into the root folder (of the branch master); don't use dependent. Dependent is just for styles that contain nothing but links to existing styles (look at some of the files in the folder if that's not clear).

I'd like to propose versions of 7 high-use styles that include the Extra field as an annotation. This is the approach used by the annotated Chicago style currently in the Style Repository.

I appreciate it's not desirable to have two versions of every style in the repository, but having annotation versions of this handful of high-use styles would be immensely useful. A large chunk of Zotero use at my institution is postgrads and upper-division undergrads who are working on annotated bibliographies.

It's true these are small variations, but I think they would have a big impact. Thanks for considering.

Can you give a list of the seven styles for which you'd like to have these variants?

While I appreciate that some people might like these annotated versions, there are significant costs to adding style variants: it adds to the burden of keeping the different variants synchronized, and users are presented with more options (which doesn't necessarily improve the user experience: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paradox_of_Choice).

No problem - thanks anyway. I fully understand your position and I appreciate the work you do to maintain the repository.

And yes, we have our annotation styles hosted locally: http://researchguides.uvm.edu/zoterostyles