch origin $BRANCH
+git checkout $BRANCH
+git pull origin $BRANCH
+pretty_print "Local branch is now up to date. Starting server build ..."
+
+pushd app/server > /dev/null && ./build.sh -DskipTests > /dev/null && pretty_print "Server build successful. Starting client build ..."
+
+popd
+pushd app/client > /dev/null && yarn > /dev/null && yarn build > /dev/null && pretty_print "Client build successful. Starting RTS build ..."
+
+popd
+pushd app/rts > /dev/null && ./build.sh > /dev/null && pretty_print "RTS build successful. Starting Docker build ..."
+
+popd
+docker build -t appsmith/appsmith-ce:local-testing . > /dev/null && pretty_print "Docker image build successful. Triggering run now ..."
+
+(docker stop appsmith || true) && (docker rm appsmith || true)
+docker run -d --name appsmith -p 80:80 -v "$PWD/stacks:/appsmith-stacks" appsmith/appsmith-ce:local-testing && sleep 15 && pretty_print "Local instance is up! Open Appsmith at http://localhost! "
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