Another slightly OT remark, that I believe many might find useful, is that the [github hub project](https://github.com/github/hub) is really worth checking out.
It's basically a "super-set" of `git`, intended to be aliased (`alias git=hub` on e.g. ubuntu), and it forwards any regular `git` command to regular `git`. However, it also adds a bunch of sweet features like `git pull-request` which will do all the required steps to create a pull request to merge the current branch into `origin/master`, including creating a fork etc if it's necessary. You get a url to the pull-request in the UI =) It requires you to have a Github account and to configure both `git` and `hub` to be aware of (and have access to via ssh) that account, but there are really nice instructions in the docs for the `hub` project. // T On Monday, November 10, 2014 9:58:15 PM UTC+1, Ivar Nesje wrote: > > Another important point (for actively developed packages) is that > Pkg.add() checks out the commit of the latest released version registered > in METADATA.jl. Most packages do development on the master branch, so you > should likely base your changes on master, rather than the latest released > version. > > To do this, you can use `Pkg.checkout()`, but `git checkout master` will > also work. > > Ivar > > kl. 21:07:49 UTC+1 mandag 10. november 2014 skrev Tim Wheeler følgende: >> >> Thank you! It seems to have worked. >> Per João's suggestions, I had to: >> >> >> - Create a fork on Github of the target package repository >> - Clone my fork locally >> - Create a branch on my local repository >> - Add, commit, & push my changes to said branch >> - On github I could then submit the pull request from my forked repo >> to the upstream master >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Monday, November 10, 2014 11:17:55 AM UTC-8, Tim Wheeler wrote: >>> >>> Hello Julia Users, >>> >>> I wrote some code that I would like to submit via pull request to a >>> Julia package. The thing is, I am new to this and do not understand the >>> pull request process. >>> >>> What I have done: >>> >>> - used Pkg.add to obtain a local version of said package >>> - ran `git branch mybranch` to create a local git branch >>> - created my code additions and used `git add` to include them. Ran >>> `git commit -m` >>> >>> I am confused over how to continue. The instructions on git for issuing >>> a pull request require that I use their UI interface, but my local branch >>> is not going to show up when I select "new pull request" because it is, >>> well, local to my machine. Do I need to fork the repository first? When I >>> try creating a branch through the UI I do not get an option to create one >>> like they indicate in the tutorial >>> <https://help.github.com/articles/creating-and-deleting-branches-within-your-repository/#creating-a-branch>, >>> >>> perhaps because I am not a repo owner. >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>
