Simple Shell CI Build System

YAML Build Config

shci uses the yaml file .shci.yml. An example:

pre-build:
    - make clean
build:
    - make test
    - make build
    - make release
post-build:
    - echo 'Uploading build artifact to S3'
    - make clean
success:
    - echo 'Sending celebratory email to the boss'
    - echo 'Sending happy message to HipChat'
failure:
    - echo 'Sending email to those that care'
    - echo 'Sending sad message to HipChat'

Save this in the root of your project/repository.

Usage

Running shci with the example yaml build config from above:

$ ./shci
Performing pre
Cleaning stuff up...

Performing build
Running tests...
Building 2b4ccc8cdfc42a81ddced3e2ea9015881787fc61 on master
Creating tarball release: shci-2b4ccc8cdfc42a81ddced3e2ea9015881787fc61.tar.gz

Performing post
Uploading build artifact to S3
Cleaning stuff up...

build_result: post success:
Sending celebratory email to the boss
Sending happy message to HipChat

shci will look for the file .shci.yml in the root of your codebase/repository and run the commands specified in each section in the obvious order.

You can specify an alternative yaml build file with the -f option:

$ ./shci -f build.yaml

You can also specify the location of the repository with the -d option:

$ ./shci -d ~/Projects/myrepo

Build Failures

$ ./shci
Performing pre
Cleaning stuff up...

Performing build
Running tests...
shci: line 111: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
shci: line 112: syntax error: unexpected end of file
make: *** [test] Error 1
build_result: build failure: make test
Sending email to those that care
Sending sad message to HipChat

Uses

Could be used with the excellent phayes/hookserve for very simple Github based CI.

** Known Issues

• This isn't fully working yet
• Should be better at parsing yaml or just replace yaml
• Only supports git