CONTRIBUTING.md

Contributing

Contributions (pull requests) are very welcome! Here's how to get started.

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Getting started

First fork the library on GitHub.

Then clone and install the library in development mode:

git clone https://github.com/your-username-here/lineax.git
cd lineax
pip install -e .

Then install the pre-commit hook:

pip install pre-commit
pre-commit install

These hooks use Black to format the code, and ruff to lint it.

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If you're making changes to the code:

Now make your changes. Make sure to include additional tests if necessary.

Next verify the tests all pass:

pip install -r tests/requirements.txt
python -m tests

Then push your changes back to your fork of the repository:

git push

Finally, open a pull request on GitHub!

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If you're making changes to the documentation:

Make your changes. You can then build the documentation by doing

pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
mkdocs serve

Then doing Control-C, and running:

mkdocs serve

(So you run mkdocs serve twice.)

You can then see your local copy of the documentation by navigating to localhost:8000 in a web browser.

Contributor License Agreement

Contributions to this project must be accompanied by a Contributor License Agreement (CLA). You (or your employer) retain the copyright to your contribution; this simply gives us permission to use and redistribute your contributions as part of the project. Head over to https://cla.developers.google.com/ to see your current agreements on file or to sign a new one.

You generally only need to submit a CLA once, so if you've already submitted one (even if it was for a different project), you probably don't need to do it again.