How to propose changes you want in Picochess V4

[Johan Sjöblom]

Hi.

To all brave testers who wants to fix something in Picochess V4 here is a short 6 minute video on how to make a new issue. From that issue a branch is created. The branch can be edited on your local machine if you are comfortable with git commands add, commit, push.

Or any file in the branch can be edited on GitHub web page as shown in the video.

The video ends with how you make a Pull Request (PR) which is a proposal to accept the change. Anyone can then review that change and if 2 developers approve it, it can be merged into main branch for everyone. Its usually a good idea to test first :-)

[Johan Sjöblom]

I have to use something else than gnome built in video recorder next time as my mouse is not visible on the video?

[DJ Dekker]

Hi Johan,

Thank you for your instructions.

I would like to propose the addition of three chess variants. I have watched your video but I'm not seeing the link to create a new branch. Instead, under the 'Development' header on the right side it reads "No branches or pull requests". Could you please advise how to proceed?

Greetings,

DJ 

Op dinsdag 13 januari 2026 om 15:49:09 UTC+1 schreef messi...@gmail.com:

[Johan Sjöblom]

See attached screen shot. The "create a branch" link on the low-middle right will create a branch in origin, you can then checkout that branch locally and develop. I have a feeling i am not answering the right question, but thats where I create all my issue branches.

I try to keep the branch name short, but always start with the issue number so that its unique and traceable back to an issue.

Example: the branches I have open now are: 260-sound-fix and 262-trixie-pipewire.

-- Johan

[Johan Sjöblom]

Ah, I see, you were not yet named as a collaborator for some reason. I sent you an invite. Maybe it was a rights-issue. If you accept the invite you should see the ability to create a branch.