Contributing

Contributions are welcome, and they are greatly appreciated! Every little bit helps, and credit will always be given.

Code of Conduct

This project adheres to the Open Code of Conduct. By participating, you are expected to honor this code.

You can contribute in many ways:

Types of Contributions

Report Bugs

Report bugs at https://github.com/spotify/chartify/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

chartify could always use more documentation, whether as part of the official chartify 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/spotify/chartify/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 chartify for local development.

1. Fork the chartify repo on GitHub.

2. Clone your fork locally:

   $ git clone git@github.com:your_name_here/chartify.git
   

3. Install your local copy into a virtualenv. Assuming you have virtualenvwrapper installed, this is how you set up your fork for local development:

   $ mkvirtualenv chartify
   $ cd chartify/
   $ pip3 install -r requirements_dev.txt
   

4. Create a branch for local development:

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

   Now you can make your changes locally.

5. When you're done making changes, format using make black, check that your changes pass flake8 and the tests, including testing other Python versions with tox:

   $ make black
   $ flake8 chartify tests
   $ python setup.py test or py.test
   $ tox
   

   To get flake8 and tox, just pip install them into your virtualenv.

6. 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
   

7. 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 3.9, 3.10 and 3.11. Check https://github.com/spotify/chartify/actions and make sure that the tests pass for all supported Python versions.

Tips

The Makefile contains a bunch of useful commands for developers.

Note: You must activate the virtualenv where you installed requirements_dev.txt for these commands to work.

To run all python tests and generate code coverage:

$ make coverage

To generate documentation:

$ make docs

Use help to see the list of available commands:

$ make help