Is this your first stab at using git as well?

We've the very few first steps outlined on the ocio website,
http://opencolorio.org/developers/getting_started.html

The rough steps are:

make a github account, get the permissions working
fork OpenColorIO to your private repo
clone your private repo
add spi as a remote
checkout a new branch for your development task
modify code, build, test
commit code changes
push commit(s) to github
from the github website, submit a pull request for the developement branch

If this is too daunting, please feel free to just send me either a
patch or the update files; I'll be happy to submit a pull request on
my branch.

-- Jeremy