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Contributing to python-statsd

Contributions are welcome. This guide covers the development workflow.

Quick Start

  1. Clone and install:

    git clone https://github.com/WoLpH/python-statsd.git
cd python-statsd
uv sync --all-extras

  2. Install git hooks:

    lefthook install

  3. Run tests:

    uv run pytest

  4. Lint and format:

    uv run ruff check statsd tests conftest.py
uv run ruff format statsd tests conftest.py

  5. Type check:

    uv run ty check statsd

Development Workflow

Prerequisites

  • Python 3.10+
  • uv (package manager)
  • lefthook (git hooks)

Running the Full Test Suite

uv run pytest

This runs the tests, the doctests in the statsd modules, and the coverage report. Coverage is a gate rather than a goal: the run fails below 100% line and branch coverage.

To run a subset:

uv run pytest tests/test_timer.py -x

Tests never touch the network. conftest.py installs a fake UDP socket, so a test that wants to inspect what was sent reads it from that fake rather than from a real statsd server.

tests/test_docs_examples.py executes every python block in README.md and in docs/getting-started/ and docs/guide/, in file order and in a shared namespace. A sample that stops working fails the suite, so keep the blocks runnable: no pseudo-code, and no prompts to strip.

Everything CI Runs, Locally

tox.ini is the single source of truth for the matrix, and CI drives the same file, so one command reproduces the whole pipeline in parallel:

uv run tox -p auto

That covers CPython 3.10 to 3.14, PyPy, ruff, the four type checkers, and the docs build. tox-uv provisions any interpreter you are missing.

To run a single environment:

uv run tox -e mypy

Each test environment writes its own coverage data, and the coverage environment combines them and enforces the 100% threshold over the whole matrix. CI does the same across the three operating systems, so a line exercised only on Windows still counts.

Pre-commit Hooks

Lefthook runs these checks in parallel on every commit:

  • ruff check for linting
  • ruff format for formatting (auto-fixes staged files)
  • ty check for type checking

If a hook fails, fix the issue and commit again.

Code Style

  • Formatter: ruff (79-character line length)
  • Quotes: single quotes for strings, """ for docstrings, which is what ruff format produces here
  • Type hints: required on every function, method and attribute. The package ships a py.typed marker, so the annotations are part of the public contract.
  • Type checkers: mypy, basedpyright, pyrefly and ty all run in strict mode and all have to be clean. Reach for a redesign before a # type: ignore.

Building Documentation

uv run tox -e docs

Sphinx runs with -W, so a warning fails the build. The rendered HTML lands in the environment's temporary directory, and the path is printed at the end of the run.

Pull Request Guidelines

  1. Branch off develop and target develop with the pull request.
  2. Include tests for new behaviour, and keep coverage at 100%.
  3. All CI checks have to pass: tests, lint, type checking and docs.
  4. Support the full matrix: CPython 3.10 to 3.14 and PyPy.

Reporting Bugs

File issues at https://github.com/WoLpH/python-statsd/issues.

Include:

  • Your operating system and Python version
  • Steps to reproduce
  • Expected versus actual behaviour
  • The statsd server you are sending to, if the problem is on the wire