[Buildbot-devel] feature: excluding files/folders from triggering a build

[Shane McDaniel]

Agreed, the naming is a little obscure.  This is actually how I do 
multiple projects with only one build master.  I set that param to a 
method where I pass in the particular build slaves project name, and it 
looks to see if it's in any of the checked in files to see if it should 
build.

This is probably also how I'll end up doing dependency building, ie if 
project B depends on project A, and A builds, then build B to make sure 
A did change any interfaces etc.

Now if only it would do cross project blaming for me too.....

-shane

Lieven Govaerts wrote:
> My search for 'filter' in the documentation didn't return any results, 
> so I missed that :)
>
> So, if I can combine Mark's setup of a fileIsImportant with my 
> 'excludes matching' I get the same functionality without changing
> the code, right? I'll go for that then.
>
> Mark, which type of general implementation are you thinking about?
>
> Lieven. 
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Shane McDaniel [mailto:smcdaniel at languagecomputer.com] 
>> Sent: dinsdag 9 mei 2006 23:33
>> To: Mark Pauley
>> Cc: Lieven Govaerts; buildbot-devel at lists.sourceforge.net
>> Subject: Re: [Buildbot-devel] feature: excluding 
>> files/folders from triggering a build
>>
>> Isn't the fileIsImportant param to Scheduler meant for this?
>>
>> Mark Pauley wrote:
>>     
>>> I did the exact same thing, by subclassing Scheduler to discard 
>>> unimportant changes.
>>>
>>> Check out my last reply to the mailing list about this.  
>>>       
>> I'm starting 
>>     
>>> to think that a more general implementation might be the answer...
>>> In any case, some sort of filter list would be absolutely 
>>>       
>> useful to me 
>>     
>>> as well.
>>>
>>> _Mark
>>>
>>>
>>> On May 9, 2006, at 11:48 AM, Lieven Govaerts wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> in the Subversion project there are lots of files & 
>>>>         
>> folders that do 
>>     
>>>> not contain source code. For instance, there's a www folder that 
>>>> contains the Subversion webpages, the STATUS file which tracks 
>>>> revisions to merge etc.
>>>>
>>>> I do not want that changes on these files trigger builds, because 
>>>> that would be a waste of time.
>>>>
>>>> Attached patch provides a way to tell a scheduler to 
>>>>         
>> exclude certain 
>>     
>>>> files & folders from triggering a build. The patch only implements 
>>>> this for the AnyBranchScheduler.
>>>>
>>>> My master.cfg file contains an example on how to use this feature:
>>>> http://www.mobsol.be/svn/public/buildbot/trunk/config
>>>>
>>>> kind regards,
>>>>
>>>> Lieven.
>>>> feat-excludes.diff
>>>>