4 Jim's sources are kept in Git Version Control System. Global repository of
5 Jim project is placed on this Web site:
7 http://repo.or.cz/w/jimtcl.git
9 There are two ways of contributing to Jim project. First is suited for
10 one-time fixes and small corrections. The second is more appropriate
11 for long-term contributors interested in Jim internals.
16 For small modifications, procedure of preparing a traditional 'patch'
17 is enough. In order to prepare a patch, you first have to obtain the
18 most recent copy of Jim Tcl. This can be done with following command:
20 git clone http://repo.or.cz/r/jimtcl.git
22 After entering newly created directory you can easily correct/fix/modify
23 files. Once finished, patch can be easily generated:
25 git diff > my_patch_fixing_x_y.patch
27 If working without Git system, you'll have to backup files first, modify
28 the original files and obtain a patch manually:
30 cp jim.c jim.c.ORIGINAL
32 [...] <- modifications go here
34 diff -u jim.c.ORIGINAL jim.c > my_patch_fixing_z.patch
39 In order to help extending and correcting Jim in a long term basis, one
40 needs to create separate fork of Jim project and maintain his changes in a
41 separate copy of a repository.
43 By visiting this site, you'll have a chance to fork a project. This can
44 be easily done with "fork" link. Form that will show up next refers to
45 the project that is about to be started. The only thing that has to be
46 taken care of is the project mode -- it should be "push mode".
48 Once the project is created one must add a user that will actually
49 start committing new files to the repo. It can also be done through the
50 WWW interface, so nothing more is necessary.
52 Once finished with setting up a project on the WWW panel, one can
53 start playing with actual import of the files. In order to obtain copy
54 of Jim sources, we have to clone the repository:
56 git clone http://repo.or.cz/r/jimtcl.git
58 Now, we must push fresh copy of Jim to your project URL:
62 So for example for me it was:
64 git push ssh://repo.or.cz/srv/git/jimtcl/wkoszek.git master
66 In order to add file we type "git add <file>". For remove, we do "git rm
67 <file>". To remove all local changes that aren't in a repository you do "git
68 reset --hard HEAD". Once inserted, files have to be committed with "git commit
69 -a". Once done with commits for today, "git push" can be used to propagate
70 changes from your local disk to the remote repository.
72 Right now you can verify whether this works by trying to clone your
73 project's repository somewhere else, this time using anonymous HTTP
76 git clone http://repo.or.cz/r/jimtcl/wkoszek.git
78 Review, testing and publishing
79 ==============================
81 Notification of work that can be considered finished is more than welcome on
82 Jim-devel mailing list:
84 http://jim.tcl.tk:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/jim-devel
86 Patches prepared with the procedures presented above are welcome. Before
87 submitting patches, you can verify that your changes didn't bring any
88 regressions to the Jim. In order to do so, sample regression tests have
89 been implemented. You can execute them by typing:
93 All tests should succeed.