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/matplotlib/mpl-gui/issues.

If you are reporting a bug, please include:

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" is open to whoever wants to implement it.

Write Documentation

mpl-gui could always use more documentation, whether as part of the official mpl-gui 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/matplotlib/mpl-gui/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 mpl-gui for local development.

Fork the mpl-gui repo on GitHub.

Clone your fork locally:

$ git clone git@github.com:your_name_here/mpl-gui.git

Install your local copy into a virtualenv. Using the standard-libary venv, see [the Python documentation](https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/venv.html#creating-virtual-environments) for details
```
$ python -m venv mpl-gui-dev
$ source mpl-gui-dev/activate       # unix
$ mpl-gui-dev\Scripts\activate.bat  # windows
```
or other virtual environment tool (e.g. conda, canopy) of choice.

Install the development dependencies

$ cd mpl-gui/
$ pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
$ pip install -v --no-build-isolation .

Create a branch for local development:
```
$ git checkout -b name-of-your-bugfix-or-feature
```
Now you can make your changes locally.
When you're done making changes, check that your changes pass flake8 and the tests:
```
$ flake8 mpl_gui tests
$ pytest
```
To get flake8 and pytest, pip install them into your virtualenv.

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

Submit a pull request through the GitHub website.

Pull Request Guidelines

Before you submit a pull request, check that it meets these guidelines:

The pull request should include tests.
If the pull request adds functionality, the docs should be updated. Put your new functionality into a function with a docstring, and add the feature to the list in README.rst.
The pull request should work for Python 3.7 and up.