All patches and comments are welcome. Please squash your changes to logical
commits before using git-format-patch and git-send-email to
patches@git.madduck.net.
If you'd read over the Git project's submission guidelines and adhered to them,
I'd be especially grateful.
3 An overview on contributing to the _Black_ project.
7 Development on the latest version of Python is preferred. You can use any operating
10 Install development dependencies inside a virtual environment of your choice, for
14 $ python3 -m venv .venv
15 $ source .venv/bin/activate # activation for linux and mac
16 $ .venv\Scripts\activate # activation for windows
18 (.venv)$ pip install -r test_requirements.txt
19 (.venv)$ pip install -e .[d]
20 (.venv)$ pre-commit install
23 Before submitting pull requests, run lints and tests with the following commands from
24 the root of the black repo:
28 (.venv)$ pre-commit run -a
33 # Optional Fuzz testing
37 (.venv)$ tox -e run_self
40 ### News / Changelog Requirement
42 `Black` has CI that will check for an entry corresponding to your PR in `CHANGES.md`. If
43 you feel this PR does not require a changelog entry please state that in a comment and a
44 maintainer can add a `skip news` label to make the CI pass. Otherwise, please ensure you
45 have a line in the following format:
48 - `Black` is now more awesome (#X)
51 Note that X should be your PR number, not issue number! To workout X, please use
52 [Next PR Number](https://ichard26.github.io/next-pr-number/?owner=psf&name=black). This
53 is not perfect but saves a lot of release overhead as now the releaser does not need to
54 go back and workout what to add to the `CHANGES.md` for each release.
58 If a change would affect the advertised code style, please modify the documentation (The
59 _Black_ code style) to reflect that change. Patches that fix unintended bugs in
60 formatting don't need to be mentioned separately though. If the change is implemented
61 with the `--preview` flag, please include the change in the future style document
62 instead and write the changelog entry under a dedicated "Preview changes" heading.
66 If you make changes to docs, you can test they still build locally too.
69 (.venv)$ pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
70 (.venv)$ pip install -e .[d]
71 (.venv)$ sphinx-build -a -b html -W docs/ docs/_build/
76 If you're fixing a bug, add a test. Run it first to confirm it fails, then fix the bug,
77 run it again to confirm it's really fixed.
79 If adding a new feature, add a test. In fact, always add a test. But wait, before adding
80 any large feature, first open an issue for us to discuss the idea first.
84 Thanks again for your interest in improving the project! You're taking action when most
85 people decide to sit and watch.