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

Create Cookiecutter Templates

Some other Cookiecutter templates to list in the README would be great.

If you create a Cookiecutter template, submit a pull request adding it to README.rst.

Report Bugs

Report bugs at https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter/issues.

If you are reporting a bug, please include:

• Your operating system name and version.
• Any details about your local setup that might be helpful in troubleshooting.
• If you can, provide detailed steps to reproduce the bug.
• If you don’t have steps to reproduce the bug, just note your observations in as much detail as you can. Questions to start a discussion about the issue are welcome.

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 “enhancement” is open to whoever wants to implement it.

Write Documentation

Cookiecutter could always use more documentation, whether as part of the official Cookiecutter 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/audreyr/cookiecutter/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 :)

Setting Up the Code for Local Development

Here’s how to set up cookiecutter for local development.

1. Fork the cookiecutter repo on GitHub.

2. Clone your fork locally:

   $ git clone git@github.com:your_name_here/cookiecutter.git
   

3. Install your local copy into a virtualenv. Assuming you have virtualenvwrapper installed, this is how you set up your fork for local development:

   $ mkvirtualenv cookiecutter
   $ cd cookiecutter/
   $ python setup.py develop
   

4. Create a branch for local development:

   $ 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 the tests and flake8:

   $ flake8 cookiecutter tests
   $ python setup.py test
   $ tox
   

6. 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
   

7. Check that the test coverage hasn’t dropped:

   coverage run --source cookiecutter setup.py test
   coverage report -m
   coverage html
   

8. Submit a pull request through the GitHub website.

Pull Request Guidelines

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

1. The pull request should include tests.
2. 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.
3. The pull request should work for Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.3, and PyPy. Check https://travis-ci.org/audreyr/cookiecutter/pull_requests and make sure that the tests pass for all supported Python versions.

Tips

To run a particular test:

$ python -m unittest tests.test_find.TestFind.test_find_template

To run a subset of tests:

$ python -m unittest tests.test_find