#113 Contributing to Rails with Git

Jun 09, 2008 | 11 minutes | Active Record, Tools

If you want Rails to behave a certain way, try changing it and submitting a patch. This episode will show how to do exactly this using Git.

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          bash
        
# run tests
rake test
cd activerecord
rake test_mysql
rake test_mysql TEST='test/cases/named_scope_test.rb

# make changes on branch
git checkout -b named_scope_with_bang
git commit -a -m "named_scope with bang"

# pull recent changes and apply to branch
git checkout master
git pull
git checkout named_scope_with_bang
git rebase master

# make patch
git format-patch master --stdout > ~/named_scope_with_bang.diff

# apply patch
curl ... | git am

          sql
        
create database activerecord_unittest;
create database activerecord_unittest2;
grant all on activerecord_unittest.* TO rails@localhost;
grant all on activerecord_unittest2.* TO rails@localhost;