Contributing

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

You can contribute in many ways:

Types of Contributions

Report Bugs

Report bugs at https://github.com/Cheukting/picknmix/issues.

If you are reporting a bug, please include:

  • Your operating system name and version.

  • Any details about your local setup that might be helpful in troubleshooting.

  • Detailed steps to reproduce the bug.

Fix Bugs

Look through the GitHub issues for bugs. Anything tagged with “bug” and “help wanted” is open to whoever wants to implement it.

Implement Features

Look through the GitHub issues for features. Anything tagged with “enhancement” and “help wanted” is open to whoever wants to implement it.

Write Documentation

Pick n Mix could always use more documentation, whether as part of the official Pick n Mix docs, in docstrings, or even on the web in blog posts, articles, and such.

Note that you can skip Travis CI testing if your commit does not include any code changes. In that case, just include [skip CI] in the commit message. See the Travis documentation for more details.

Write Tests

Code should be accompanied by tests and documentation. You can add your tests to the tests folder.

To create a new test:

class TestX:

  def test_one_plus_one_eq_2(self):
      assert 1+1 == 2

Check existing test for more precise examples, also pytest info in https://docs.pytest.org.

Submit Feedback

The best way to send feedback is to file an issue at https://github.com/Cheukting/picknmix/issues.

If you are proposing a feature:

  • Explain in detail how it would work.

  • Keep the scope as narrow as possible, to make it easier to implement.

  • Check if it isn’t previously reported.

  • Remember that this is a volunteer-driven project, and that contributions are welcome :)

Get Started!

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

  1. Fork the picknmix repo on GitHub.

  2. Clone your fork locally:

    $ git clone git@github.com:your_name_here/picknmix.git
    
  3. Install your local copy into a virtualenv. Assuming you have virtualenvwrapper installed, this is how you set up your fork for local development:

    $ mkvirtualenv picknmix
    $ cd picknmix/
    $ pip install -e .
    $ pip install -r requirements.txt
    
  4. Create a branch for local development:

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

    Now you can make your changes locally.

  5. When you’re done making changes, check that your changes pass flake8 and the tests, including testing other Python versions with tox:

    $ flake8 picknmix tests
    $ python pytest tests
    $ tox
    

    To get flake8 and tox, just pip install them into your virtualenv.

  6. 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
    
  7. 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. Put your new functionality into a function with a docstring, and add the feature to the list in README.rst.

  3. The pull request should work for Python 3.5+ and PyPy. Check https://travis-ci.org/Cheukting/picknmix/pull_requests and make sure that the tests pass for all supported Python versions.

  4. Use this title convention:

    * [Doc] for documentation
    * [BUG] for bug fix
    * [WIP] for work in progress PR
    

Deploying

A reminder for the maintainers on how to deploy. Make sure all your changes are committed (including an entry in HISTORY.rst). Then run:

$ bumpversion patch # possible: major / minor / patch
$ git push
$ git push --tags

Travis will then deploy to PyPI if tests pass.

Once you have contributed, please remember to add your name in AUTHOR.rst under Contributors. Thanks so much for your contribution, it is really appreciated.