X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/dff710ed4afa317d89d175236bb4638ac5945e36..4142c02f738ac119086509aa979ead5146b32a52:/doc/bugs/Monotone_rcs_support.mdwn diff --git a/doc/bugs/Monotone_rcs_support.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Monotone_rcs_support.mdwn index cca582fa8..8eaea11af 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/Monotone_rcs_support.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/Monotone_rcs_support.mdwn @@ -1,16 +1,258 @@ #Ikiwiki plugin for the Monotone revision control system. -I've just made a patch to the ikiwiki code that allows it to use the [Monotone](http://monotone.ca/) revision control system. It is available at: +I've just made a patch to the ikiwiki code that allows it to use the [[rcs/Monotone]] revision control system. It is available at: -At the moment it supports basic committing and listing recent changes. It does not support rcs_notify() or rcs_getctime() yet. Moreover, -while there is support for simultaneous commits (e.g. conflicts), it is untested and if it happens to work would leave the repository in an unmerged state. +At the moment it is basically complete. At present rcs_notify() is implemeted but untested, the rest is implemented and tested. -But it is better than nothing. +The current version of the patch handles conflicts through the web interface. It is still not perfect as it will break if there is a rename that conflicts with a web change (but so will the other Rcs plugins I think). It also commits a revision with conflict markers if there is a conflict requiring such markers... ick. -> For sure. The conflict issue seems like the main problem. I might just add it to ikiwiki and mark is as experimental and known buggy though. :-) --[[Joey]] +Note: This patch requires a rather recent Monotone perl module (18 August 2007 or later). It is available from the monotone repository here: . -Note: This patch requires the Monotone perl module, which is only available in Monotone 0.36 or later. The module is in the Monotone contrib/ directory. While 0.36 is relatively new, that Monotone module itself will work with a monotone binary back quite a few releases. +> The setup instructions to add 40 lines of code to monotonerc is pretty frightning stuff. +> Is there some way this can be automated? --[[Joey]] + +>> I've committed a bunch of this to monotone so that in future it could be removed. +>> I've also just fixed this so it is in a separate, automagically generated, rc file. + +>>> Fair enough. Didn't realize you were a monotone committer. :-) + +>>>> I am, but still a little newish. Feedback is good. In particular, this is my first major bit of PERL. + +> Having rcs_commit return a warning message when there's an unresolved conflict +> isn't right; that message will populate the page edit box. You might want +> to use the error() function here? + +>> It should never reach that case, so I have changed that to error. + +> There'an incomplete comment ending with "note, this relies on the fact that" + +>> erg... sorry, fixed. [[tag patch]] + +>> I've [[accepted|done]] this patch, thank you! + +>>> Thanks for committing it. I hate keeping my own diffs. :) + +>> I did make a few changes. Please review, and make sure it still works +>> (a test case like we have for some of the other RCSes would be nice..) + +>>> Tested. It still works at least as well as it did. I'll try to get to a test case soon. +>>> In checking the source I noticed a few bogus comments I left in when editing, +>>> and a bug in page adding. +>>> Here is a small patch for them: + +>>>> applied + +Here is another patch. It fixes a FIXME you added. I was using $file within backticks because +I was getting an error trying to do it right. I've figured out the error, and now do it right. This +should also speed things up (very slightly) + +> applied + +>> BTW, will all the monotone output parsing work if LANG != C? + +>>> It should (he says crossing fingers). +>>> In the places where I do any complex parsing I'm using a special +>>> version of the mtn commands designed for scripting. They have a +>>> stable, easy to parse, output that doesn't get translated (I think). + +>> Do monotone post-commit hooks actually use REV? + +>>> Monotone post-commit hooks are written in Lua and can do +>>> what they please. Setting the REV environment var before +>>> calling Ikiwiki seems reasonable, but I've not written the +>>> Lua hook. + +>>>> So the rcs_notify support is not just untested, but can't work +>>>> at all w/o further development. + +I've just done this further development... The following patch adds support for diffurls. +I've also partially tested the commit message support. I was unable to get Ikiwiki to send +change emails at all (cgi or otherwise), so I tested by adding warn() calls. There were a +few things that needed to be fixed. Support is much closer now (including a simple default +monotone lua hook). + +When I stick this diff inline into the page, I have to indent it by four spaces, and that's fine. +But markdown seems to still be interpreting parts of it (e.g. the diff url) in strange ways. I +think it is the square brackets. + + Index: IkiWiki/Rcs/monotone.pm + =================================================================== + --- IkiWiki/Rcs/monotone.pm (revision 4252) + +++ IkiWiki/Rcs/monotone.pm (working copy) + @@ -186,8 +186,9 @@ + check_config(); + + if (defined($config{mtnsync}) && $config{mtnsync}) { + + check_mergerc(); + if (system("mtn", "--root=$config{mtnrootdir}", "sync", + - "--quiet", "--ticker=none", + + "--quiet", "--ticker=none", "--rcfile", $config{mtnmergerc}, + "--key", $config{mtnkey}) != 