SVN Build, Do It Yourself

[zerker2000]

[*]Disadvantages: there is a considerable delay for code changes to be available to testers.
The script is something that should be written once and then work with minimal adjustment. That requires far less energy than asking developers for Dropbox integration.

[Braids]

i'll have to side against using Dropbox for now. my vision is to release some sort of package that uses git to download and update to the latest version, along with a script to compile it. this is similar to the way our current latest SVN alpha testers operate.

Edit 1: Chris H. and jendave have convinced me this is a good idea, if we can use the maven tool to produce a nightly build and upload it to a web site. i'm not sure if Dropbox is that web site, though.

[Chris H.]

i'll have to side against using Dropbox for now. my vision is to release some sort of package that uses git to download and update to the latest version, along with a script to compile it. this is similar to the way our current latest SVN alpha testers operate.

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Once we get the new site and Maven scripts up to date I may consider a nightly build and release before I go to bed. This would make it far easier for the testers to test. I can not make any promises though at this time.

[jendave]

i'll have to side against using Dropbox for now. my vision is to release some sort of package that uses git to download and update to the latest version, along with a script to compile it. this is similar to the way our current latest SVN alpha testers operate.

We already have this - the Maven script.

[Braids]

i have been convinced. see my previous post.

[UnderFlow]

Once we get the new site and Maven scripts up to date I may consider a nightly build and release before I go to bed. This would make it far easier for the testers to test. I can not make any promises though at this time.

That sounds pretty good. It would also make it possible to include an auto-updater into Forge.

[Braids]

That sounds pretty good. It would also make it possible to include an auto-updater into Forge.

you have scary ideas! impressive.

[UnderFlow]

you have scary ideas! impressive.

Thanks!

About autoupdate:
Do you think that getting an auto-update function would be a good short term goal? Do we have a server capable of hosting Forge? (Could we use the server behind cardforge.org? Or Dropbox?)

About the git build script:
I am currently busy with RL, so I'll be unable to work on it for the next days. Sorry. If someone wants to try it, these are my findings so far:

• This is my progress so far (I replaced "forge-svn" with "cardforge"):
  

  code | Open

  @REM The lines starting with "REM" are comments and give hints about debugging possibilities
  
  @REM delete the following line to reenable the output of the commands executed
  @echo off
  echo.
  echo Forge Builder
  echo -GIT edition-
  echo.
  echo Contributors:
  echo Braids
  echo Chris H.
  echo Fnoed
  echo Snacko
  echo UnderFlow
  echo.
  echo We would also like to thank all Forge contributors.
  echo.
  echo For more information visit viewtopic.php?f=26^&t=2767
  echo.
  
  if "%~1"=="" (echo Please start this file with a command line parameter containing the desired output path in double quotes
  goto :end
  )
  echo Target directory: %~1
  echo.
  
  
  echo.
  echo ---------- 1: Updating Repository --------------------
  echo.
  if exist cardforge (
  cd cardforge
  ..\build\git.exe pull --progress "origin"
  cd ..
  ) else (
  build\git.exe clone -v --progress "git://gitorious.org/cardforge/cardforge.git" "./cardforge"
  )
  
  
  echo.
  echo ---------- 2: Creating jar file ----------------------
  echo.
  REM remove the "2>NUL" to reenable the error output stream of the following command
  
  java -jar build\ecj-3.5.2.jar cardforge\src -1.6 -classpath cardforge\src;cardforge\res\lib\google-collections-1.0.jar;cardforge\res\lib\java-image-scaling-0.8.4.jar;cardforge\res\lib\miglayout-3.7.3.1-swing.jar;cardforge\res\lib\jl1.0.1.jar;cardforge\res\lib\napkinlaf-1.2.jar;cardforge\res\lib\nimrodlf.jar;cardforge\res\lib\substance-5.3.jar;cardforge\res\lib\java-yield-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar;cardforge\res\lib\xstream-1.3.1.jar;cardforge\res\lib\xpp3_min-1.1.4c.jar;cardforge\res\lib\minlog-1.2.jar;cardforge\res\lib\swingx-1.6.1.jar;cardforge\res\lib\testng-6.1.1.jar -g:none -d output 2>NUL
  
