use buf

.github/workflows/validate-protos.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Validate protobuf files for incompatible changes.
+
+name: Validate protobuf files
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'proto/backend.proto'
+    branches:
+      - 'main'
+
+jobs:
+  main:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      # Run `git checkout`
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      # Install the `buf` CLI
+      - uses: bufbuild/buf-setup-action@v1
+      # Perform breaking change detection against the `proto` directory in the `main` branch
+      - uses: bufbuild/buf-breaking-action@v1
+        with:
+          input: 'proto'
+          against: 'https://github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go.git#branch=main,subdir=proto'

Magefile.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"github.com/magefile/mage/mg"
 	"github.com/magefile/mage/sh"
 )
 
@@ -17,13 +18,17 @@ func DataGenerate() error {
 	return sh.Run("go", "generate", "./data")
 }
 
-// Protobuf generates protobuf files.
-func Protobuf() error {
-	if err := sh.RunV("./scripts/protobuf-check.sh"); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+// Protobuf protobuf related commands.
+type Protobuf mg.Namespace
+
+// Generate generates protobuf files.
+func (Protobuf) Generate() error {
+	return sh.RunV("buf", "generate", "proto", "--template", "./proto/buf.gen.yaml")
+}
 
-	return sh.RunV("./proto/generate.sh")
+// Validate validate breaking changes in protobuf files.
+func (Protobuf) Validate() error {
+	return sh.RunV("buf", "breaking", "proto", "--against", "https://github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go.git#branch=main,subdir=proto")
 }
 
 // Test runs the test suite.
@@ -59,4 +64,8 @@ func Drone() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+var Aliases = map[string]interface{}{
+	"protobuf": Protobuf.Generate,
+}
+
 var Default = Build

backend/httpclient/tracing_middleware_test.go

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func TestTracingMiddleware(t *testing.T) {
 		require.False(t, span.EndTime().IsZero())
 		require.Equal(t, codes.Error, span.Status().Code)
 		require.Equal(t, "error with HTTP status code 400", span.Status().Description)
-		require.Equal(t, []attribute.KeyValue{
+		require.ElementsMatch(t, []attribute.KeyValue{
 			attribute.String("l1", "v1"),
 			attribute.String("l2", "v2"),
 			semconv.HTTPURL("http://test.com/query"),

contribute/developer-guide.md

@@ -42,9 +42,7 @@ mage lint
 
 ### Generate Go code for Protobuf definitions
 
-A prerequisite is to have [protoc](http://google.github.io/proto-lens/installing-protoc.html) installed and available in your path.
-
-Next, you need to have [protoc-gen-go](https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf-go/tree/master/cmd/protoc-gen-go) and [protoc-gen-grpc-go](https://pkg.go.dev/google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc) installed and available in your path. It's very important that you match the `protoc-gen-go` version specified of `google.golang.org/protobuf` in [go.mod](../go.mod), which at the time of writing is v1.33.0.
+A prerequisite is to have [Buf CLI](https://buf.build/docs/installation) installed and available in your path.
 
 To install protoc-gen-go (version should automatically be taken from the go.mod):
 
@@ -61,6 +59,13 @@ To compile the protobuf:
 
 ```shell
 mage protobuf
+# or
+mage protobuf:generate
+```
+
+To verify no breaking changes Protobuf definitions compared with latest commit in main:
+```shell
+mage protobuf:validate
 ```
 
 ### Changing `generic_*.go` files in the `data` package

proto/buf.gen.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+version: v1
+plugins:
+  - plugin: go
+    out: genproto/pluginv2
+    protoc_path: protoc
+  - plugin: go-grpc
+    out: genproto/pluginv2
+    opt:
+      - require_unimplemented_servers=false

proto/buf.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+version: v1
+breaking:
+  use:
+    - FILE
+lint:
+  use:
+    - DEFAULT