Contributing Guidelines¶

Questions, Feature Requests, Bug Reports, and Feedback…¶

…should all be reported on the Github Issue Tracker .

Setting Up for Local Development¶

1. Fork webargs on Github.

   $ git clone https://github.com/sloria/webargs.git
   $ cd webargs
   

2. Install development requirements. It is highly recommended that you use a virtualenv.

   # After activating your virtualenv
   $ pip install -r dev-requirements.txt
   

3. Install webargs in develop mode.

   $ pip install -e .
   

Git Branch Structure¶

Webargs abides by the following branching model:

dev

Current development branch. New features should branch off here.

pypi

Current production release on PyPI.

X.Y-line

Maintenance branch for release X.Y. Bug fixes should be sent to the most recent release branch.. The maintainer will forward-port the fix to dev. Note: exceptions may be made for bug fixes that introduce large code changes.

Always make a new branch for your work, no matter how small. Also, do not put unrelated changes in the same branch or pull request. This makes it more difficult to merge your changes.

Pull Requests¶

1. Create a new local branch.

# For a new feature
$ git checkout -b name-of-feature dev

# For a bugfix
$ git checkout -b fix-something 1.2-line

2. Commit your changes. Write good commit messages.

$ git commit -m "Detailed commit message"
$ git push origin name-of-feature

3. Before submitting a pull request, check the following:

• If the pull request adds functionality, it is tested and the docs are updated.

• You’ve added yourself to AUTHORS.rst.

4. Submit a pull request to sloria:dev or the appropriate maintenance branch. The Travis CI build must be passing before your pull request is merged.

Running Tests¶

To run all tests:

$ invoke test

To run tests on Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.3, and 3.4 virtual environments (must have each interpreter installed):

$ tox

Documentation¶

Contributions to the documentation are welcome. Documentation is written in reStructured Text (rST). A quick rST reference can be found here. Builds are powered by Sphinx.

To install the packages for building the docs:

$ pip install -r docs/requirements.txt

To build the docs:

$ invoke docs -b

The -b (for “browse”) automatically opens up the docs in your browser after building.

Contributing Examples¶

Have a usage example you’d like to share? Feel free to add it to the examples directory and send a pull request.