If you want to make a fix on master or on the current
stable branch, you work the same way, by producing and discussing
a diff on the mailing list. Once it’s approved, you can commit it
yourself:
$ git checkout master Move to master $ git pull Make sure we're up to date with the maintainer $ gvim … Make any fixes, compile, test $ git diff Review your changes $ git add … Add any files for committing $ git commit Commit the files with a commit message.
When you’re ready to push your changes:
$ git pull Download latest version; Git will merge $ gvim ... Resolve any merge conflicts with git add and git commit $ git push Now you can push your changes upstream
See Dealing With Merge Conflicts for instructions on dealing with merge conflicts.