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== Creating and submitting patches (changesets) == | == Creating and submitting patches (changesets) == | ||
Everybody is free to obtain, built, and modify Octave's source code, given in the main repository at https://www.octave.org/hg/octave. If you want to share your modifications, for example to fix a nasty '''bug #42424''', you cannot just submit your changes to Octave's main repository. You have to generate a '''patch (or changeset)''' so Octave developers | Everybody is free to obtain, built, and modify Octave's source code, given in the main repository at https://www.octave.org/hg/octave. If you want to share your modifications, for example to fix a nasty '''bug #42424''', you cannot just submit your changes to Octave's main repository. You have to generate a '''patch (or changeset)''' so other Octave developers can include them into Octave's source code. | ||
# Get the latest revision of Octave (or some Octave package) <pre>hg clone https://www.octave.org/hg/octave</pre> or when already cloned <pre>hg pull && hg update</pre> | # Get the latest revision of Octave (or some Octave package) <pre>hg clone https://www.octave.org/hg/octave</pre> or when already cloned <pre>hg pull && hg update</pre> | ||