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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/tr4nt0r/pynecil/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

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

Submit Feedback

The best way to send feedback is to file an issue at https://github.com/tr4nt0r/pynecil/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.
  • Remember that this is a volunteer-driven project, and that contributions are welcome :)

Development

Ready to contribute? Here's how to set up Pynecil for local development.

Setup Git

Fork the Pynecil repo on GitHub.

Clone your fork locally:

$ git clone git@github.com:yourusername/pynecil.git

Create a branch for local development:

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

Now you can make your changes locally.

Setup environment

We use Hatch to manage the development environment and production build. Ensure it's installed on your system.

Run unit tests

You can run all the tests with:

hatch run test

Format the code

Execute the following command to apply linting and check typing:

hatch run lint

Publish a new version

You can bump the version, create a commit and associated tag with one command:

hatch version patch

hatch version minor

hatch version major

Your default Git text editor will open so you can add information about the release.

When you push the tag on GitHub, the workflow will automatically publish it on PyPi and a GitHub release will be created as draft.

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.md.
  3. The pull request should work for Python 3.11 and 3.12. Check https://github.com/tr4nt0r/pynecil/actions/workflows/build.yaml and make sure that the tests pass for all supported Python versions.

Serve the documentation

You can serve the Mkdocs documentation with:

hatch run docs-serve