Contributing

Contributions are welcome, and they are greatly appreciated! Every little bit helps, and credit will always be given.

Get Started!

Ready to contribute? Here’s how to set up oop_ext for local development.

  1. Fork the oop_ext repo on GitHub.

  2. Clone your fork locally:

    $ git clone git@github.com:your_github_username_here/oop-ext.git
    
  3. Create a virtual environment and activate it:

    $ python -m virtualenv .env
    
    $ .env\Scripts\activate  # For Windows
    $ source .env/bin/activate  # For Linux
    
  4. Install the development dependencies for setting up your fork for local development:

    $ cd oop_ext/
    $ pip install -e .[testing,docs]
    

    Note

    If you use conda, you can install virtualenv in the root environment:

    $ conda install -n root virtualenv
    

    Don’t worry as this is safe to do.

  5. Install pre-commit:

    $ pre-commit install
    
  6. Create a branch for local development:

    $ git checkout -b name-of-your-bugfix-or-feature
    

    Now you can make your changes locally.

  7. When you’re done making changes, run the tests:

    $ pytest
    
  8. If you want to check the modification made on the documentation, you can generate the docs locally:

    $ tox -e docs
    

    The documentation files will be generated in docs/_build.

  9. Commit your changes and push your branch to GitHub:

    $ git add .
    $ git commit -m "Your detailed description of your changes."
    $ git push origin name-of-your-bugfix-or-feature
    
  10. Submit a pull request through the GitHub website.

Pull Request Guidelines

Before you submit a pull request, check that it meets these guidelines:

  1. The pull request should include tests.

  2. If the pull request adds functionality, the docs should be updated.