This plugin generates an Appcast (RSS) suitable for use as feed for
[Sparkle] sp. After each successful build it will create a tree of
symlinks to the artifacts of all the versions of the project that built
successfully as well as an appcast.rss file. The output directory is
designed to be statically served over HTTP. Put the URL to the Appcast file
in your App's Info.plist SUFeedURL.
Once it's set up, all you have to do is push (or check-in) your code to the repository that Jenkins is watching and the new version of your software will be automatically pushed out to all your users.
This plugin also supports creating a changelog for each build by pulling out part of (or all of) the text of the commit messages that go into said build. The changelog can also be rendered as markdown so you don't have to put HTML into your commit messages.
This plugin uses the excellent [jenkins.rb] jrb which allows one to write Jenkins plugins in Ruby (jRuby).
It's set up for rbenv, so if you don't have that install it. On a Mac I suggest using Homebrew:
brew install rbenv
brew install rbenv-gemset
brew install ruby-build
On Debian or Ubuntu you do:
apt-get install rbenv ruby-build
Anything else is up to you to figure out.
Install jruby:
rbenv install jruby-1.7.0
rbenv rehash
Install bundler:
gem install bundler
Install the rest of the required gems:
bundle install
To build we use jenkins.rb's jpi utility:
jpi build
If all goes well it creates the pkg/sparkle-appcast.hpi file. You can
upload that to your Jenkins installation in the "Advanced" tab of the
"Manage Plugins" page.
It's probably easier to test with a local server:
jpi server
That launches a server which you can connect to at [http://localhost:8080] lh
Copyright © 2013 David Caldwell david@porkrind.org
This code is licensed under the MIT License. See the file LICENSE for details.