Contributing¶

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

Bug reports¶

Your operating system name and version.

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

Detailed steps to reproduce the bug.

Documentation improvements¶

hera_sim could always use more documentation, whether as part of the official hera_sim docs or in docstrings.

Feature requests and feedback¶

The best way to send feedback is to file an issue at https://github.com/HERA-Team/hera_sim/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 code contributions are welcome :)

Development¶

To set up hera_sim for local development:

If you are not on the HERA-Team collaboration, make a fork of hera_sim (look for the “Fork” button).

Clone the repository locally. If you made a fork in step 1:

git clone git@github.com:your_name_here/hera_sim.git

Otherwise:

git clone git@github.com:HERA-Team/hera_sim.git

Create a branch for local development (you will not be able to push to “master”):
```
git checkout -b name-of-your-bugfix-or-feature
```
Now you can make your changes locally.
Make a development environment. We highly recommend using conda for this. With conda, just run:
```
conda env create -n hera python=3
pip install -e .[dev]
pre-commit install
```

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¶

If you need some code review or feedback while you’re developing the code just make the pull request.

For merging, you should:

Include passing tests (run pytest)
Update documentation when there’s new API, functionality etc.
Add a note to CHANGELOG.rst about the changes.
Add yourself to AUTHORS.rst.