Contributing to Math::GSL

Want to contribute? Great! First, read this page.

I suggest reading My First Pull Request and Using Pull Requests to learn more about pull requests.

Code reviews

All submissions, including submissions by project members, require review. We use Github pull requests for this purpose.

If possible, please enable Travis CI on your fork of math--gsl so that it can run on your branch. It tests Math::GSL across multiple versions of GSL and Perl which will find various bugs.

Create a pull request

• Create new branch (probably from master) git checkout -b descriptive_branch_name
• Fix the bug or add the feature
• Keep whatever style formatting is in the file you are editing (spaces/tabs/indentation/etc)
• Update ChangeLog that describes the change
• Add yourself to CREDITS if you are not there
• Run the tests again and make sure they pass prove -blrv t/
• Make sure everything you think is committed is actually committed.
• Push your changes to your fork on Github
• Submit a Pull Request (PR)
• As the PR evolves, you can keep pushing to the same branch and the PR will update with the latest commits

Some tips for good pull requests

• Use our code When in doubt, try to stay true to the existing code of the project.
• Write a descriptive commit message. What problem are you solving and what are the consequences? Where and what did you test? Some good tips: here and here.
• If your PR consists of multiple commits which are successive improvements / fixes to your first commit, consider squashing them into a single commit (git rebase -i) such that your PR is a single commit on top of the current HEAD. This make reviewing the code so much easier, and our history more readable.

Formatting

This documentation is written using standard markdown syntax. Please submit your changes using the same syntax.