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@@ -74,18 +74,11 @@ In order to track down possible bugs, you will need a debug buid so you
 can get a backtrace with [gdb](http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/) or
 [lldb](http://lldb.llvm.org/).
 
-In order to do so, follow these steps:
+If you're building for the first time, run `npm run installDebug` (or `BUILD_ONLY=true npm link`)
 
-  1. `BUILD_ONLY=true npm install` (or `BUILD_ONLY=true npm link`)
-  3. `node-gyp rebuild --debug` (the same as `node-gyp clean configure --debug build`)
+Note that you should run `rm -rf build/Release` (or `rd /s /q build/Release` in Windows) to make sure a release build doesn't get loaded instead of the debug build.
 
-If you're doing a subsequent rebuild of NodeGit in debug, the clean function will cause
-a lot of extraneous recompilation of things you probably didn't change (like the vendor
-dependencies).
-
-  1. `BUILD_ONLY=true npm install` (or `BUILD_ONLY=true npm link`)
-  2. `rm -rf build/Release` to make sure a release build doesnt get loaded instead of the debug build.
-  3. `node-gyp configure build --debug`
+If you're doing a subsequent rebuild of NodeGit in debug, the clean function will cause a lot of extraneous recompilation of things you probably didn't change (like the vendor dependencies). If you need to regenerate the C++ files and recompile you can run `npm run rebuildDebug`, or `npm run recompileDebug` if you've manually updated the C++ files and don't want them to regenerate.
 
 ### Installing dependencies: ###
 
 
@@ -85,15 +85,22 @@
     "mocha": "mocha test/runner test/tests",
     "mochaDebug": "mocha --debug-brk test/runner test/tests",
     "test": "npm run lint && npm run cov",
+
     "generateJson": "node generate/scripts/generateJson",
     "generateNativeCode": "node generate/scripts/generateNativeCode",
     "generateMissingTests": "node generate/scripts/generateMissingTests",
+
+
+    "prepublish": "node lifecycleScripts/prepareForBuild.js",
     "publish": "node-pre-gyp package && node-pre-gyp publish",
+
     "install": "node lifecycleScripts/install",
+    "installDebug": "BUILD_DEBUG=true npm install",
     "postinstall": "node lifecycleScripts/clean",
-    "recompile": "BUILD_ONLY=true npm install",
-    "rebuild": "BUILD_ONLY=true node generate && node-gyp configure build",
-    "buildDebug": "node generate && BUILD_DEBUG=true npm install",
-    "prepublish": "node lifecycleScripts/prepareForBuild.js"
+
+    "recompile": "node-gyp configure build",
+    "rebuild": "node generate && node-gyp configure build",
+    "recompileDebug": "node-gyp configure --debug build",
+    "rebuildDebug": "node generate && node-gyp configure --debug build"
   }
 }