[TxMt] Managing change in default bundles

[Trevor Harmon]

I like how TextMate seamlessly merges user bundles with the default  
bundles. I can add new snippets, for example, and they'll be stored  
(transparently) in my ~/Library folder, so that when I upgrade to a  
new version of TextMate, my custom snippets won't get blown away.

This works great for adding things to the default bundles, but what  
about changing them? I know any changes I make to a default bundle  
will override the original, but that works well only until the next  
TextMate release comes out. Consider the release notes from the  
recent update:

    "Lots and lots of changes, fixes, and additions to the bundles."

That means wherever I've made a change to a bundle, even small  
tweaks, I'll be losing all these bug fixes and enhancements that have  
been made in the new version. For this reason, I've been avoiding  
making any changes to the default bundles, but of course this  
prevents me from tweaking the bundles to suit my particular needs and  
workflow.

I'm wondering how other TextMate users handle this problem. Do people  
track the bundle repository, merging upstream changes (and fixing  
conflicts) as they occur? Or is it more common simply to avoid making  
any changes at all, as I've been doing (reluctantly)?

Trevor

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