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diff --git a/doc/intro.cli b/doc/intro.cli index 14a2963..fad756c 100644 --- a/doc/intro.cli +++ b/doc/intro.cli @@ -534,9 +534,61 @@ synchronizing: drop hello \ -Now is also a good time to get an overview of the \c{build2} toolchain. After -all, we have already used two of its tools (\c{bdep} and \c{b}) without a -clear understanding of what they actually are. +As mentioned earlier, by default \c{bdep-new(1)} initializes a \c{git} +repository for us. Now that we have successfully built and tested our project, +it might be a good idea to make a first commit and publish it to a remote +repository hosting service where others can find it. Using GitHub as an +example: + +\ +$ git add . +$ git commit -m \"Initial implementation\" +$ git remote add origin git@github.com:john-doe/hello.git +$ git push -u +\ + +While we have managed to test a few platforms (Linux and Windows) and compiler +versions (Clang and GCC) locally, there are quite a few combinations that we +haven't tried (Mac OS with Apple Clang and Windows with MSVC, to name the +major ones). We could test them manually, some with the help of virtualization +while for others (such as Mac OS) we may need physical hardware. Add a few +versions for each compiler and we are looking at at least a dozen build +configurations. Needless to say, testing on all of them manually is a lot of +work. Now that we have our project available from a public remote repository, +we can instead use the remote testing functionality offered by the +\l{bdep-ci(1)} command. For example: + +\ +$ bdep ci +submitting: + to: https://ci.cppget.org + in: https://github.com/john-doe/hello.git#master@93e1dbc94baa + package: hello + version: 0.1.0-a.0.20180907091517.93e1dbc94baa +continue? [y/n] y +############################################################# 100.0% +CI request is queued: + https://ci.cppget.org/@d6ee90f4-21a9-47a0-ab5a-7cd2f521d3d8 +\ + +Let's see what's going on here. We are submitting our test request to +\l{https://ci.cppget.org ci.cppget.org} which is a public CI service run by +the \c{build2} project (see available \l{https://ci.cppget.org?build-configs +Build Configurations} and use \l{https://ci.cppget.org?ci Policies}). We are +testing the current working tree state (branch and commit) of our package. It +should, however, be available from our remote (GitHub repository in this +example) since that's where the CI service expects to find it. In response we +get a URL where we can see the build and test results, logs, etc. + +\N|This \i{push} CI model works particularly well with the \"feature branch\" +development workflow. Specifically, you would develop a new feature in a +separate branch, publishing and remote-testing it as necessary. When the +feature is ready, you would merge any changes from \c{master}, test the result +one more time, then merge the feature into master.| + +Now is a good time to get an overview of the \c{build2} toolchain. After all, +we have already used two of its tools (\c{bdep} and \c{b}) without a clear +understanding of what they actually are. Unlike most other programming languages that encapsulate the build system, package dependency manager, and project dependency manager into a single tool @@ -668,8 +720,6 @@ adding CI will require running a bunch of build bots archive-based repositories can be federated with different sections of the repository being hosted/managed potentially independently.| -\N|CI support for version control-based repositories is a work in progress.| - To summarize, version control-based repositories are great for package developers while a central, archive-based repository is convenient for package consumers. A reasonable strategy is then for package developers to publish @@ -681,8 +731,8 @@ stable versions but also add, say, \c{git} repositories for select packages testing development snapshots. In this model the two repository types complement each other. -\N|Support for automated publishing of tagged releases to an archive-based -repository is a work in progress.| +\N|Publishing of packages to archive-based repositories is discussed in +\l{#guide-versioning-releasing Versioning and Release Management}.| Let's see how all this works in practice. Go over to \l{https://cppget.org cppget.org} and type \"hello library\" in the search box. At the top of the @@ -852,7 +902,7 @@ repositories). In other words, \c{manifest} belongs to a package while \c{repositories.manifest} \- to a repository. Also note that this is unlikely to become burdensome since adding new -dependencies is not something that happens often. There are also plans to +dependencies is not something that happens often. There are also ideas to automate this with a \c{bdep-add(1)} command in the future.| To summarize, these are the files we had to modify to add a dependency @@ -1211,12 +1261,11 @@ Let's now see how this works in practice by publishing a couple of versions for our \c{hello} project. By now it should be clear what that \c{0.1.0-a.0.19700101000000} means \- it is the first snapshot version of our project. Since there are no commits yet, it has the UNIX epoch as its commit -timestamp. As the first step, let's try to commit our project and see what -changes: +timestamp. Let's see what changes after we've made our first commit: \ $ git add . -$ git commit -m \"Start hello project\" +$ git commit -m \"Initial implementation\" $ bdep status hello configured 0.1.0-a.0.19700101000000 @@ -1304,24 +1353,73 @@ $ git push # Master is now open for business. \ -\N|In the future release management will be automated with a -\c{bdep-release(1)} command.| - Notice also that when specifying a snapshot version in \c{manifest} we use the special \cb{z} snapshot value (for example, \c{0.1.0-a.1.z}) which is recognized and automatically replaced by \c{build2} with, in case of \c{git}, a commit timestamp and id (refer to \l{b#module-version \c{version} Module} for details). -Publishing the final release is exactly the same. For completeness, here -are the commands: +Publishing the final release to the version control repository is exactly the +same. This time, however, let's also see how we can publish it to an +archive-based repository. The first step is again to change the version, +commit, tag, and push: \ $ edit manifest # change 'version: 0.1.0' $ git commit -a -m \"Release version 0.1.0\" $ git tag -a v0.1.0 -m \"Tag version 0.1.0\" $ git push --follow-tags +\ +To publish our project to an archive-based repository we use the +\l{bdep-publish(1)} command. For example: + +\ +$ bdep publish +publishing: + to: https://cppget.org + as: John Doe <john@example.org> + package: hello + version: 0.1.0 + project: hello + section: alpha + control: https://github.com/john-doe/hello.git +continue? [y/n] y +pushing build2-control +submitting hello-0.1.0.tar.gz +############################################################# 100.0% +hello/0.1.0 submission is queued +reference: 0c596fca2017 +\ + +Let's see what's going on here. By default \c{publish} submits to the +\l{https://cppget.org cppget.org} repository. On \c{cppget.org} package names +are assigned on the first come first serve basis. But instead of using logins +or emails to authenticate package ownership, \c{cppget.org} uses your version +control repository as a proxy. In a nutshell, when we submit a package for the +first time, its control repository is associated with its name and all +subsequent submissions have to use the same control repository (the +authentication part). When submitting a package, \c{publish} also adds a +file to the \c{build2-control} branch of the control repository with the +package archive checksum. On its side, \c{cppget.org} checks for the presence +of this file in the control repository to make sure that whomever is making +this submission has write access to the control repository (the authorization +part). See \l{bdep-publish(1)} for further details. + +The rest should be pretty straightforward: \c{publish} prepares and uploads a +distribution of our package which goes into the \c{alpha} section of the +repository (because it has \c{0} major version component). In response we get +a reference which we can use to check the status of our submission on +\l{https://queue.cppget.org queue.cppget.org}. And after some basic testing +and verification our package should appear on \c{cppget.org} (the exact steps +are described in submission \l{https://cppget.org?submit Policies}). Note also +that package submissions to \c{cppget.org} are public and permanent and cannot +be \"unpublished\" under no circumstances. + +Finally, we also shouldn't forget to increment the version for the next +development cycle: + +\ $ edit manifest # change 'version: 0.2.0-a.0.z' $ git commit -a -m \"Change version to 0.2.0-a.0.z\" $ git push |