[Buildbot-commits] [Buildbot] #2214: BuildStep's for multi-repo should include sourcebase in the names

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#2214: BuildStep's for multi-repo should include sourcebase in the names
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Reporter:  jaredgrubb   |       Owner:
    Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
Priority:  major        |   Milestone:  0.8.7
 Version:  0.8.5        |  Resolution:
Keywords:  projrepo     |
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Comment (by jaredgrubb):

 I should have said "a BuildStep ''can'' take a codebase" rather than
 ''should''... I've experimented with this a bit, and here's my
 observations:

 * adding it to the name is annoying because you often want the original
 name of the step as well ... so your steps look like Build(name="build
 Foo"), Git(name="git Foo"), etc. You have to repeat yourself or do
 something very verbose like Git(name=Git.name+" Foo") which is weird.
 * adding it to the name works well with the Build Status page ("__git
 Foo__")
 * adding it to the description makes the waterfall work nicely ("building
 Foo", "updating Bar")
 * but adding to *both* name and waterfall makes the Build Status page
 noisy (you end up with "__Git Foo:__ ''building Foo''")

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