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<h1>PyTorch Contribution Guide<a class="headerlink" href="#pytorch-contribution-guide" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>PyTorch is a GPU-accelerated Python tensor computation package for
building deep neural networks built on tape-based autograd systems.</p>
<div class="section" id="the-pytorch-contribution-process">
<h2>The PyTorch Contribution Process<a class="headerlink" href="#the-pytorch-contribution-process" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>The PyTorch organization is governed by <a class="reference external" href="/docs/source/community/governance.rst">PyTorch
Governance</a>.</p>
<p>The PyTorch development process involves a healthy amount of open
discussions between the core development team and the community.</p>
<p>PyTorch operates similar to most open source projects on GitHub.
However, if you’ve never contributed to an open source project before,
here is the basic process.</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>Figure out what you’re going to work on.</strong> The majority of open
source contributions come from people scratching their own itches.
However, if you don’t know what you want to work on, or are just
looking to get more acquainted with the project, here are some tips
for how to find appropriate tasks:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Look through the <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/issues/">issue
tracker</a> and see if
there are any issues you know how to fix. Issues that are
confirmed by other contributors tend to be better to investigate.
We also maintain some labels for issues which are likely to be
good for new people, e.g., <strong>bootcamp</strong> and <strong>1hr</strong>, although
these labels are less well maintained.</p></li>
<li><p>Join us on Slack and let us know you’re interested in getting to
know PyTorch. We’re very happy to help out researchers and
partners get up to speed with the codebase.</p></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p><strong>Figure out the scope of your change and reach out for design
comments on a GitHub issue if it’s large.</strong> The majority of pull
requests are small; in that case, no need to let us know about what
you want to do, just get cracking. But if the change is going to be
large, it’s usually a good idea to get some design comments about it
first.</p>
<ul>
<li><p>If you don’t know how big a change is going to be, we can help you
figure it out! Just post about it on issues or Slack.</p></li>
<li><p>Some feature additions are very standardized; for example, lots of
people add new operators or optimizers to PyTorch. Design
discussion in these cases boils down mostly to, “Do we want this
operator/optimizer?” Giving evidence for its utility, e.g., usage
in peer reviewed papers, or existence in other frameworks, helps a
bit when making this case.</p>
<ul>
<li><p><strong>Adding operators / algorithms from recently-released research</strong>
is generally not accepted, unless there is overwhelming evidence that
this newly published work has ground-breaking results and will eventually
become a standard in the field. If you are not sure where your method falls,
open an issue first before implementing a PR.</p></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p>Core changes and refactors can be quite difficult to coordinate,
as the pace of development on PyTorch master is quite fast.
Definitely reach out about fundamental or cross-cutting changes;
we can often give guidance about how to stage such changes into
more easily reviewable pieces.</p></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p><strong>Code it out!</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><p>See the technical guide for advice for working with PyTorch in a
technical form.</p></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p><strong>Open a pull request.</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><p>If you are not ready for the pull request to be reviewed, tag it
with [WIP]. We will ignore it when doing review passes. If you are
working on a complex change, it’s good to start things off as WIP,
because you will need to spend time looking at CI results to see
if things worked out or not.</p></li>
<li><p>Find an appropriate reviewer for your change. We have some folks
who regularly go through the PR queue and try to review
everything, but if you happen to know who the maintainer for a
given subsystem affected by your patch is, feel free to include
them directly on the pull request. You can learn more about this
structure at PyTorch Subsystem Ownership.</p></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p><strong>Iterate on the pull request until it’s accepted!</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><p>We’ll try our best to minimize the number of review roundtrips and
block PRs only when there are major issues. For the most common
issues in pull requests, take a look at <a class="reference external" href="#common-mistakes-to-avoid">Common Mistakes</a>.</p></li>
<li><p>Once a pull request is accepted and CI is passing, there is
nothing else you need to do; we will merge the PR for you.</p></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
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<div class="section" id="getting-started">
<h2>Getting Started<a class="headerlink" href="#getting-started" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<div class="section" id="proposing-new-features">
<h3>Proposing new features<a class="headerlink" href="#proposing-new-features" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>New feature ideas are best discussed on a specific issue. Please include
as much information as you can, any accompanying data, and your proposed
solution. The PyTorch team and community frequently reviews new issues
and comments where they think they can help. If you feel confident in
your solution, go ahead and implement it.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="reporting-issues">
<h3>Reporting Issues<a class="headerlink" href="#reporting-issues" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>If you’ve identified an issue, first search through the <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/issues">list of
existing issues</a> on the
repo. If you are unable to find a similar issue, then create a new one.
Supply as much information you can to reproduce the problematic
behavior. Also, include any additional insights like the behavior you
expect.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="implementing-features-or-fixing-bugs">
<h3>Implementing Features or Fixing Bugs<a class="headerlink" href="#implementing-features-or-fixing-bugs" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>If you want to fix a specific issue, it’s best to comment on the
individual issue with your intent. However, we do not lock or assign
issues except in cases where we have worked with the developer before.
It’s best to strike up a conversation on the issue and discuss your
proposed solution. The PyTorch team can provide guidance that saves you
time.</p>
<p>Issues that are labeled first-new-issue, low, or medium priority provide
the best entrance point are great places to start.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="adding-tutorials">
<h3>Adding Tutorials<a class="headerlink" href="#adding-tutorials" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>A great deal of the tutorials on <a class="reference external" href="http://pytorch.org/">pytorch.org</a>
come from the community itself and we welcome additional contributions.
To learn more about how to contribute a new tutorial you can learn more
here: <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/pytorch/tutorials/#contributing">PyTorch.org Tutorial Contribution Guide on
Github</a></p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="improving-documentation-tutorials">
<h3>Improving Documentation &amp; Tutorials<a class="headerlink" href="#improving-documentation-tutorials" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>We aim to produce high quality documentation and tutorials. On rare
occasions that content includes typos or bugs. If you find something you
can fix, send us a pull request for consideration.</p>
<p>Take a look at the <a class="reference external" href="#on-documentation">Documentation</a> section to learn how our system
works.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="participating-in-online-discussions">
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