Making Changes to mpas_tools

New python functions and modules (.py files) can be added within the conda_package/mpas_tools. These will automatically be part of the mpas_tools package. New directories with python modules should include an __init__.py file (which can be empty) to indicate that they are also part of the package.

Entry Points

The best way to add new “scripts” to the package is to add a function without any arguments somewhere in the package, and then to add it as an “entry point” both in conda_package/setup.py and conda_package/recipe/meta.yaml.

As an example, the entry point planar_hex is defined in setup.py as:

setup(name='mpas_tools',
...
      entry_points={'console_scripts':
                  ['planar_hex = mpas_tools.planar_hex:main',
...

and in meta.yaml as:

build:
  number: 0
  entry_points:
    - planar_hex = mpas_tools.planar_hex:main

When the package is installed in a conda environment, a stub script planar_hex will be in the user’s path that will call the function main() in the module mpas_tools.planar_hex:

def main():

    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
        description=__doc__, formatter_class=argparse.RawTextHelpFormatter)
    parser.add_argument('--nx', dest='nx', type=int, required=True,
                        help='Cells in x direction')
    ...
    args = parser.parse_args()

    make_planar_hex_mesh(args.nx, args.ny, args.dc,
                         args.nonperiodic_x, args.nonperiodic_y,
                         args.outFileName)

As you can see, the function pointed to by the entry point can used to parse command-line arguments, just as a “normal” python script would do

By convention, entry points do not typically include the .py extension.

Dependencies

If you changes introduce new dependencies, these need to be added to both the recipe for the conda package in conda_package/recipe/meta.yaml and to the text file describing the development environment, conda_package/dev-spec.txt.

In meta.yaml, add these changes in alphabetical order to the run section of requirements:

requirements:
...
  run:
    - python
    - affine
    ...

These requirements must be on the conda-forge anaconda channel. If you need help with this, please contact the developers.

Add the new dependencies in alphabetical order to dev-speck.txt under the # Base comment:

...
# This file may be used to create an environment using:
# $ conda create --name <env> --file <this file>

# Base
python>=3.8
cartopy
...

Updating the Version

Before a release of the package, the version of mpas_tools needs to be updated in 3 places. First, in conda_package/mpas_tools/__init__.py:

__version_info__ = (0, 6, 0)
__version__ = '.'.join(str(vi) for vi in __version_info__)

Increment __version_info__ (major, minor or micro version, depending on what makes sense).

Second, the version in the conda recipe (conda_package/recipe/meta.yaml) needs to match:

{% set name = "mpas_tools" %}
{% set version = "0.6.0" %}

Third, Add the new version to the Versions in the documentation.

`v0.6.0`_         `0.6.0`_
================ ===============

...

.. _`v0.6.0`: ../0.6.0/index.html
.. _`0.6.0`: https://github.com/MPAS-Dev/MPAS-Analysis/tree/0.6.0

The new links won’t be valid until a new release is made and Azure Pipelines has generated the associated documentation. Eventually, it should be possible to do this automatically but that has not yet been implemented.