RemoteCS

Convenient Coding Standards Validation for GitHub

RemoteCS is a remote Coding Standard Validator for Github repositories. Unlike regular CS Validators, it doesn't requires any changes on the client side (no IDE plugin required neither pre-commit-hook setup for GIT). No need to set up on every developer's machine, just in one central place.

Features:

• RemoteCS is a GitHub WebHook - Activated after each commit
• Scans the newly added and the modified files after each commit (not the entire repository) on the committed branch
• Currently supports PHP: PHP lint for Syntax Checking and PHPCS for Coding Standards Validation
• Sends E-mail to the committer after commits about the results (if there is any result)

Future directions:

• Scan for ignore list file in each repository (example: /.remotecs-ignore)
• Send coding standard validation messages as inline comments into the commit to GitHub
• Multiple language support (Java, Ruby, Python, etc)
• Give points to the developers based on their code cleaniness & send weekly summary / toplist
• Web interface

Prerequisites

• PHP
• GIT
• PHPCS (PEAR/PHP_CodeSniffer)
• A webserver with sufficient rights to run all of the above
• Credentials for Amazon Simple Email Service to receive E-mails

Quick Install

• Copy the remotecs files to your webserver's directory or use composer to install:

composer require ktamas77/remotecs

• Add the script's HTTP URL to Github -> Your Project -> Settings -> Service Hooks -> WebHook URLs
• Make sure the path's are correct in the Payload.class.php file & your webserver has sufficient rights
• Copy the config.sample.php into config.php and set up your Amazon Simple Email Service credentials to receive E-mails
• Press Test Hook or Commit & Push files
• If in trouble, enable debugging by $payload->debug(true); in index.php and check the debug.log file in the log directory
• Enjoy! =)

References:

• PHP CodeSniffer: http://pear.php.net/package/PHP_CodeSniffer/

Author

• Tamas Kalman ktamas77@gmail.com