Our project welcomes external contributions. If you have an itch, please feel free to scratch it.
For more details on the contributing guidelines head to the Docling Project community repository.
We use Poetry to manage dependencies.
To install Poetry, follow the documentation here: https://python-poetry.org/docs/master/#installing-with-the-official-installer
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Install Poetry globally on your machine:
curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python3 -
The installation script will print the installation bin folder
POETRY_BIN
which you need in the next steps. -
Make sure Poetry is in your
$PATH
:- for
zsh
:echo 'export PATH="POETRY_BIN:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
- for
bash
:echo 'export PATH="POETRY_BIN:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
- for
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The official guidelines linked above include useful details on configuring autocomplete for most shell environments, e.g., Bash and Zsh.
To activate the Virtual Environment, run:
poetry shell
This will spawn a shell with the Virtual Environment activated. If the Virtual Environment doesn't exist, Poetry will create one for you. Then, to install dependencies, run:
poetry install
(Advanced) Use a Specific Python Version
If you need to work with a specific (older) version of Python, run:
poetry env use $(which python3.8)
This creates a Virtual Environment with Python 3.8. For other versions, replace $(which python3.8)
with the path to the interpreter (e.g., /usr/bin/python3.8
) or use $(which pythonX.Y)
.
poetry add NAME
We use the following tools to enforce code style:
- iSort, to sort imports
- Black, to format code
We run a series of checks on the codebase on every commit using pre-commit
. To install the hooks, run:
pre-commit install
To run the checks on-demand, run:
pre-commit run --all-files
Note: Checks like Black
and isort
will "fail" if they modify files. This is because pre-commit
doesn't like to see files modified by its hooks. In these cases, git add
the modified files and git commit
again.
We use MkDocs to write documentation.
To run the documentation server, run:
mkdocs serve
The server will be available at http://localhost:8000.
Run the following:
mkdocs gh-deploy