Django VCS Watch

This is a django application which serve as RSS proxy for different VCSs.

Dependencies

Required

django_globals is required to automatic update of the 'user' field.

To install django_globals, download sources from a repository http://github.com/svetlyak40wt/django-globals/ and install package django_globals somewhere in your python path.

Then, add django_globals in to the INSTALLED_APPS, and add django_globals.middleware.User into the MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES.

django_fields required for encrypted passwords and authentication. You can find it at http://github.com/svetlyak40wt/django-fields, also, it have it's own dependencies, for example, from django-pycrypto.

python-dateutil this package used to parse ISO dates. Under debian like systems, just do sudo apt-get install python-dateutil

Optional

There are some test templates in the templates/django_vcs_watch. They use modified 'Colorize' filter by Will Larson, but you can use another colorizer in your own templates.

Example

Example project is in the example directory.

Options

These options can be added to your settings.py:

• VCS_WATCH_CHECK_INTERVAL -- Interval in minutes, to check feeds for updated. In case if there is no any information about feed, it will be polled for updates with this frequency. If there are two or more commits already fetched, then, check interval will be interval between two latest commits, so that more actively developed projects will be polled more oftenly. Default value is 60 minutes.

• VCS_WATCH_PID_DIR -- Directory, where to story pid file for jobs. Default value is '/tmp'.

TODO

• Write a short Installation instruction.
• Add check for valid and accessible URL before add it to database.
• Add check if URL already added and if it is public, then offer it to the user instead of new repository creation.
• Add ability to edit or remove Repository.
• Refactor templates/django_vcs_watch/revision_detail.html and templates/django_vcs_watch/repository_detail.html to make inclusion tag for diff representation.
• Add pretty css for example.