repo-ansible

Ansible playbooks with templated configuration to apply to all LinkORB code repositories.

What benefits do you get from using repo-ansible for your repository?

• CodeSpace devcontainers
  LAMP-based devcontainer with Apache, MariaDB and a phpMyAdmin.
• automated security and dependency updates via Dependabot
  Organization-wide settings ensure security alerts and pull requests are enabled for all repositories, and repo-ansible, doubles down on this configuration, makes sure that security and minor version updates created by Dependabot will automatically get merged.
• Contributors support
  Community guidelines, contributing notes, git hooks, codeowners for automated PR assignment, QA tooling/configuration, and the standardized LinkORB pull request template.
• Standardized repository files, GitHub repository management, and much more to come!

Quick start

Ensure that Docker is installed on your system and you are using either Linux, MacOS, or WSL under Windows.

Create and configure a repo.yaml file for your repository. Reference the configuration table below and the associated repo.schema.yaml file.

Run repo-ansible for your project via docker:

# always pull latest version first
docker pull ghcr.io/linkorb/repo-ansible:latest
docker run --rm -v "$PWD":/app ghcr.io/linkorb/repo-ansible:latest

This command will execute the repo-ansible playbook-cwd.yaml in your current directory and report on the tasks that reported changes throughout the execution.

Note

During execution your repository's' README.md will be overwritten with the generation rules used in repo-ansible. If you're running the playbook for the first time on your repository, be sure to review Readme file auto-generation

Running repo-ansible playbooks manually

Ansible is required. How do I install Ansible on my system? Encountered issues with Ansible execution?

Grab the latest version of the repository and its dependencies.

$ git clone https://github.com/linkorb/repo-ansible.git /tmp/repo-ansible

$ pip3 install jsonschema

Run the playbook

/your-repository $ ansible-playbook /tmp/repo-ansible/playbook-cwd.yaml

PLAY [localhost] **************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] ********************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

...

The playbook will load and validate repo.yaml according to the schema; then proceed to apply templates and checks to your repository.

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Short reference configuration

Required properties are bolded. YAML hierarchies are represented by newlines in the property column. The table is not exhaustive, only the most common properties and groups are documented in here. Refer to the repo.schema.yaml file for a complete overview of properties.

Property	Default	Description
name string	-	The git repository name.
description string	-	Repository description that shows up in the sidebar on GitHub, and as the first line of the README after the repository name.
type string	-	Classification of repository type. Influences what additional files repo-ansible will generate when run. The last 3 listed types have been deprecated and should not be used on new projects.  Accepted values:php-web,php-library,php-cli,nodejs-web,nodejs-library,nodejs-cli,other,application,library,symfony-bundle,
codeowners array	-	Each array item contains a file/directory pattern and an array of individuals or teams responsible for reviewing and maintaining files/directories that match the specified pattern. For a list of allowed patterns, refer to CODEOWNERS syntax.
license string	proprietary	Repository license  Accepted values:mit,gpl-v3,proprietary,
license_year number	-	Year when the license was applied to the repository. Used with the MIT license, as it includes the year as part of the generated LICENSE file. Defaults to current year if not set.
visibility string	private	GitHub repository visibility.  Accepted values:public,private,
lifecycle string	-	Project lifecycle stage.  Accepted values:dev-research,dev-prod-bound,dev-prod,dev-maintenance,deprecated-prod,archived,
user_scope array	-	Additional project classification in terms of users served.  Accepted values:external-customer-facing-app,internal-team-facing-app,enables-external-customer-facing-apps,enables-internal-team-facing-apps,internal-devops-tooling,
github topics array	-	GitHub topics. An array of strings.
github default_branch string	main	Default branch configuration in GitHub (default main). Override for older repositories that still use master branch. Consider updating your repository to include a main branch and remove this option.
github workflows review boolean	true	The review workflow will trigger for pull requests and will check if the commit messages conform with conventional commits, and if cards are referenced as part of the commit message.
github features dependabot_auto_merge boolean	true	Generate workflow that automatically merges Dependabot PRs for patch and minor version releases. Note that merging the PR won't automatically trigger other followup workflows.
github features downloads boolean	true	Enable repository downloads.
github features squash_merge boolean	true	Allow squash-merging pull requests.
github features merge_commit boolean	true	Allow merging pull requests with merge commit.
github features rebase_merge boolean	true	Allow rebase-merging pull requests.
github features sdlc_workflows boolean	false	EXPERIMENTAL Software Development Lifecycle Workflows. Property will likely be removed in the future, and enabled by default, when workflows have been stabilized.
github features wiki boolean	false	Enable Wiki tab.
github features issues boolean	false	Enable issues tab.
github features projects boolean	false	Enable projects tab.
helm_charts boolean	false	Enable generation of Helm charts.
devcontainer postCreateCommand string	-	Additional (shell) commands to run when the containers is created. For a typical project you would specify commands that only need to run once when the project is setup. For example you might add a command in here to load database fixtures for your project.
devcontainer postStartCommand string	-	Additional (shell) commands to run when the container is started. This event takes place after the create event, but opposed to the create event it's triggered every time the container is started (including when it's resumed from a suspended state). In a typical JavaScript application you might set it to run a npm run dev or equivalent step.
devcontainer customizations_vscode extensions array	-	Additional extensions to install. Refer to the group_vars/all.yaml file for extensions installed by default.
devcontainer customizations_vscode settings object	-	Settings overrides for VSCode and installed extensions. Refer to the group_vars/all.yaml file regarding proper format and default values.
devcontainer private_packagist boolean	true	Repository requires private packagist access. Property is ignored is not of type php-*, or the other (deprecated) types: application, library, symfony-bundle.
devcontainer repository string	ghcr.io/linkorb/php-docker-base	Image to use for devcontainer (registry image URL)
devcontainer tag string	php8-review	Image tag
archived boolean	false	Setting this option to true will cause the repository to be archived. Once archived, it can only be unarchived manually.

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Readme file auto-generation

The content for each section of this README was either retrieved from repo.yaml or Markdown partials stored in the docs/partials folder. Managing content in this way allows you to define repo-specific content in repo.yaml and within the /docs/partials folder as Markdown partials.

For example, if you define readme.usage.content in repo.yaml, but a Markdown file named readme.usage.md exists in the /docs folder, the dynamic README inserts the Markdown content.

To make this possible, tasks defined in retrieve-docs-data.yaml retrieve the docs files data such as the filename and path for each Markdown file so README.md.j2 can check for the presence of Markdown files for each README section and insert Markdown content if there is a match.

Contributing

We welcome contributions to make this repository even better. Whether it's fixing a bug, adding a feature, or improving documentation, your help is highly appreciated. To get started, fork this repository then clone your fork.

Be sure to familiarize yourself with LinkORB's Contribution Guidelines for our standards around commits, branches, and pull requests, as well as our code of conduct before submitting any changes.

If you are unable to implement changes you like yourself, don't hesitate to open a new issue report so that we or others may take care of it.

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