# 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/kundajelab/bpnet/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

BPNet could always use more documentation, whether as part of the official BPNet 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/kundajelab/bpnet/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 :)

## Workflow

- make an issue for the thing you want to implement

- create the corresponding branch

- develop

- write units tests in tests/

- write documentation in markdown (see other functions for example)

- push the changes

- make a pull request

- once the pull request is merged, the issue will be closed

## Get Started!

Ready to contribute? Here’s how to set up BPNet for local development.

1.  Fork the BPNet repo on GitHub.

2.  Clone your fork locally:

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

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

        $ conda create -n bpnet python=3.6

        $ cd bpnet/

        $ source activate bpnet

        $ pip install -e '.[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 the tests:

        $ py.test tests/ -n 4

Where `-n 4` will use 4 cores in parallel to run tests.

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.

3.  The pull request should work for Python 3.6.