Contributing to lenstronomy¶
Contributing to lenstronomy¶
GitHub Workflow¶
### Fork and Clone the lenstronomy Repository You should only need to do this step once
First fork the lenstronomy repository. A fork is your own remote copy of the repository on GitHub. To create a fork:
Go to the [lenstronomy GitHub Repository](https://github.com/sibirrer/lenstronomy)
Click the Fork button (in the top-right-hand corner)
Choose where to create the fork, typically your personal GitHub account
Next clone your fork. Cloning creates a local copy of the repository on your computer to work with. To clone your fork:
`bash git clone https://github.com/<your-account>/lenstronomy.git `
Finally add the lenstronomy repository as a remote. This will allow you to fetch changes made to the codebase. To add the skypyproject remote:
`bash cd lenstronomy git remote add lenstronomyproject https://github.com/sibirrer/lenstronomy.git `
### Install your local lenstronomy version
To enable that your new code gets accessible by python also outside of the development environment, make sure all previous versions of lenstronomy are uninstalled and then install your version of lenstronomy (aka add the software to the python path)
`bash cd lenstronomy python setup.py develop --user `
Alternatively, create virtual environments for the development (recommended for advanced usage with multiple branches).
### Create a branch for your new feature
Create a branch off the lenstronomyproject main branch. Working on unique branches for each new feature simplifies the development, review and merge processes by maintining logical separation. To create a feature branch:
`bash git fetch lenstronomyproject git checkout -b <your-branch-name> lenstronomyproject/main `
### Hack away!
Write the new code you would like to contribute and commit it to the feature branch on your local repository. Ideally commit small units of work often with clear and descriptive commit messages describing the changes you made. To commit changes to a file:
`bash git add file_containing_your_contribution git commit -m 'Your clear and descriptive commit message' `
Push the contributions in your feature branch to your remote fork on GitHub:
`bash git push origin <your-branch-name> `
Note: The first time you push a feature branch you will probably need to use –set-upstream origin to link to your remote fork:
`bash git push --set-upstream origin <your-branch-name> `
### Open a Pull Request
When you feel that work on your new feature is complete, you should create a Pull Request. This will propose your work to be merged into the main lenstronomy repository.
Go to [lenstronomy Pull Requests](https://github.com/sibirrer/lenstronomy/pulls)
Click the green New pull request button
Click compare across forks
Confirm that the base fork is sibirrer/lenstronomy and the base branch is main
Confirm the head fork is <your-account>/lenstronomy and the compare branch is <your-branch-name>
Give your pull request a title and fill out the the template for the description
Click the green Create pull request button
### Updating your branch
As you work on your feature, new commits might be made to the sibirrer/lenstronomy main branch. You will need to update your branch with these new commits before your pull request can be accepted. You can achieve this in a few different ways:
If your pull request has no conflicts, click Update branch
If your pull request has conflicts, click Resolve conflicts, manually resolve the conflicts and click Mark as resolved
merge the lenstronomyproject main branch from the command line:
`bash git fetch lenstronomyproject git merge lenstronomyproject/main `
rebase your feature branch onto the lenstronomy main branch from the command line:
`bash git fetch lenstronomyproject git rebase lenstronomyproject/main `
Warning: It is bad practice to rebase commits that have already been pushed to a remote such as your fork. Rebasing creates new copies of your commits that can cause the local and remote branches to diverge. git push –force will overwrite the remote branch with your newly rebased local branch. This is strongly discouraged, particularly when working on a shared branch where you could erase a collaborators commits.
- For more information about resolving conflicts see the GitHub guides:
[Resolving a merge conflict on GitHub](https://help.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/resolving-a-merge-conflict-on-github)
[Resolving a merge conflict using the command line](https://help.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/resolving-a-merge-conflict-using-the-command-line)
[About Git rebase](https://help.github.com/en/github/using-git/about-git-rebase)
### More Information
More information regarding the usage of GitHub can be found in the [GitHub Guides](https://guides.github.com/).
Coding Guidelines¶
Before your pull request can be merged into the codebase, it will be reviewed by one of the lenstronomy developers and required to pass a number of automated checks. Below are a minimum set of guidelines for developers to follow:
### General Guidelines
lenstronomy is compatible with Python>=3.5 (see [setup.cfg](setup.cfg)). lenstronomy does not support backwards compatibility with Python 2.x; six, __future__ and 2to3 should not be used.
All contributions should follow the [PEP8 Style Guide for Python Code](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/). We recommend using [flake8](https://flake8.pycqa.org/) to check your code for PEP8 compliance.
Importing lenstronomy should only depend on having [NumPy](https://www.numpy.org), [SciPy](https://www.scipy.org/) and [Astropy](https://www.astropy.org/) installed.
Code is grouped into submodules e.g. [LensModel](lenstronomy/LensModel), [LightModel](lenstronomy/LightModel) and [ImSim](lenstronomy/ImSim). There is also a [Util](lenstronomy/Util) submodule for general utility functions.
For more information see the [Astropy Coding Guidelines](http://docs.astropy.org/en/latest/development/codeguide.html)
### Unit Tests
Pull requests will require existing unit tests to pass before they can be merged. Additionally, new unit tests should be written for all new public methods and functions. Unit tests for each submodule are contained in subdirectories called tests and you can run them locally using python setup.py test. For more information see the [Astropy Testing Guidelines](https://docs.astropy.org/en/stable/development/testguide.html).
### Docstrings
All public classes, methods and functions require docstrings. You can build documentation locally by installing [sphinx-astropy](https://github.com/astropy/sphinx-astropy) and calling python setup.py build_docs. Docstrings should include the following sections:
Description
Parameters
Notes
Examples
References
For more information see the Astropy guide to [Writing Documentation](https://docs.astropy.org/en/stable/development/docguide.html).
This page is inspired by the Contributions guidelines of the [Skypy project](https://github.com/skypyproject/skypy/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).