A pull request is a term related to the git software for version
control of (text/source code/...) files. The source code for Open
Library is version-controlled in a central 'repository' on GitHub [1].
Anyone can create a copy of that code by 'forking' or 'cloning' the
repository and propose to put the changes they make in their own
copies ('forks') in the central repository (by 'pulling') by sending a
pull request to the central repository administrator. In GitHub this
is done via a web form [2], but you could imagine a programmer sending
an email asking "could you check my improvement to your code? If you
want, you can pull it in[to the central repository]."I extended a plan for contributing code and sending pull requests to OL on the wiki [3]. (The ol-tech list may be more appropriate if anyone wants to talk programming or contributing in more detail.) Ben [1] https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary [2] pull requests show up at https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/pulls [3] http://openlibrary.org/dev/docs/committing On 5 June 2013 21:31, jessamyn c. west <jessa...@gmail.com> wrote: > I > don't know what a "pull request" is, could you clarify? > > Jessamyn > _______________________________________________ > Ol-discuss mailing list > Ol-discuss@archive.org > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > ol-discuss-unsubscr...@archive.org _______________________________________________ Ol-discuss mailing list Ol-discuss@archive.org http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to ol-discuss-unsubscr...@archive.org
