Working with the Perl 5 Source Code

• Clone the Perl 5 source code:

        $> git clone git://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git perl
        $> git checkout -b my_branch origin/blead
        # hack, hack, hack
        $> git add .
        $> git commit -m "Why this branch"

• Create a local branch, make your changes, configure, build and test

        $> sh ./Configure -des -Dusedevel
        $> make
        $> make test            # or:  make test_harness

• Prepare a patch using perlbug