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-ππ If you have not already done so, please take a moment to read [Code of Conduct][exercism-code-of-conduct]. ππ
+ππ If you have not already done so, please take a moment to read our [Code of Conduct][exercism-code-of-conduct]. ππ
It might also be helpful to look at [Being a Good Community Member][being-a-good-community-member] & [The words that we use][the-words-that-we-use].
Some defined roles in our community: [Contributors][exercism-contributors] **|** [Mentors][exercism-mentors] **|** [Maintainers][exercism-track-maintainers] **|** [Admins][exercism-admins]
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-## :books: **Want to jump directly into Exercism specifications & detail?**
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-β¨ π¦ Here is the good stuff:
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-[Structure][exercism-track-structure] **|** [Tasks][exercism-tasks] **|** [Concepts][exercism-concepts] **|** [Concept Exercises][concept-exercises] **|** [Practice Exercises][practice-exercises] **|** [Presentation][exercise-presentation] **|** [Writing Style Guide][exercism-writing-style] **|** [Markdown Specification][exercism-markdown-specification]
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-Web-formatted πΈοΈ versions are available in the [contributing section][website-contributing-section] of exercsim.org.
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-## π The Exercism Community π
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-ππ If you have not already done so, please take a moment to read our [Code of Conduct][exercism-code-of-conduct] & [Being a Good Community Member][being-a-good-community-member] documents.
-It might also be helpful to take a look at [The words that we use][the-words-that-we-use].
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-Some defined roles in our community: [Contributors][exercism-contributors] **|** [Mentors][exercism-mentors] **|** [Maintainers][exercism-track-maintainers] **|** [Admins][exercism-admins]
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## In General
- Maintainers are happy to review your work and help you. π π
- - They may be in a different timezone β , or tied up π§Ά with other tasks. They will review your request as soon as they are able to.
+ - They may be in a different timezone β , or tied up π§Ά with other tasks.
+ - Maintainers will review your request as soon as they are able to.
- **Please wait at least 72 hours before pinging.**
-- If you'd like in-progress feedback or discussion, please mark your Pull Request as a `[draft]`
-- Pull requests should be focused on a single exercise, issue, or change.
+- If you'd like in-progress feedback or discussion, please mark your Pull Request as a **`[draft]`**
+- Pull requests should be focused around a single exercise, issue, or change.
- Pull Request titles and descriptions should make clear **what** has changed and **why**.
- Please link π to any related issues the PR addresses.
-- π [ Open an issue ][open-an-issue]π and discuss it _**before**_ creating a Pull Request making significant or breaking changes to an existing exercise.
- - The same rule holds true for changes across multiple exercises.
- - It is best to quickly discuss most changes with π§° maintainers before doing a lot of work.
+- π [ Open an issue ][open-an-issue]π and discuss it with π§° maintainers _**before**_:
+ - creating a Pull Request making significant or breaking changes.
+ - for changes across multiple exercises, even if they are typos or small.
+ - anything that is going to require doing a lot of work (_on your part or the maintainers part_).
- Follow coding standards found in [PEP8][PEP8] (["For Humans" version here][pep8-for-humans]).
- - We do have some more specific requirements. More on that [a little later](a-little-more-on-coding-standards).
- All files should have a proper [EOL][EOL] at the end. This means one carriage return at the end of the final line of text in files.
- Otherwise, watch out β οΈ for trailing spaces, extra blank lines, extra spaces, and spaces in blank lines.
-- The CI is going to run **a lot** of checks on your PR. Pay attention to the failures, try to understand and fix them.
- - If you need help, comment in the PR or issue. ππ½ββοΈ The maintainers are happy to help troubleshoot.
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+- Continuous Integration is going to run **a lot** of checks on your PR. Pay attention to the failures, try to understand and fix them.
+- If you need help, comment in the PR or issue. ππ½ββοΈ The maintainers are happy to help troubleshoot.
- β οΈ Before committing β οΈ
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-- [β] Run [`configlet-lint`][configlet-lint] if the track [config.json](config-json) has been modified.
-- [β] Run [Prettier][prettier] on all markdown files.
-- [β] Run [flake8][flake8] & [pylint][pylint] to ensure all Python code files conform to general code style standards.
-- [ ] (_Optionally_) run [yapf][yapf] to help format your code, and give you a head start on making the linters happy.
-- [β] Run `test/check-exercises.py [EXERCISE]` to check if your test changes function correctly.
-- [β] Run the `example.py` or `exemplar.py` file against the exercise test file to ensure that it passes without error.
-- [β] If you modified or created a `hints.md` file for a practice exercise, [regenerate](#generating-exercise-readmes) it.
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- Pre-Commit Checklist
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1. Run [`configlet-lint`][configlet-lint] if the track [config.json](config-json) has been modified.
2. Run [Prettier][prettier] on all markdown files.
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## π A Little More on Prose Writing Style and Standards