Quick installation method:
$ curl -fLSs https://circle.ci/cli | bash
Validation:
$ circleci config validate
Job invoking:
$ circleci local execute --branch mybranch --job myjob
As a first job task, only dependencies downloading and distribution folder building will be done, simple as that.
Snippet, whole code is available at .circleci/config.yml:
# downloads dependencies
- run: yarn
# builds distribuion folder
- run: yarn build
as i named it build and my current branch is development, the local execution will be something like this:
$ circleci local execute --branch development --job build