Maintain packages with Git

Maintain packages with Git

Git is a distributed version-control system for tracking changes in source code during software development. It is designed for coordinating work among programmers, but it can be used to track changes in any set of files.

Some, but not all, packages developed for the Humax use Git to maintain the associated source code. This allows for better tracking and control of changes and, potentially, allows for multiple users to collaborate on maintaining the package by making and testing changes on a private copy of the package and then submitting them for review and incorporation into the main package for distribution to the Humax community via the normal package update mechanism.

This wiki page attempts to describe the basics required to submit a change to a package that you don't own using the webif package as an example. It was written by a naive new user of Git and does not attempt to cover all of Git / Github and may contain errors, please correct and update this page where needed!