Hudson/Git 2010/05/09

With easy-to-install/use of Hudson/git, I have setup the Hudson/Git in my home PC and this morning (wind is strong and can’t go out for playing basketball). I tried a few Hudson plug-ins which are pretty cool & exciting!

 

Hudson GIT plugin , it just implements the functions of Hudson SCM plugin like

* fetching specific refs from remote repo, previously I am just mis-leaded by a internal slide about Hudson. say “Hudson has git plugin but not suitable for Android projects”. so I haven’t think about using gitplugin somewhere till I start to study “how to update change log” which is critical for SCM process

* log the change sets (b/w commit of last build and commit of current build). In fact this confuses me for a pretty long time since I can see the page link of “change log” on Hudson job page. but, before, I just dont know how “change log” can be updated/shown. Now it’s clear. Only SCM plugin like git-plugin/svn-plugin installed & configured in job. this can work then

* show the commit hash code used in this build

* not sure if any more functions are still under wear

Hudson disk-usage plugin , a plugin for hudson admin

Version Number Plug-In , great plugin for enterprise users. Usually enterprise users have their own label/tag naming convention. Such as ECLAIR_20100508 or more complex ECLAIR_2.1.xxxx (decimal number). This plugin is just for such cases. really really appreciate the concept of plugin and works from open source community

Change Log History , it’s useful for engineering team to keep history logs in cases some build might be deleted due to reasons

Hudson JIRA plugin , function is not complex but pretty useful.

* identify Hudson ID in Hudson "change log” and make it a hyperlink

* with write permission to JIRA (user/password) required. can even update build number to JIRA comments

 

Open Issues

* How to know the exact build number after a build is triggered remotely via wget/curl, one solution is record the build number somewhere (e.g. JIRA/Bugzilla) in build script of triggered hudson job. But any other ways?

* Once a build triggered a post-project. How to know the build number of triggered build of post-project