Contributor`s guide#

We welcome the contribution to the package!

If you're interested in seeing who has already contributed to this project, please visit our Contributors page. We appreciate all contributions and look forward to see your name on that list!

It is not necessary to be a programmer to contribute. You can help with documentation, new features and finding bugs.

Contribution to the source code is summarized below. We assume that you have an account on github and familiar with Git.

Development workflow#

Fork and clone#

  • Go to the wulfric repository and click on the "Fork" button. Now you have your own copy of the wulfric repository in your GitHub account.

  • Clone your copy of the repository to your local machine:

    • If you are using ssh-key:

      git clone git@github.com:your-username/wulfric.git
      
    • If you are not using ssh-key:

      git clone https://github.com/your-username/wulfric.git
      
  • Change the directory:

    cd wulfric
    
  • Add the upstream repository:

    git remote add upstream https://github.com/adrybakov/wulfric.git
    
  • Pull the latest changes from the wulfric repository if necessary:

    git pull upstream main
    

Set up the environment#

We recommend to use virtual environment (with venv, for example). Once the virtual environment is created, you can install requirements:

  • Package dependencies:

    pip install -r requirements.txt
    
  • Development tools:

    pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
    
  • Documentation tools:

    pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
    
  • Testing tools:

    pip install -r utest/requirements.txt
    

Note

For the linux and OSX systems there is a scenario defined. It installs all requirements. Note: it does NOT create an environment for you:

make requirements

Enable pre-commit#

We use pre-commit to enforce some rules on the code style before each commit. To enable it, run the following command:

pre-commit install

Now, every time you commit the code, pre-commit will check it for you.

Hint

If you want to run pre-commit manually, you can use the following command:

pre-commit run --all-files

Develop your contribution#

Submit your contribution#

  • Push the changes to your forked repository:

    git push origin feature-name
    
  • Go to your forked repository on GitHub and click on the green "Compare & pull request" button. Describe your contribution and submit the pull request. Please mention the issue number if it is related to any.

Review and merge#

  • Once the pull request is submitted, the code will be reviewed. If there are any comments, please fix them. You can push the changes to the same branch and they will be added to the pull request automatically.

  • Once the pull request is approved, it will be merged to the main branch.

Development process in details#