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. >
