Minimize the number of steps required to accept contributions for Debian packages you maintain.
To merge the most recent patch in Debian bug #831331 and build the resulting package, use:
mergebot -source_package=wit -bug=831331
Afterwards, inspect the resulting Debian package and git repository.
If both look good, push and upload using the following commands which are
suggested by the mergebot
invocation above:
cd /tmp/mergebot-19384221
(cd repo && git push)
(cd export && debsign *.changes && dput *.changes)
See “Future ideas” for how to further streamline this process.
Until mergebot
is packaged in Debian, use these instructions to install Go
and build mergebot
from source:
sudo apt-get install golang-go
export GOPATH=~/gocode
go get -u github.com/Debian/mergebot
git
sbuild
gbp
devscripts
(pulled in bygbp
as well)
- your repository can be cloned using
gbp clone --pristine-tar
- your repository uses
git
as SCM - your repository can be built using
gbp buildpackage
withsbuild
Please get in touch in case you’re interested in using or helping with any of the following features:
- Run
mergebot
automatically for every incoming patch, respond to the bug with a report about whether the patch can be merged successfully and whether the resulting package builds successfully. - Add a UI to
mergebot
(web service? email? user script for the BTS?), allowing you to havemergebot
merge, build, push and upload contributions on your behalf.