I understand what you're saying but I don't know how to do that. What software do I need to update merge my local version and the upstream version?
On Apr 7, 7:42 am, "Ralf S. Engelschall" <rse+jquery- [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 07, 2007, Diego A. wrote: > > It works, but I think that is a terrible idea. > > You'll have to edit the jQuery source every-time there is new release. > > I take a different approach: > > 1. Load jQuery source. > > 2. Make changes to suit my application. > > [...] > > You don't really have to repeat local changes every time a new upstream > version comes out. Just use a an arbitrary version control system like > CVS, Subversion or Monotone and _merge_ your and the upstream version > regularily. I'm doing this with both jQuery and dozend of other upstream > sources I've local modifications for. > > As jQuery lives in a public accessible SVN itself, it is even simpler > in this particular case. Just checkout jQuery from its SVN, apply your > local modifications (without committing!) to your working area and then > regularily "svn update" your working area by merging in the upstream > sources. If your changes are really surgical ones you usually will not > even get any conflict on updating your working area. This allows you > to maintain your local modifications easily. > > But if your local modifications are worth taken over by the upstream > vendor, please do not forget to at least once submit it to them... > > Ralf S. Engelschall > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.engelschall.com
