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://github.com/clusterdock/framework/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¶

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

Fork the clusterdock repo on GitHub.

Clone your fork locally:

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

Install your local copy into a virtualenv. Assuming you have virtualenv installed and keep your virtual environments within a folder in your home directory, this is how you would set up your fork for local development:
```
$ virtualenv ~/virtualenvs/clusterdock
$ cd clusterdock/
$ python setup.py develop
```
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 pass flake8:
```
$ flake8 clusterdock
```
To get flake8, just pip install it into your virtualenv.

Commit your changes and push your branch to GitHub:

$ git add .
$ git commit -m "Summary of your change"
$ 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:

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.
The pull request should work for Python 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5, and for PyPy.