From: Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@...>
Date: 2010-09-27T17:32:17+09:00
Subject: Contributing to a gem on github

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Hi, there is a gem I want to use (bones-extras), but the part I want to use
doesn't work on 1.9.2 since they removed "." from the path (extremely
irritating, btw).

On my system, I can fix it, by editing the source to add "." to the
beginning of the file path, but that doesn't help anyone else, and it
doesn't help me later if I try to work on my project on a different
computer.

I figure this is a good opportunity to help an open source project, but I'm
not sure what to do. I know that I fork it on github, clone my fork, make
the change, push it back up, then send a pull request. But is there a blog
or anything that talks about the extra stuff? Do I change the version? How
do I word my commit? Are there any expectations of me that I should take
care to observe? How long do I keep my fork?

I want to contribute to other projects out, but the process seems
undocumented, and I'm unsure of my obligations / expectations.

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