Contributions to pystencils are always welcome, and they are greatly appreciated!
A list of open problems can be found [here](https://i10git.cs.fau.de/pycodegen/pystencils/-/issues).
Of course, it is also always appreciated to bring own ideas and problems to the community!
Please submit all contributions to the official [GitLab repository](https://i10git.cs.fau.de/pycodegen/pystencils).
There also exists a GitHub repository, which is only a mirror to the GitLab repository.
You can contribute in many different ways:
## Types of Contributions
### Report Bugs
Report bugs at [https://i10git.cs.fau.de/pycodegen/pystencils/-/issues](https://i10git.cs.fau.de/pycodegen/pystencils/-/issues).
For pystincls, it is often necessary to provide the python and [SymPy](https://www.sympy.org/en/index.html) versions used and hardware information like the
processor architecture and the compiler version used to compile the generated kernels.
### Fix Issues
Look through the GitLab issues. There are different tags indicating the status of the issues.
The "bug" tag indicates problems with pystencils while the "feature" tag is a possibility to contribute own ideas to pystencils.
### Write Documentation
The documentation of pystencils can be found [here](https://pycodegen.pages.i10git.cs.fau.de/pystencils/). Jupyter notebooks are used to provide an
interactive start to pystencils. It is always appreciated if new document notebooks are provided
since this helps others a lot.
## Get Started!
Ready to contribute? Here's how to set up `pystencils` for local development.
3. Install your local copy into a virtualenv. It is also recommended to use anaconda or miniconda to manage the python environments.
```bash
$ mkvirtualenv pystencils
$ cd pystencils/
$ pip install-e .
```
4. Create a branch for local development:
```bash
$ git checkout -b name-of-your-bugfix-or-feature
```
Now you can make your changes locally.
5. When you're done making changes, check that your changes pass flake8 and the
tests
```bash
$ flake8 pystencils
$ py.test -v-n$NUM_CORES-m"not longrun".
```
To get all packages needed for development a requirenments list can be found [here](https://i10git.cs.fau.de/pycodegen/pycodegen/-/blob/master/conda_environment_dev.yml). This includes flake8 and pytest.
6. Commit your changes and push your branch to GitHub::
```bash
$ git add .
$ git commit -m"Your detailed description of your changes."
$ git push origin name-of-your-bugfix-or-feature
```
7. Submit a merge request on GitLab.
## Merge Request Guidelines
Before you submit a merge request, check that it meets these guidelines:
1. All functionality which is implemented through this merge request should be covered by unit tests. These are implemented in `pystencil_tests`
2. If the merge request adds functionality, the docs should be updated. Put
your new functionality into a function with a docstring.
pystencils is also fully compatible with Windows machines. If working with visual studio, a pycuda makes sure to run example files first to ensure that pycuda can find the compiler's executable.