The process for contribution to git packages?

Question

Until now I have only used git packages with gem:

gem install <package>

Haven't contributed to correcting things to git-hub.

I wonder how you all do it?

Eg. when I have installed the gem package, should I manually create a folder where I do:

git clone <repo>

Then when I find the gem package behaving strangely, I just correct the source in that repo of mine, and then I push it to git-hub?

Is that the process? Or is the source already there somewhere when I installed it?

Share your experiences so others know how to contribute, preferably in steps.

Answer 1

If you want to contribute to a project that uses Git, then yes, you should clone the repository, commit your changes to the clone, and then push the changes back.

Answer 2

For help learning git, check out:

http://book.git-scm.com/

http://progit.org/book/