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Contributing

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

Report Bugs

Report bugs at https://github.com/copier-org/copier/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" is open to whoever wants to implement it.

Implement Features

Look through the GitHub issues for features. Anything tagged with "Feature request" is open to whoever wants to implement it.

Write Documentation

The project could always use more documentation, whether as part of the official project docs, 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/copier-org/copier/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 the project for local development.

  1. Fork the copier repo on GitHub.
  2. Clone your fork locally:
git clone git@github.com:copier-org/copier.git
  1. Install your local copy into a virtualenv.
python -m virtualenv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
make install
  1. Create a branch for local development:
git checkout -b name-of-your-bugfix-or-feature

Now you can make your changes locally.

  1. When you're done making changes, check that your changes pass all tests
pytest -x .
flake8 .

To have multiple Python versions on the same machine for running tox, I recommend using pyenv (do not confuse it with pipenv,).

  1. Commit your changes and push your branch to GitHub:
git add .
git commit -m "Detailed description of your changes."
git push origin name-of-your-bugfix-or-feature
  1. 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 has code, it should include tests.
  2. Run tox and make sure that the tests pass for all supported Python versions.

Tips

To run a subset of tests:

$  pytest tests/the-tests-file.py