How to quickly make a fix in NuGet package hosted on GitHub?

Question

I am using a NuGet package whose source code is on GitHub. I need to make a change in the source code and I know how to do it, however, I'm not sure how to make this change available to my project immediately. I guess the standard process is something like this:

1. Fork the repo on GitHub
2. Make the code change
3. Open a PR
4. Wait until the project maintainer merges it and publishes a new release on NuGet
5. Run local NuGet update

The problem is step 4 which can take days or weeks (or forever). I am looking for a workflow in which I can bring the code change to my project immediately, without the wait for the maintainer, but I haven't worked with in the .NET / NuGet ecosystem for a while and have no idea how it should be done.

For example, should I publish a forked NuGet package on nuget.org? Should I create my own private feed? How? Where? Etc.

Answer 1

Fork the repo, make the change and then use service like Appveyor or MyGet to host private packages of your fork.