# Contributing ## Where to start All contributions, bug reports, bug fixes, documentation improvements, enhancements, and ideas are welcome. The best place to start is to check the [issues](https://github.com/pbs-data-solutions/file-checksum/issues) for something that interests you. ## Bug Reports Please include: 1. A short, self-contained Python snippet reproducing the problem. You can format the code by using [GitHub markdown](https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/writing-on-github). For example: ```sh checksum generate /home/my_files -o /home/checksums.txt ``` 2. Explain what is currently happening and what you expect instead. ## Working on the code ### Fork the project In order to work on the project you will need your own fork. To do this click the "Fork" button on this project. Once the project is forked clone it to your local machine: ```sh git clone git@github.com:your-user-name/file-checksum cd file-checksum git remote add upstream git@github.com:pbs-data-solutions/file-checksum ``` This creates the directory file-checksum and connects your repository to the upstream (main project) repository. ### Creating a branch You want your main branch to reflect only production-ready code, so create a feature branch for making your changes. For example: ```sh git checkout -b my-new-feature ``` This changes your working directory to the my-new-feature branch. Keep any changes in this branch specific to one bug or feature so the purpose is clear. You can have many `my-new-features` and switch in between them using the git checkout command. When creating this branch, make sure your main branch is up to date with the latest upstream main version. To update your local main branch, you can do: ```sh git checkout main git pull upstream main --ff-only ``` ### Code linting, formatting, and tests You can run linting on your code at any time with: ```sh cargo clippy --all-targets ``` To format the code run: ```sh cargo fmt --all ``` To run the tests: ```sh cargo test ``` To ensure the code compiles run: ```sh cargo check --all-targets ``` Be sure to run all these checks before submitting your pull request. ### Code Standards and tests (ruff, black, mypy, pytest, tox, and pre-commit) file-checksum [ruff](https://github.com/charliermarsh/ruff), [Black](https://github.com/psf/black), and [mypy](https://mypy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) to ensure consistent code formatting. You can run linting on your code at any time with: ```sh # Run ruff poetry run ruff check . # Run black poetry run black file_checksum tests # Run mypy poetry run mypy . ``` It is also suggested that you setup [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com/) in order to run linting when you commit changes to you branch. To setup pre-commit for this project run: ```sh pre-commit install ``` After this pre-commit will automatically run any time you check in code to your branches. You can also run pre-commit at any time with: ```sh pre-commit run --all-files ``` ## Committing your code Once you have made changes to the code on your branch you can see which files have changed by running: ```sh git status ``` If new files were created that and are not tracked by git they can be added by running: ```sh git add . ``` Now you can commit your changes in your local repository: ```sh git commit -am 'Some short helpful message to describe your changes' ``` If you setup pre-commit and any of the tests fail the commit will be cancelled and you will need to fix any errors. Once the errors are fixed you can run the same git commit command again. ## Push your changes Once your changes are ready and all linting/tests are passing you can push your changes to your forked repository: ```sh git push origin my-new-feature ``` origin is the default name of your remote repository on GitHub. You can see all of your remote repositories by running: ```sh git remote -v ``` ## Making a Pull Request After pushing your code to origin it is now on GitHub but not yet part of the file-checksum project. When you’re ready to ask for a code review, file a pull request. Before you do, once again make sure that you have followed all the guidelines outlined in this document regarding code style, tests, and documentation. ### Make the pull request If everything looks good, you are ready to make a pull request. This is how you let the maintainers of the file-checksum project know you have code ready to be reviewed. To submit the pull request: 1. Navigate to your repository on GitHub 1. Click on the Pull Request button for your feature branch 1. You can then click on Commits and Files Changed to make sure everything looks okay one last time 1. Write a description of your changes in the Conversation tab 1. Click Send Pull Request This request then goes to the repository maintainers, and they will review the code. ### Updating your pull request Changes to your code may be needed based on the review of your pull request. If this is the case you can make them in your branch, add a new commit to that branch, push it to GitHub, and the pull request will be automatically updated. Pushing them to GitHub again is done by: ```sh git push origin my-new-feature ``` This will automatically update your pull request with the latest code and restart the Continuous Integration tests. Another reason you might need to update your pull request is to solve conflicts with changes that have been merged into the main branch since you opened your pull request. To do this, you need to rebase your branch: ```sh git checkout my-new-feature git fetch upstream git rebase upstream/main ``` There may be some merge conficts that need to be resolved. After the feature branch has been update locally, you can now update your pull request by pushing to the branch on GitHub: ```sh git push -f origin my-new-feature ``` ## Delete your merged branch (optional) Once your feature branch is accepted into upstream, you’ll probably want to get rid of the branch. First, merge upstream main into your main branch so git knows it is safe to delete your branch: ```sh git fetch upstream git checkout main git merge upstream/main ``` Then you can do: ```sh git branch -d my-new-feature ``` Make sure you use a lower-case -d, or else git won’t warn you if your feature branch has not actually been merged. The branch will still exist on GitHub, so to delete it there do: ```sh git push origin --delete my-new-feature ```