Hi Cynthia, hi Github Support

thanks for your answer. I guessed you would suggest what you have
suggested. so I have to dive a bit deeper into git.

Fritzek

On Oct 6, 9:20 pm, "GitHub Support" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ah you beat me to it!  As Cynthia says, fork the plugin and use your fork as
> the submodule.  That way you can make changes you need, and pull from
> upstream when they makes changes you'd like to grab.
> --tek
>
> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Cynthia Kiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Quoting Fritzek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > > Hi
> > > I have a private repo which includes a rails plugin as a submodule. to
> > > contribute to the plugin by adding some stuff (e.g. translations etc.)
> > > I want to change the code set in my local repo, push it to github and
> > > give a pull request to the plugin/submodule holder. How can I do this?
> > > thanks in advance
>
> > I would suggest you fork the plugin and then use your fork as the
> > submodule in your app. That way you can have the plugin code public
> > while your app code remains private. That is what I do for plugins I
> > want to extend.
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