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Pull request integration |
When someone issues a pull-request, Snap will automatically set up a pipeline, attempt to merge the request into the upstream branch, and run the pipeline. |
2014-09-12 |
Badri Janakiraman |
snap ci, continuous delivery, continuous integration, developer tools, github, pull request, integration, collaboration tool |
features announcements |
We love the Github ecosystem. One of the reasons we love Github is how easy they make it to collaborate with one another - and as of writing this blog post, Github has over 6.9 million users proving that.
Pull requests are one of the features that make Github a powerful collaboration tool. We wanted Snap to participate in this collaborative process but to augment the human communication, not replace it.
Let's say I have a repository building on Snap., when someone issues a pull-request to it, Snap will automatically set up a pipeline for me, attempt to merge the pull-request into the upstream branch and finally, run the pipeline. Every additional commit made to this pull-request will trigger a new build. The history of this build stays around as long as the pull-request is open and when it is closed, automatically goes away.
Build statuses of the pull-requests are conveyed back to Github using the commit status API and both the submitter and I can view them in Github. In case of a failure, I can follow the details link back to the build logs on Snap.
Lastly, I may not be in a position to merge pull-requests as soon as they come in. The process may involve some communication and back-and-forth with the submitter and I usually do this when I have some spare time on my hands. However, during this time, the upstream branch may have moved and the merge results or test results from when the pull-request was issued may no longer be valid.
To help with this, we not only say when Snap declared the pull-request healthy; we also let you re-run the build when you are ready to merge the pull-request - just to make sure that things are still kosher. Read more about this in our documentation.
What other collaboration workflows do you have that you think could be made more productive by Snap? Let me know in the comments below!
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