[julia-users] Workflow for modifying a package

2014-09-28 Thread Sal Mangano
Say I install a new Package using Julia's package manager. After using it for a while I find a bug that I'd like to try to fix myself. Or maybe I'd like to enhance the package in some way. What is the recommended workflow for doing this? Do I use Pkg.checkout('SomePkg') and then edit the

Re: [julia-users] Workflow for modifying a package

2014-09-28 Thread Andreas Noack
You'll have to know how to use git. It will require some investment costs if you don't already know how to use it, but it is really convenient for cooperative package development. It is a good idea to commit the changes you have made to the package to a new branch. Then you'll have to fork the

Re: [julia-users] Workflow for modifying a package

2014-09-28 Thread Tim Holy
Once you've committed your changes, you can say `Pkg.submit(PkgName)`. Looks like that's still undocumented. --Tim On Sunday, September 28, 2014 11:15:23 AM Sal Mangano wrote: That is fine. I know how to use git. I guess what I am asking is how to go about using the modified and testing the

Re: [julia-users] Workflow for modifying a package

2014-09-28 Thread Salvatore Mangano
Okay, thanks. I just thought there were also things you needed to do with the Julia Pkg manager as well as at the git level. I On Sep 28, 2014, at 2:28 PM, Andreas Noack andreasnoackjen...@gmail.com wrote: Then I'm not sure exactly what you are asking about. Each package is a git repository

Re: [julia-users] Workflow for modifying a package

2014-04-08 Thread David P. Sanders
El lunes, 7 de abril de 2014 20:09:47 UTC-5, Jameson escribió: `using X` will always prefer an existing module Main.X over reading code off of the hard drive. or you can prefix it with `include(../DataStructures.jl)` you may also consider putting your testsuite in a module also (and/or