I don't understand GitHub folders - help needed. about animartrix

[netmindz]

The trick is to do as I did and create new branch git checkout -b name-of-my-branch

You can then do whatever changes you like. If you want to then pull in "generic" dev into this "custom" version, then you can just run git merge main when you have the branch checked out.

So you have a "vanilla" version and one with the SmartMatrix stuff.

Would you like me to merge your changes into the branch I had started already for you?

Ultimately, depending on how different the SmartMatrix stuff is, you might in the future choose to merge the branch back in, but with the SmartMatrix as a build-time feature flag. This is what I do on a few of my projects and how Marc works too

[netmindz]

As was only my changes in that branch, I've taken the liberty of updating that branch with your code

https://github.com/StefanPetrick/animartrix/tree/smartmatrix

[netmindz]

So if a user wants to run FastLED, they just git clone or download the zip, if they want to use SmartMatrix, they just use git checkout smartmatrix after the clone or use this link https://github.com/StefanPetrick/animartrix/archive/refs/heads/smartmatrix.zip then rename the folder or the animartrix.ino file so they match