Working with the development version

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This page describes some of the most common commands used when working with VDrift's source code. It assumes you have followed the instructions in the Cloning/Checking out section of Getting the development version.

See this documentation for more up to date and complete information: http://help.github.com/

Updating

Git

To update the Git repositories, execute the following command in the root folder of the repository (i.e. vdrift, vdrift/vdrift-win or vdrift/vdrift-mac):

git pull git://github.com/VDrift/vdrift.git

Subversion

To update the data, run the following command while in vdrift/data

svn update

Making your own changes

Git

These instructions also apply for the dependencies - just change the file paths and URLs.

Forking

If you want to make your own changes to improve VDrift, the easiest way is to fork the main VDrift repository on GitHub. Just click the button near the top right of the page. You will need a free GitHub account. Then clone your new repo onto your computer:

git clone git@github.com:username/vdrift.git

And link this to the original VDrift repo:

cd vdrift
git remote add upstream git://github.com/VDrift/vdrift.git
git fetch upstream

Uploading changes

To upload any changes you've made, first add the files to the commit:

git add filename

Then do the commit:

git commit -m 'Commit message'

And finally send this to GitHub:

git push origin master

Checking in changes

You can request a VDrift developer to incorporate your changes by initiating a GitHub pull request. See this documentation for more info: http://help.github.com/send-pull-requests/

Subversion

You will need to ask a VDrift developer in the forums for Subversion access in order to commit to the repository. You will need a free Sourceforge account. You can then add any new files or folders you've created:

svn add filename

And then commit the changes:

svn commit -m "Commit message"

If you don't want to do this, you can create a diff which you can post in the forums:

svn diff

Thank you for helping make VDrift better for everyone!