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/mmore500/hstrat/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.

Request Support

In order to improve the software, it is crucial to understand end-users’ use cases and any issues installing the software or challenges using the software. If you need support, please reach out.

The best way to request support is to file an issue at https://github.com/mmore500/alifedata-phyloinformatics-convert/issues.

Be sure to include:

  • Your use case for the software.

  • Your operating system name and version.

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

  • A link to the project you want incorporate the software into, if available.

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

hstrat could always use more documentation, whether as part of the official hstrat 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/mmore500/hstrat/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 :)

Get Started!

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

  1. Fork the hstrat repo on GitHub.

  2. Clone your fork locally:

    $ git clone git@github.com:your_name_here/hstrat.git
$ cd hstrat

  3. Install development requirements into a virtualenv (where X is your local major release of Python):

    $ python3.X -m venv env
$ source env/bin/activate
$ python3.X -m pip install -r requirements-dev/py3X/requirements-all.txt

  4. Alternately, to install development requirements into your local Python environment:

    $ python3.X -m pip install -r requirements-dev/requirements-all.txt

  5. Create a branch for local development:

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

    Now you can make your changes locally.

  6. When you’re done making changes, check that your changes pass the tests:

    $ python3.X -m pytest

    To run some tests, you will need ffmpeg installed. The Linux way to do this is:

    $ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

  7. 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

  8. 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 3.6, 3.7 and 3.8, and for PyPy. Check https://travis-ci.com/mmore500/hstrat/pull_requests and make sure that the tests pass for all supported Python versions.

Tips

To run a subset of tests:

$ pytest tests.test_hstrat

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:

$ bump2version patch # possible: major / minor / patch
$ git push
$ git push --tags

GitHub Actions will then deploy to PyPI if tests pass.