Cherrypick the specific patch set of the change list e. Choose general set extend menu item and deselect browse references. Upload a new patch set typo3 contribution guide core. When cherry picking a change, gerrit automatically appends onto the end of the commit message a short summary of the changes approvals, and a url link back to the change on the web. You can then compare changesets with a simple git diff change57842 change57843 if they have the same parent you should invoke the script giving it the name of the git remote that identifies the gerrit instance the you fetch from. After setting up the server the next thing youll probably want to do is open the gerrit page and log in at least thats the first thing we wanted to do. Allows you to fetch the patchsets from gerrit changes, trigger a build, and, based. Setting up the jenkins gerrit plugin learning gerrit code. If you have trouble setting up replication, just ask here. Once you are happy with your git tree, push up to gerrit creating a new patch set for your original change.
Contributing to eclipse projects via gerrit the eclipse. Overview of git and gerrit git is an opensource distributed version control system dvcs written in the c language and originally developed by linus torvalds and others to manage the linux kernel. If you want to save time and are techsavvy, use the very short howto guide instead. The latest version of the patch is still in your local git repository. Developmentgerritsubmitpatch the document foundation wiki. If not, you must cherrypick the latest patch set from gerrit as described in cherrypick a patch. In general, its best to avoid over using this gerrit capability because each interaction with the patch new patchsets. In order to easily push your changes to gerrit, we recommend setting a git remote that points to gerrit. How to create a new patch set in gerrit emacs stack exchange. Run that cherrypick command, and use git commit amend, then push your change. It is designed to make it easier to comprehend gerrit, especially for users that have recently switched to git from another version control system. Bitbucket gives teams one place to plan projects, collaborate on code, test and deploy, all with free private git repositories. Provides the integration of git as version control for fetching the code. Checkout the change the checkout b is optional but recommended.
This is a tutorial which explains how to use git and gerrit for wikimedia development. Choose git or git config and verify that your name and email of the user info is the same as your gerrit account. If its not, you can tell it by setting this git config setting. Handle and improve a patch gerrit typo3 contribution. Of course, the user running gerrit needs push privileges to this mirror. This will allow all subsequent commits of the same change to be associated with the same patch set. I dont know anything about gerrit yet, but after just scrolling through magitgerrit. It is designed to make it easier to apprehend gerrit, especially for users that have recently switched to git from another version control system. It is possible to configure which plugins are mandatory. Provides the integration of git as version control for fetching the code jenkins gerrit trigger plugin. A new permissionaware ref database ensures that gerrit only ever returns refs that the calling user has access to. Revert to older patch set version via the gerrit ui. Allows you to fetch the patch sets from gerrit changes, trigger a build, and, based.
The value is the maximum number of patches in a patchset generated in patches view. Again, reopen tortoisegit settings and choose git or git config click on edit global. Get the cherrypick command from gerrit ui for the required patch set. Gerrit allows attaching those 2 commits to the same change, and relies upon a changeid. Follow the instructions in one or more of the following subsections, depending on which qt repositories you want to setup gerrit for. I dont know anything about gerrit yet, but after just scrolling through magit gerrit. Still, as probably pointed out in all other threads. Clearly i have signed the push, and the fact that gerrit accepts the change at all is a proof of that since i have the setting require signed push. The code contribution workflow is based on patches and patchsets. On the top right of the ui for a patch, click download, and you will see something like.
If you have already cloned a git project at eclipse you do not need to reclone, simply update your git urls to point to the new gerrit urls and you can start using gerrit. Gerrit usage asterisk project asterisk project wiki. This option is useful to rebase a change edit on the newest patch set when. The information that this is only a rebase is lost, however. The committer header is also set to the submitter, while the author header retains the original patch set author. To verify a patch, we use one of two different automated processes. Changes to the other repository will not easily make it into gerrits repo. The obvious and easiest way is to download the archive or the patch file through the gerrit web interface and manually apply it to my local source. If you only want to play with gerrit and do not want to write a patch for a real wikimedia software project, use our gerrit test. Polygerrit is the default ui and this cannot be changed.
In git, there is no central copy of the repository. To learn more about gerrit, check out the documentation page. Now that youve configured your account on the server, you should configure your local checkouts. Gerrit will fail to start if a mandatory plugin cannot be loaded. If not, you must cherrypick the latest patch set from gerrit as described in cherrypick a. Each patch set in a change represents a new version of the change and replaces the previous.
Please also take note of the general information on the rest api. Provides support for the git protocol using the jgit library. Each user uploading changes to gerrit must configure one or more ssh public keys. For instance, when a change needs to be modified, a second commit can be uploaded to address the reported issues. The very first thing youll want to do is to create a new user on the machine youre intending to run gerrit on. Gerrit guide opendaylight documentation nitrogen documentation. Polygerrit is still the default but users may switch to gwt if they prefer.
If you want to create a new patch, look at create a patch. This page describes the change related rest endpoints. Essentially, it makes it possible to automatically generate a brand new instance of kickstart for every patch. If you do not have a wikimedia developer account yet, go to wikitech. If changeid lines are not present in the commit messages, consider amending the message and copying the line from the changes page on the web, and then using git push as described above.
Setting up the jenkins gerrit plugin learning gerrit. Once you are satisfied, push your improved patch set to gerrit. You can also override locations of gitweb configuration files during runtime by setting the following environment variables. You can look them up by name, gerrit email address, ssh user name, or gerrit id. Navigate to the git perspective window open perspective. There are 2 tasks clean up your git repository and update gerrit. When you amend commit messages, make sure to preserve the changeid footer, as this is how gerrit identifies new patch sets for existing changes.
A patch can be updated multiple times, adding a new patchset on top. Changes to the other repository will not easily make it into gerrit s repo. If you do, it will set up the changeid hook and gerrit remote for you. Everyone configure local checkouts for your account. Because of this licensing model every file within the project must list the license that covers it in the header of the file.
Use of gerrit is beyond the scope of this wiki page for in depth information, see the gerrit documentation. The most automatic method is to squash your 2 current commits together using git rebase i. Development workflow after opening an issue in the issue queue, instead of attaching a patch, a contributor pushes a change i. Gerrit works by keeping a git repository for all the. Mar 29, 2012 you can then compare changesets with a simple git diff change57842 change57843 if they have the same parent you should invoke the script giving it the name of the git remote that identifies the gerrit instance the you fetch from. If changes are made to a patch, the already existing commit is changed git commitamend. The opendaylight source code is hosted in a repository in git. May 05, 2014 this page describes the change related rest endpoints. The same username and password will be used to log into gerrit below.