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Minimize the number of steps required to accept contributions for Debian packages you maintain.
Mergebot
Vision
Minimize the number of steps required to accept contributions for Debian packages you maintain.
Usage instructions
To merge the most recent patch in Debian bug #831331 and build the resulting package, use:
mergebot -source_package=wit -bug=831331
Afterwards, inspect the resulting Debian package and git repository.
If both look good, push and upload using the following commands which are
suggested by the mergebot
invocation above:
cd /tmp/mergebot-19384221
(cd repo && git push)
(cd export && debsign *.changes && dput *.changes)
See “Future ideas” for how to further streamline this process.
Installation
Until mergebot
is packaged in Debian, use these instructions to install Go
and build mergebot
from source:
sudo apt-get install golang-go
export GOPATH=~/gocode
go get -u github.com/Debian/mergebot
Dependencies
-
git
-
sbuild
-
gbp
-
devscripts
(pulled in bygbp
as well)
Assumptions
- your repository can be cloned using
gbp clone --pristine-tar
- your repository uses
git
as SCM - your repository can be built using
gbp buildpackage
withsbuild
Future ideas
Please get in touch in case you’re interested in using or helping with any of the following features:
- Run
mergebot
automatically for every incoming patch, respond to the bug with a report about whether the patch can be merged successfully and whether the resulting package builds successfully. - Add a UI to
mergebot
(web service? email? user script for the BTS?), allowing you to havemergebot
merge, build, push and upload contributions on your behalf.