13. Contributing

Contributions are welcome, and they are greatly appreciated and credit will always be given.

You can contribute in many ways:

13.1. Types of Contributions

13.1.1. Report Bugs

Report bugs at https://github.com/incoresemi/river_core/issues.

13.1.2. Submit Feedback

The best way to send feedback is to file an issue at https://github.com/incoresemi/river_core/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 :)

13.2. Get Started!

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

  1. Fork the river_core repo on Github.

  2. Clone your fork locally:

    $ git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/river_core.git

  3. Create an issue and WIP pull request that creates a working branch for you

    $ git checkout -b name-of-your-bug-fix-or-feature

    Now you can make your changes locally.

  4. 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-bug fix-or-feature

  5. Submit a pull request through the Github website.

13.3. Pull Request Guidelines

Before you submit a pull request, check that it meets these guidelines:

  1. If the pull request adds functionality, the docs should be updated.

  2. The pull request should work for Python 3.6, 3.7 and 3.8, and for Pypi.

13.4. Deploying

A reminder for the maintainers on how to deploy. Make sure all your changes are committed. Then run:

$ bumpversion --config-file setup.cfg patch  # possible: major / minor / patch
$ git push origin name-of-your-branch