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author | Ian Cordasco <sigmavirus24@users.noreply.github.com> | 2016-08-02 15:35:59 -0500 |
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committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2016-08-02 15:35:59 -0500 |
commit | 66e43b4fea8c5b99c1bb146b7bdc0b6d3980854c (patch) | |
tree | 117ca32113152e8a29ecea60c4f3445e36a138e2 | |
parent | 1e710127635f7374923ef59db937fc391e7436bd (diff) | |
parent | a090bb2a72dfd64b0492307e9bdb608314fc1ed6 (diff) | |
download | pep8-66e43b4fea8c5b99c1bb146b7bdc0b6d3980854c.tar.gz |
Merge pull request #566 from daspecster/update-contributing-rst
Add contributing instructions.
-rw-r--r-- | CONTRIBUTING.rst | 74 |
1 files changed, 71 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst index 9771176..caab193 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst @@ -1,4 +1,72 @@ -Contributing to ``pycodestyle`` -=============================== +Contributing to pycodestyle +=========================== -Please see the `developer notes <https://pycodestyle.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developer.html>`_ +When contributing to pycodestyle, please observe our `Code of Conduct`_. + +Step 1: Forking pycodestyle for editing +--------------------------------------- + +Fork the pycodestyle repository on GitHub. This will add +pycodestyle to your GitHub account. You will push your changes to your +fork and then make pull requests into the official pycodestyle repository. + +GitHub has an excellent `guide`_ that has screenshots on how to do this. + +Next, clone your fork of the pycodestyle repository to your system for +editing:: + + $ git clone https://www.github.com/<your_username>/pycodestyle + +Now you have a copy of the pycodestyle codebase that is almost ready for +edits. Next we will setup `virtualenv`_ which will help create an isolated +environment to manage dependancies. + + +Step 2: Use virtualenv when developing +-------------------------------------- + +`virtualenv`_ is a tool to create isolated python environments. +First, install virtualenv with:: + + $ pip install virtualenv + +Next, ``cd`` to the pycodestyle repository that you cloned earlier and +create, then activate a virtualenv:: + + $ cd pycodestyle + $ virtualenv pycodestyle-venv + $ source pycodestyle-venv/bin/activate + +Now you can install the pycodestyle requirements:: + + $ pip install -r dev-requirements.txt + +To deactivate the virtualenv you can type:: + + $ deactivate + +For more information see `virtualenv`_'s documentation. + + +Step 3: Run tests +----------------- + +Before creating a pull request you should run the tests to make sure that the +changes that have been made haven't caused any regressions in functionality. +To run the tests, the core developer team and Travis-CI use `tox`_:: + + $ pip install -r dev-requirements.txt + $ tox + +All the tests should pass for all available interpreters, with the summary of:: + + congratulations :) + +At this point you can create a pull request back to the official pycodestyles +repository for review! For more information on how to make a pull request, +GitHub has an excellent `guide`_. + +.. _virtualenv: http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/dev/virtualenvs/ +.. _guide: https://guides.github.com/activities/forking/ +.. _tox: https://tox.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ +.. _Code of Conduct: http://meta.pycqa.org/en/latest/code-of-conduct.html |