An other issue is that the current github setup require the hypothetical contributor to have a github account.
On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Carl Poirier <carl.poirie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Maybe KiCad could be made to pull the new changes automatically ("git pull > https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-library" or "git fetch upstream" if it's a > fork) on startup? However this would require the libraries to be installed > in a user-writeable directory. > > > > > On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 9:59 AM, Kaspar Emanuel <kaspar.eman...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> On 21 March 2014 08:10, Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tapp...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > When you get a repo because you want to contribute (either is kicad it >> > self or the kicad lib repo) u clone the master repo, you do your >> > modifications, you create and send to developers your patch, Done. >> > >> > Few days after your patch gets applied and ideally your would like to >> > re-synch your current repo with the newest repo but it is not possible >> > because your current repo is out of synch since you did your >> > modifications locally. >> >> No, at this point you could switch your fp_lib_table to use the KiCad >> github repo for that libary or keep it pointing to your local repo as >> they should be the same. If there are additional changes in the KiCad >> repo then you can pull those changes. If you have additional changes >> since you made the patch you can make a new patch. >> >> >Maybe, some sort of intermediate tool that sits between the pcb guy >> and git is needed? >> >> I think this is a good idea. Libgit2 could help with this. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp