User:B Michaelsen/Mercurial/Branchwatch
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branchwatch extension
The branchwatch extension is an extension for the Mercurial SCM that collects data about all the feature branches (ChildWorkSpaces) in OpenOffice.org development. It extracts all information only from the repository itself. Once it is stable, it could make the annoying administrative overhead of keeping data about branches up-to-date in external tools like EIS superficial -- at least for the time of active development (i.e. before 'Ready for QA').
installation
Download the extension from File:Branchwatch.bz2, bunzip it and put it somewhere in your filesystem, for example at ~/.hgext/branchwatch. Then enable the extension by adding this:
[extensions] branchwatch = ~/.hgext/branchwatch
either to your ~/.hgrc or to $REPO/.hg/hgrc (when you want to use the extension only in one repository).
usage
Clone the master repository (http://hg.services.openoffice.org/DEV300) and pull in all open feature branch repositories (http://hg.services.openoffice.org/cws/*). Then execute:
hg branchwatch-update
and then please keep still and only watchen astaunished the blinkenlights ...
example output
This is the example output of an integrated feature branch:
feature branch: l10ntooling18 by: Ivo Hinkelmann <ihi@openoffice.org>, obo <obo@openoffice.org> started on: DEV300_m53 resynced to: DEV300_m79, DEV300_m82, DEV300_m80, DEV300_m75 integrated in: DEV300_m83 5 issues: #i109622#, #i110687#, #i109378#, #i110810#, #i110394# 16 changesets: d4e30bd655ac, badc3ee0afb4, e9639164c164, d53c93405171, fbb5b7a411ef, ab9c7fd3b953, ae7b0b7568fe, 8f0b641aa8e6, 86e219079a1a, 05d4e8010fa3, 0b1912bc7adb, 45a144a897e9, 877d412b72b0, 8de61c88a3cb, 2194fdf36c1d, b7991d64c418 311 modified files: .hgtags automation/source/server/statemnt.cxx ... 1 added files: solenv/bin/gsicheck 1 removed files: default_images/sw/res/writerteam.png
This is the example output of an open feature branch:
feature branch: ause_time2(a02073db047d) by: Hans-Joachim Lankenau <hjs@openoffice.org>, hjs started on: DEV300_m50 resynced to: DEV300_m62 integrated in: 0 issues: 3 changesets: b7b791fe83bd, 7b1a9b8f9504, a02073db047d 16 modified files: reportbuilder/prj/build.lst setup_native/prj/build.lst ... 0 added files: 0 removed files:
caveat emptor
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The extension is currently only a proof-of-concept. It will likely steal your money and eat your kitteh. |
see also the branchmirror extension
outlook/roadmap/todos
The basics seem to be working reliably. Open todos are:
- The extension might need some performance tuning and code cleanup.
- More documentation (yuck!)
- In the end, I hope to be able to dump the data to json-files, so that there can be an easy to use webfrontend using dojo for it (integrated with hg web).
- Trial-merges of open feature branches with the current top milestone to find out upcoming merge conflicts early should be integrated.
