Install Composer Patches (https://github.com/cweagans/composer-patches)
composer require cweagans/composer-patches
Inside your composer.json add the patches for the desidered module, specifying a custom message and the patch path.
{
...
"extra": {
"patches": {
"magento/module-cron": {
"Fix the app:config:import Magento Cron Config error": "m2-hotfixes/magento-module-cron-config-product-alert.patch"
},
"paypal/module-braintree-core": {
"Fix app:config:import error": "m2-hotfixes/magento-paypal-braintree-config-array.patch"
}
}
}
...
}
composer install
Yes, of course you can contribute sending a pull request to propose improvements and fixes.