Make Gitblit GO monolithic

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Originally reported on Google Code with ID 30

What steps will reproduce the problem?

If one tries to start gitblit GO in a secure zone, with no internet access, it will
not be able to start.
This is because gitblit GO has the required maven repositories hard coded (maven central
and eclipse: https://github.com/gitblit/gitblit/blob/master/src/com/gitblit/build/Build.java).

We do need these repositories too, but we have to access these via a repository proxy
like Nexus or Artifactory. Therefore it would be good to be able to change the locations
used to resolve the libraries.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
0.7.0 (2011-11-11) 

Reported by dominik.bartholdi on 2011-12-06 14:44:32

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You want to be able to define a single base url which is the url of your proxy, correct?
 That is a sensible request.

I would modify Build.java to take an optional parameter for artifact base url.  Both
functions (downloadFromApache and downloadFromEclipse) would use this url so all required
artifacts must be addressable from that base url.  This parameter would be set in build.xml.

Does that sound reasonable?

Reported by James.Moger on 2011-12-06 14:58:57

• Status changed: Accepted

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Yep, that's exactly what I had in mind. The question is probably how you resolve the
artifacts from these repos. I you download/resolve these with a repository aware library
(e.g. Aether) this should not be a problem. But if you do a direct download on the
resource, then this might or might not work. But for sure its an issue for users running
it behind a firewall.

Reported by dominik.bartholdi on 2011-12-08 19:12:30

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I resolve them directly.

Hmmm.  I'll take a look at Aether.  Perhaps it would be easier to use Gitblit WAR.
 Or maybe GO should be a monolithic bundle too.

Reported by James.Moger on 2011-12-08 19:36:26

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I agree, as you really depend on theses libraries you could make GO monolithic too..

Reported by dominik.bartholdi on 2011-12-08 20:33:18

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Reported by James.Moger on 2011-12-15 15:05:06

• Labels added: Milestone-0.8.0

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v0.8.0 released.

Reported by James.Moger on 2012-01-11 21:44:52

• Status changed: Done