  mkdir output\META-INF
  copy cardforge\build\manifest.forge output\META-INF\MANIFEST.MF /Y
  cd output
  REM remove the ">NUL" to reenable the standard output stream of the following command
  ..\build\7z.exe a -tzip -r -mx=9 ..\run-forge.jar *.class META-INF/MANIFEST.MF > NUL
  
  
  echo.
  echo ---------- 3: Copying Forge to target directory ------
  echo.
  cd ..
  REM If you you want more feedback from the robocopies, remove some of the parameters:
  REM /NJH -> no job header
  REM /NJS -> no job summary
  REM /NDL /NFL -> no directory list / no file list, respectively
  robocopy .\cardforge %1 forge.properties /NDL /NFL /NJH /NJS
  robocopy . %1 run-forge.jar /NDL /NFL /NJH /NJS
  robocopy .\build %1 forge.exe /NDL /NFL /NJH /NJS
  robocopy .\cardforge\res "%~1\res" /E /XF forge.preferences /XF display_new_layout.xml /XD .svn /NDL /NFL /NJH /NJS
  
  IF %ERRORLEVEL%==9009 (echo Robocopy not found - using xcopy instead...
  REM This is for Windows XP compatibility only. In contrast to the robocopy version, preferences and display layout are not retained.
  xcopy "cardforge\res\*" "%~f1\res\" /Y /E /D
  copy ".\cardforge\forge.properties" "%~f1\" /Y
  copy ".\run-forge.jar" "%~f1\"
  copy ".\build\forge.exe" "%~f1\"
  )
  
  echo.
  echo ---------- 4: Cleaning up ----------------------------
  echo.
  rmdir output /s /q
  del run-forge.jar
  
  :end
  pause

  
  It should work. I tested it once and got an empty jar (except for the manifest), but that bug might be fixed already.
• I think that git.exe can operate as a standalone, but you have to copy a .dll from Git/bin (it will tell you which one). Additionally, it cannot find the command, so you have to copy some files from libexec/git-core, but I couldn't find out which ones exactly are needed (and the whole folder is 122 MB...).

[Braids]

we're having some problems with maven right now, but i'm hoping that we'll eventually be able to put up nightly builds on a web site. then we can use something simpler than git, like curl or wget, for the scripts. but a lot of this is pipe dreaming about things i do not control, so please don't get your hopes up.

[goonjamin]

The git version I posted has been working for me for a few days if anyone else is desperate for something to use until the official version is finished.

[lazylockie]

I'm confused with all those scripts, is there one that is fully working right now?

[jendave]

I'm confused with all those scripts, is there one that is fully working right now?

Yes. Maven

http://www.slightlymagic.net/wiki/Forge ... ild_System

[Chris H.]

I'm confused with all those scripts, is there one that is fully working right now?

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We first changed to Git and then back to SVN. It is somewhat confusing.

A person could follow the instructions in the getting started wiki. If a person wants to make commits they can ask to be accepted to the dev team. Without the commit privs a person could still update their local copy whenever they desired.

As Braids mentions, we are trying the nightly build scenario at the moment but there are no guarantees that we will be able to keep this up long term The SVN, nightly builds and biweekly betas

[jendave]

I'm confused with all those scripts, is there one that is fully working right now?

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We first changed to Git and then back to SVN. It is somewhat confusing.

A person could follow the instructions in the getting started wiki. If a person wants to make commits they can ask to be accepted to the dev team. Without the commit privs a person could still update their local copy whenever they desired.

As Braids mentions, we are trying the nightly build scenario at the moment but there are no guarantees that we will be able to keep this up long term The SVN, nightly builds and biweekly betas

Chris, if you need help putting up nightly builds, I can do a few per week.

[Chris H.]

Chris, if you need help putting up nightly builds, I can do a few per week.

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Thanks for the offer. My wife and I will be moving out of state at some point and this will make it hard for me to keep up with things during the move.