<![CDATA[Switching to a fork of an app]]>This is a duplicate post from the Mastodon forum: I want to switch to the Hometown branch of Mastodon. My install is currently the default one-click installation on Cloudron.

Can I simply initialize a new git repo in the /app/code folder via the cloudron cli and switch branches/remote origins?

Or would this depend on the changes in functionality of the fork itself and it's better to package a custom app?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/3219/switching-to-a-fork-of-an-appRSS for NodeTue, 06 Oct 2026 00:28:59 GMTFri, 25 Sep 2020 18:18:21 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Switching to a fork of an app on Tue, 20 Dec 2022 20:41:29 GMT]]>@brandthedwarf I finally did it. I'm not a technical person and just followed the instructions running it locally

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/58547https://forum.cloudron.io/post/58547Tue, 20 Dec 2022 20:41:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Switching to a fork of an app on Tue, 20 Dec 2022 17:53:02 GMT]]>As mastodon or should I say fediverse popularity rises, came here to ask if you made switch to fork and would you care to write something about it.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/58545https://forum.cloudron.io/post/58545Tue, 20 Dec 2022 17:53:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Switching to a fork of an app on Fri, 02 Dec 2022 14:46:50 GMT]]>@robi said in Switching to a fork of an app:

@jordanurbs have you completed your fork?

I came to ask the same thing 🙂
I've been trying to run Hometown with no success so far.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/57524https://forum.cloudron.io/post/57524Fri, 02 Dec 2022 14:46:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Switching to a fork of an app on Sun, 18 Apr 2021 16:56:38 GMT]]>@jordanurbs have you completed your fork?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/29973https://forum.cloudron.io/post/29973Sun, 18 Apr 2021 16:56:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Switching to a fork of an app on Sat, 26 Sep 2020 02:58:31 GMT]]>@girish You just saved me a lot of time and headache, thank you!

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/13722https://forum.cloudron.io/post/13722Sat, 26 Sep 2020 02:58:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Switching to a fork of an app on Fri, 25 Sep 2020 18:25:29 GMT]]>@jordanurbs The code inside the container (the /app/code you refer to) cannot be changed. It's a read-only file system. On Cloudron, you have to create a docker image and then deploy the docker image.

I think it's easiest if you quickly try https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/3102/building-custom-packages first to build the mastodon app. Once you do that, you can adjust that Dockerfile for the hometown branch and then build again and then run cloudron update.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/13682https://forum.cloudron.io/post/13682Fri, 25 Sep 2020 18:25:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Switching to a fork of an app on Fri, 25 Sep 2020 18:22:05 GMT]]>Yes, essentially you can start from the regular mastodon package at https://git.cloudron.io/cloudron/mastodon-app and then adjust that to use the fork. This however then means that our package updates would of course not apply to your modified/forked instance.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/13680https://forum.cloudron.io/post/13680Fri, 25 Sep 2020 18:22:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Switching to a fork of an app on Fri, 25 Sep 2020 18:19:40 GMT]]>@jordanurbs I've no idea really, but I'd guess that later. I think you'd need to create a completely new custom app based on the fork.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/13679https://forum.cloudron.io/post/13679Fri, 25 Sep 2020 18:19:40 GMT