Re: Creating a FreeType GitLab merge request

[David Saltzman]

Thanks Alexei. I found the issue on the wiki; apparently new accounts have forking disabled by default, and new users need to file user verification tickets to get verified before being able to fork. I did that, and now forking succeeds.

I filed a merge request here: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/merge_requests/315. Is there a way I should add reviewers or open any needed discussion or anything else for the merge request?

David

On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 7:25 PM Alexei Podtelezhnikov <apodtele@gmail.com> wrote:

Understandably, you cannot edit files in place. You need an account on
gitlab.freedesktop.org and [fork] FreeType, which has been done 114
times already.
Alternatively, send your patch here with a good description.

Alexei

On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 9:03 PM David Saltzman <davidbsaltzman@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to submit a feature to FreeType. https://freetype.org/developer.html recommends doing so via GitLab merge requests. But when I tried pushing to a branch on the command line, git said "ERROR: You are not allowed to push code to this project." Then I tried clicking edit->web IDE, and that said I can't edit files in that project and I need to create a new fork. But creating a fork from that link fails, and the fork button is greyed out on the main page.
>
> So do I need to join or be added to some access list, or are there other tricks for permissions or tools to use to submit GitLab merge requests?
>
> Thanks,
> David



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Alexei A. Podtelezhnikov, PhD