# Contributing to `mzR` We welcome contributions from everybody, including bug fixes, new features, improvements on the documentation, and general suggestions. Here are some pieces of advice and suggestions: * We recommend to discuss changes and contributions in a Github issue, in particular when these are substantial. * Check in the current [Github issues](https://github.com/sneumann/mzR/issues) to see if a similar issue is already discussed, and join efforts. * Make the updates as small and contained as possible, possibly under different Github commits, to facilitate the code review. Don't hesitate to use the Github code review. * Follow the coding style used in the package. See also the Bioconductor coding style [here](https://bioconductor.org/developers/how-to/coding-style/). * Ideally, add a unit test that checks the new code, examples are in `mzR/inst/unitTests`. * Please avoid platform specific code to assure that `mzR` builds and checks Linux, Windows and OSX. Pull requests will also be checked by https://travis-ci.org/sneumann/mzR/ * Make sure to also update the documentation (man pages and/or vignette) to make sure users are aware of the changes. * If your change is visible to users (new features, bug fix, updated documentation, ...) update the `NEWS` file. Before sending a pull request, we advice to discuss the changes in a Github issue, in particular when these are substantial. ### Contributor Code of Conduct As contributors and maintainers of this project, we pledge to respect all people who contribute through reporting issues, posting feature requests, updating documentation, submitting pull requests or patches, and other activities. We are committed to making participation in this project a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of level of experience, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, personal appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, age, or religion. Examples of unacceptable behaviour by participants include the use of sexual language or imagery, derogatory comments or personal attacks, trolling, public or private harassment, insults, or other unprofessional conduct. Project maintainers have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject comments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions that are not aligned to this Code of Conduct. Project maintainers who do not follow the Code of Conduct may be removed from the project team. Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behaviour may be reported by opening an issue or contacting one or more of the project maintainers. This Code of Conduct is adapted from the Contributor Covenant, version 1.0.0, available from http://contributor-covenant.org/version/1/0/0/