This document contains guidelines for making changes to Open English Wordnet and fixing issues using GitHub and the English Wordnet Editor (EWE)
You should take the following steps to implement a change in the resource
This is not necessary if you have the rights to change the repository directly. You only need to do this once
Choose the 'fork' option in the top right hand corner of the screen. Follow the instructions and you will have a new version of the repository at https://github.com/EXAMPLE/english-wordnet where EXAMPLE
is your GitHub ID.
Choose one of the issues from the issue list. If there is not an issue yet, please first report an issue before making any changes.
Create a new branch for the issue which would normally be called issue-XXX
where XXX
is the issue number.
git checkout -b issue-XXX master
The preferred editing tool for this resource is EWE. The lastest version can be downloaded from the releases page at https://github.com/jmccrae/ewe/releases
EWE is a menu-driven application. Please choose the relevant changes and save the results before making a pull request
You should verify and commit the changes made to the files. Please provide a readable title for the change and include a GitHub keyword to close the issue.
git commit -a
Push the changes to GitHub using the 'publish' option on GitHub desktop or by the command
git push