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

Report Bugs

Report bugs at https://github.com/manujosephv/pytorch_tabular/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.
Detailed steps to reproduce the bug.

Fix Bugs

Look through the GitHub issues for bugs. Anything tagged with "bug" and "help wanted" is open to whoever wants to implement it.

Implement Features

Look through the GitHub issues for features. Anything tagged with "enhancement" and "help wanted" is open to whoever wants to implement it.

Write Documentation

Pytorch Tabular could always use more documentation, whether as part of the official Pytorch Tabular 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/manujosephv/pytorch_tabular/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 :)

Get Started!

Ready to contribute? Here's how to set up PyTorch Tabular for local development.

git clone git@github.com:your_name_here/pytorch_tabular.git

Fork the pytorch_tabular repo on GitHub.

Clone your fork locally and change directory to the checked out folder:

git clone git@github.com:your_name_here/pytorch_tabular.git
cd pytorch_tabular

Setup a local environment (preferably in a virtual environment).

Using python native venv:

mkdir .env
python3 -m venv .env/tabular_env
source .env/tabular_env/bin/activate
pip install -e .[dev]

Create a branch for local development:
```
git checkout -b name-of-your-bugfix-or-feature
```
Now you can make your changes locally.

Warning

Never work in the master branch!

Tip

Have meaningful commit messages. This will help with the review and further processing of the PR.

When you are done, run the pytest unit tests and see if everything is a success.
```
pytest tests/
```

Note

If you are adding a new feature, please add a test for it.

When you are done making changes and all test cases are passing, run pre-commit to make sure all the linting and formatting is done correctly.
```
pre-commit run --all-files
```
Accept the changes if any after reviewing.

Warning

Do not commit pre-commit changes to to setup.cfg. The file has been excluded from one hook for bump2version compatibility. For a complet and uptodate list of excluded files, please check .pre-commit-config.yaml file.

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

Submit a pull request through the GitHub website.

Pull Request Guidelines

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

The pull request should include tests.
If the pull request adds functionality, the docs should be updated. Put your new functionality into a function with a docstring.

Tips

To run a subset of tests:

pytest tests\test_*

Deploying

A reminder for the maintainers on how to deploy. Make sure all your changes are committed (including an entry in HISTORY.rst). Then run:

bump2version patch \# possible: major / minor / patch \$ git push \$
git push --tags

GitHub Actions will take care of the rest.