Contributing to coevolve

Development is a community effort, and we welcome participation.

Code of Conduct

Please note that the coevolve package is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct.

Discussions

At https://github.com/ScottClaessens/coevolve/discussions, you can post general questions, brainstorm ideas, and ask for help with the coevolve package.

Issues

https://github.com/ScottClaessens/coevolve/issues is for maintenance tasks and feature requests.

Development

This package is in an initially stable state of development, with a great deal of active subsequent development envisioned (see issues on GitHub: https://github.com/ScottClaessens/coevolve/issues).

External code contributions are extremely helpful in the right circumstances. Here are the recommended steps.

  1. Prior to contribution, please propose your idea in a discussion thread so you and the maintainer can define the intent and scope of your work.
  2. Fork the repository.
  3. Follow the GitHub flow to create a new branch, add commits, and open a pull request.
  4. Discuss your code with the maintainer in the pull request thread.
  5. If everything looks good, the maintainer will merge your code into the project.

Please also follow these additional guidelines.

  • Respect the architecture and reasoning of the package.
  • If possible, keep contributions small enough to easily review manually. It is okay to split up your work into multiple pull requests.
  • Format your code according to the tidyverse style guide and check your formatting with the lint_package() function from the lintr package.
  • For new features or functionality, add tests in tests.
  • Check code coverage with covr::package_coverage(). Automated tests should cover all the new or changed functionality in your pull request.
  • Run overall package checks with devtools::check() and goodpractice::gp()
  • Describe your contribution in the project’s NEWS.md file. Be sure to mention relevent GitHub issue numbers and your GitHub name.
  • If you feel contribution is substantial enough for official author or contributor status, please add yourself to the Authors@R field of the DESCRIPTION file.