What I mean is, fork the GitHub repo to your own repo, clone that fork, make your change, then do a pull request back to the GitHub repo.
Here is the GitHub repo: https://github.com/apache/incubator-netbeans Assuming of course that you're doing a patch that should be part of NetBeans for everyone and not just for you. Gj On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 11:30 PM Joseph Huber <[email protected]> wrote: > My patch is described here: > > > http://netbeans-org.1045718.n5.nabble.com/Update-Center-issue-How-to-hide-remove-items-from-the-Available-Plugins-tab-td5749157.html#a5749162 > > > > As for patching the zip, I am familiar with that process, and I am not > familiar with the GitHub/pull request process. Patching the zip > previously worked fine. > > > > Thank You! > > > > Joe Huber > > Standard Refrigeration LLC > > 2005 Reverchon Dr > > Arlington, TX 76017 > > Cell: 682-777-8374 > > [email protected] > > > > *From:* Geertjan Wielenga <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 8, 2019 4:03 PM > *To:* Joseph Huber <[email protected]> > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Trouble patching NetBeans 11.0 platform module > > > > I believe they should be downloaded during the build process. > > > > But rather than patching via the ZIP, why not clone the GitHub repo and > then provide a pull request there? > > > > What does your patch do? > > > > Gj > > > > > > On Wed, 8 May 2019 at 22:34, Joseph Huber <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello! > > > > I am in the initial phase of trying to patch a NetBeans 11.0 platform > module (which I have successfully done in NetBeans 8.2) per the procedure > at http://wiki.netbeans.org/DevFaqOrphanedNetBeansOrgModules. I > downloaded the 11.0 source from the links at > > > https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/incubator/netbeans/incubating-netbeans/incubating-11.0/incubating-netbeans-11.0-source.zip > > > > The process is crashing at the “ant -f nbbuild/build.xml bootstrap” step > with numerous errors regarding javax.help, such as: > > nb_all\nbbuild\antsrc\org\netbeans\nbbuild\CheckHelpSets.java:37: error: > package javax.help does not exist > > > > In the netbeans 8.2 platform source, javahelp\external contains the > following files: binaries-list, jhall-2.0_05.jar, jhall-2.0_05-license.txt > > > > In the netbeans 11.0 platform source, javahelp\external contains the > following files: binaries-list, jhall-2.0_05-license.txt > > > > jhall-2.0_05.jar is missing in 11.0, which I believe is the source of the > above error. The 11.0 binaries-list file contains the following text: > > > > # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one > > # or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file > > # distributed with this work for additional information > > # regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file > > # to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the > > # "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance > > # with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at > > # > > # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 > > # > > # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, > > # software distributed under the License is distributed on an > > # "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY > > # KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the > > # specific language governing permissions and limitations > > # under the License. > > CA70822C47A67FC3A11670270567C2D01566DAE1 jhall-2.0_05.jar > > > > It seems that jhall-2.0_05.jar should be in the 11.0, javahelp\external > folder (like it is in 8.2), but it is missing. Is this a bug? I searched > through the 11.0 source, and I don’t find jhall-2.0_05.jar included. > > Thank You for any help! > > > > Joe Huber > > Standard Refrigeration LLC > > 2005 Reverchon Dr > <https://maps.google.com/?q=2005+Reverchon+Dr+%0D%0A+Arlington,+TX+76017&entry=gmail&source=g> > > Arlington, TX > <https://maps.google.com/?q=2005+Reverchon+Dr+%0D%0A+Arlington,+TX+76017&entry=gmail&source=g> > 76017 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=2005+Reverchon+Dr+%0D%0A+Arlington,+TX+76017&entry=gmail&source=g> > > Cell: 682-777-8374 > > [email protected] > >
