This is how to do it with a git repository:
http://blog.campoy.cat/2014/03/github-and-go-forking-pull-requests-and.html On Fri, Nov 25, 2016, at 10:31 AM, Mariusz Gronczewski wrote: > Hi, > > So let's say there is a project, living under path > github.com/local/project. Project is neatly divided into a bunch of > packages and uses recommended absolute paths: > > package main > > import ( > "github.com/external/dep1" > "github.com/local/project/config" > "github.com/local/project/backend" > "github.com/local/project/frontend" > ) > > > and packages inside of it also use that: > > package backend > > import ( > "github.com/external/dep3" > "github.com/external/dep4" > "github.com/local/project/config" > "github.com/local/project/backend/nosql" > "github.com/local/project/backend/sql" > "github.com/local/project/backend/dummy" > ) > > package frontend > > import ( > "github.com/external/dep5" > "github.com/external/dep6" > "github.com/local/project/config" > "github.com/local/project/backend" > "github.com/local/project/frontend/html" > "github.com/local/project/frontend/pdf" > ) > > ...how does one contribute to it ? > > If I just go and fork it and do a bunch of changes across packages > then I can't test it because everything will be under > "github.com/me/project" so deps will come from the "wrong" place. > > If I go and find-replace everything now I can work in peace but any > diff or pull request from it wont make any sense as now it will > contain wrong paths > > If I use relative packages then things like `go test` complain about > local imports and wont run. > > Surely there is a better method than "just glue it with some > symlinks" ? > > Cheers, Mariusz > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
