Contributing to icesat2DB#

Overview#

We welcome your skills and enthusiasm at the icesat2DB project!. There are numerous opportunities to contribute beyond just writing code. All contributions, including bug reports, bug fixes, documentation improvements, enhancement suggestions, and other ideas are welcome.

This project is a community effort, and everyone is welcome to contribute. Everyone within the community is expected to abide by our code of conduct.

You can contribute in many ways:

Types of Contributions#

Report Bugs#

Report bugs at simonbesnard1/icesat2db#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#

icesat2DB could always use more documentation, whether as part of the official icesat2DB docs, in docstrings, or even on the web in blog posts, articles, and such. If something in the docs doesn’t make sense to you, updating the relevant section after you figure it out is a great way to ensure it will help the next person.

Submit Feedback#

The best way to send feedback is to file an issue.

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 :)

Commit Changes#

How to#

  1. Fork the icesat2DB repo on GitHub.

  2. Clone your fork locally:

    $ git clone git@github.com:simonbesnard1/icesat2db.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 icesat2db
$ cd icesat2db/
$ python setup.py develop

  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, check that your changes pass flake8 and the tests, including testing other Python versions with tox:

    $ make pytest
$ make lint
$ make urlcheck
$ 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.

Sign your commits#

Please note that our license terms only allow signed commits. A guideline how to sign your work can be found here: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Signing-Your-Work

If you are using the PyCharm IDE, the Commit changes dialog has an option called Sign-off commit to automatically sign your work.

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 3.10 and later. Check simonbesnard1/icesat2db and make sure that the tests pass for all supported Python versions.