[Buildbot-devel] GitMailDirSource

[Samuli Seppänen]

> I am looking for a Git email parsing change source. I was reading
> through the mailing list and it looked like something got started in
> jan of 2011 but I see no documentation.
>
> I use git request-pull messages sent to a mailing list and would like
> to parse the messages to trigger build test.
>
> Any advice?
>
> Regards,
> Brian

Hi Brian,

I guess you mean this piece of code I wrote:

<http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.buildbot.devel/6595>

If I recall correctly, the code was written for Buildbot 0.7.12 and
would thus need to be forward-ported. I used the code to parse emails
sent by Sourceforge.net mailing list servers, and it worked well. It
might have to be modified to support other mailing list providers. I
made my GitMaildirSource configuration more secure by

- Accepting emails only from one address
- Allowing SMTP connections from one IP-address only (postfix setup +
iptables)
- Monitoring a closed "commits only" mailing list

When I upgraded my Buildmaster to 0.8.x GitMaildirSource became somewhat
redundant, as GitPoller was then available, and it was simpler, less
prone to breakage and more secure.

Best regards,

Samuli