I wish there was more of an emphasis on this being a temporary solution. Usually when you need a patch, you need it now, so pulling the lib from your own git fo

I wish there was more of an emphasis on this being a temporary solution. Usually when you need a patch, you need it now, so pulling the lib from your own git fork is the only immediate solution. But you should make every effort with your fork to adhere to the project's standards and get your fixes merged back in so the entire ecosystem can benefit. Get off the custom gem as soon as possible.