There are many ways you can contribute to xlcutter. All contributions are very much welcome and only some of them require technical knowledge. If you have something you would like to contribute, but you are not sure how, please don’t hesitate to reach out by opening an issue or sending me an email.
🗣️ Spreading the word
The easiest (and possibly one of the most useful) way you can contribute to xlcutter is by spreading the word. Please cite it in your publications and tell your friends and colleagues about it!
✍️ Fixing typos
Small typos or grammatical errors in documentation may be edited directly using the GitHub web interface, so long as the changes are made in the source file. In other words, please edit a .R file in the R/ folder, and not the .Rd files in the man/ folder. This is because this package uses roxygen2 to automatically rebuild the .Rd files.
📄 Contributing use cases
I am very excited to hear about it if you find this package helpful, and in which context you use it. Knowing about a package is used helps informing future development. If you are using this package, please start a thread about it in the dedicated “Discussions” section.
😥 Reporting bugs
If you think you found a bug in xlcutter, even if you’re unsure, please let me know. The best way is to open an issue on GitHub: https://github.com/ropensci/Bisaloo/xlcutter
Please try to create a reprex with the minimal amount of code required to reproduce the bug you encountered.
Please also include your session info (e.g. via the R command sessioninfo::session_info()).
Finally, if your issue relates to the parsing of a specific file, remember to include said file.
🗳️ Voting for new features
Whenever I can, I open a new issue with the upcoming plans for xlcutter. If you are particularly interested in a specific feature and you would like to help me prioritise my work, please use the GitHub reactions feature.
📖 Code of Conduct
Please note that xlcutter is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By contributing to this project you agree to abide by its terms.