Re: Contributing on a subversion repo (Savannah)

Hi Riccardo!


Doesn’t savannah have GIT nowadays too? I know, you like SVN better, but today git knowledge is more widely spread and it makes contributing easier.

Thanks for thinking about it!


Kind regards,

	Lars

> Am 25.10.2025 um 18:46 schrieb Patrick Cardona <[email protected]>:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I know how to fork a git repo and to submit a pull request to the owner.
> 
> I would like to be able to do the same for some subversion repo,  namely to contribute to translations and help files of GNUstep applications.
> 
> - I know how to check out and creating a branch within svn.
> - Because I have not the permissions to  merge or to commit then to the trunk HEAD - what I understand - I would like to know how I could submit some minor changes: I tried first 'svn diff' to create a patch, but not all the changes were handled.
> - I thought I could also create a whole tarball of my branch and send it by mail: is it a good matter to do that?
> To sumarize, what are the good practices to contribute on subversion repo like on Savannah?
> 
> Regards,
> Patrick
> 
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