How to contribute

How to contribute#

We welcome any contributions to R2X. Please follow this guidelines to maintain code quality and consistency.

Install developer dependencies#

Install R2X development dependencies using the following command:

python -m pip install -e ".[dev]"

Code quality#

Maintaining consistent code quality is crucial for the R2X project. To ensure uniformity and adherence to coding standards, we employ the use Ruff. Ruff is and “opinionated” formatter and linters designed to enhance code readability, maintainability, and consistency that is extremely fast.

The usage of these tools is seamlessly integrated into the R2X workflow via pre-commit hooks. Before any code is committed to the repository, these checks are automatically run. This ensures that all code contributions meet the established quality standards, minimizing the chances of introducing formatting inconsistencies or potential issues.

To set up the pre-commit hooks on your local version run the following command:

pre-commit install

Pull requests guidelines#

Ensure to add a link to any related issue in the Pull Request message. By doing this, GitHub can automatically close the issue for us.

Once all the changes are approved, you can squash your commits:

git rebase -i --autosquash main

And force-push:

git push -f

If this seems all too complicated, you can push or force-push each new commit, and we will squash them ourselves if needed, before merging.

Useful Python refereces#

  • f-string formats - For learning how to properly use f-strings.

  • Ruff rules - Our preferred formatter and linter.

  • Commit style - Where we took our git commit convention style.

  • Software design - Best software practices.

  • mamba - The recommended python package manager.

  • uv - The new challenger to take over mamba (from the developers of mamba. So maybe, mamba 2.0?).