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://git.cpi.imtek.uni-freiburg.de/holgi/sg-backup-doku.git/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

SG Backup Doku could always use more documentation, whether as part of the official SG Backup Doku 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://git.cpi.imtek.uni-freiburg.de/holgi/sg-backup-doku.git/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 sg_backup_doku for local development.

Fork the sg_backup_doku repo on GitHub.
Clone your fork locally::

$ git clone git@github.com:your_name_here/sg_backup_doku.git
Install your local copy into a virtualenv.

$ cd sg_backup_doku/ $ make devenv
Create a branch for local development::

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

Now you can make your changes locally.
When you're done making changes, check that your changes passes the linters and the tests, including testing other Python versions with tox::
```
$ make lint
$ make coverage
$ make tox
```

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

Submit a pull request through the GitHub website.

Pull Request Guidelines

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

The pull request should include tests.
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 and CHANGES.md

Tips

To run a quick set of tests without coverage report

$ make test

Deploying

A reminder for the maintainers on how to deploy. Bump the version in sg_backup_doku/__init__.py and make sure all your changes are committed (including an entry in CHANGES.md).

$ git tag <new version>
$ git push
$ git push --tags
$ flit publish

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