0) { + debug("monotone sync failed before update"); + } + @@ -342,10 +343,10 @@ + return $conflict; + } + if (defined($config{mtnsync}) && $config{mtnsync}) { + - if (system("mtn", "--root=$config{mtnrootdir}", "sync", + + if (system("mtn", "--root=$config{mtnrootdir}", "push", + "--quiet", "--ticker=none", "--key", + $config{mtnkey}) != 0) { + - debug("monotone sync failed"); + + debug("monotone push failed"); + } + } + + @@ -431,10 +432,28 @@ + my @changed_files = get_changed_files($automator, $rev); + my $file; + + + my ($out, $err) = $automator->call("parents", $rev); + + my @parents = ($out =~ m/^($sha1_pattern)$/); + + my $parent = $parents[0]; + + + foreach $file (@changed_files) { + - push @pages, { + - page => pagename($file), + - } if length $file; + + if (length($file)) { + + if (defined $config{diffurl} and (@parents == 1)) { + + my $diffurl=$config{diffurl}; + + $diffurl=~s/\[\[r1\]\]/$parent/g; + + $diffurl=~s/\[\[r2\]\]/$rev/g; + + $diffurl=~s/\[\[file\]\]/$file/g; + + push @pages, { + + page => pagename($file), + + diffurl => $diffurl, + + }; + + } + + else { + + push @pages, { + + page => pagename($file), + + }; + + } + + } + } + + push @ret, { + @@ -487,6 +506,18 @@ + + my @changed_pages = get_changed_files($automator, $rev); + + + my ($out, $err) = $automator->call("parents", $rev); + + my @parents = ($out =~ m/^($sha1_pattern)$/); + + my $parent = $parents[0]; + + + + my $diff; + + + + if (@parents == 1) { + + $automator->setOpts("r", $parent, "r", $rev); + + ($out, $err) = $automator->call("content_diff"); + + $diff = $out; + + } + + + $automator->close(); + + require IkiWiki::UserInfo; + @@ -495,7 +526,7 @@ + return $message; + }, + sub { + - `mtn --root=$config{mtnrootdir} au content_diff -r $rev`; + + return $diff; + }, + $user, @changed_pages); + } #}}} + @@ -604,4 +635,9 @@ + return true + end + } + + function note_netsync_revision_received(new_id, revision, certs, session_id) + + if (program_exists_in_path("ikiwiki-netsync-hook")) then + + execute("ikiwiki-netsync-hook", new_id) + + end + + end + EOF + Index: IkiWiki/Wrapper.pm + =================================================================== + --- IkiWiki/Wrapper.pm (revision 4252) + +++ IkiWiki/Wrapper.pm (working copy) + @@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ + addenv("REV", s); + EOF + } + + if ($config{rcs} eq "monotone" && $config{notify}) { + + # Support running directly as hooks/post-commit by passing + + # $1 in REV in the environment. + + $envsave.=<<"EOF" + + if (argc == 2) + + addenv("REV", argv[1]); + + else if ((s=getenv("REV"))) + + addenv("REV", s); + +EOF + + } + if ($config{rcs} eq "tla" && $config{notify}) { + $envsave.=<<"EOF" + if ((s=getenv("ARCH_VERSION"))) + Index: doc/rcs/monotone.mdwn + =================================================================== + --- doc/rcs/monotone.mdwn (revision 4252) + +++ doc/rcs/monotone.mdwn (working copy) + @@ -1,16 +1,13 @@ + -[monotone](http://monotone.ca/) is a distributed revision control system. + -Ikiwiki supports storing a wiki in Monotone and editing it using the [[cgi]] interface. + +[Monotone](http://monotone.ca/) is a distributed revision control system. + +Ikiwiki supports storing a wiki in a Monotone repository and editing it using the [[cgi]] interface. + It will use the Monotone logs to generate the [[RecentChanges]] page. + + -The monotone support requires the Monotone perl module (from the contrib/ directory + -in the monotone source) to be installed. In particular, it needs version 0.03 or higher of that module. + +The monotone support in Ikiwiki requires the Monotone perl module to be installed + +(available from the contrib/ directory in the monotone source). + +In particular, it needs version 0.03 or higher of that module. + The module is available from the monotone source repository at: + + + -Monotone support works, but there are still a few minor missing bits (listed here so they are not forgotten): + +At present the [[post-commit]] hook support is implemented but only partially tested. + + -* At the moment there are no links to display diffs between revisions. It shouldn't be hard to add links to a [ViewMTN](http://grahame.angrygoats.net/moinmoin/ViewMTN) instance, but it hasn't been done yet. + -* The [[post-commit]] hook support, so that Ikiwiki sends change notifications when people commit using Monotone rather than the web interface, is partially implemented and untested. + -* Documentation (this page) could be improved. + - + There is also a mismatch between the way Ikiwiki handles conflicts and the way Monotone handles conflicts. At present, if there is a conflict, then Ikiwiki will commit a revision with conflict markers before presenting it to the user. This is ugly, but there is no clean way to fix it at present. + Index: doc/ikiwiki.setup + =================================================================== + --- doc/ikiwiki.setup (revision 4252) + +++ doc/ikiwiki.setup (working copy) + @@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ + # Monotone stuff + #rcs => "monotone", + #mtnkey => "web\@machine.company.com", + + #historyurl => "http://viewmtn.company.com/", + + #diffurl => "http://viewmtn.company.com/revision/diff/[[r1]]/with/[[r2]]/[[file]]", + # Set if you want the wiki to sync on update and commit. + #mtnsync => 0, + # The path to your workspace (defaults to the srcdir itself) + @@ -88,6 +90,16 @@ + # # Enable mail notifications of commits. + # notify => 1, + #}, + + #{ + + # # The monotone netsync revision received wrapper. + + # # Note that you also need to install a lua + + # # hook into monotone to make this work + + # # see: http://ikiwiki.info/rcs/monotone/ + + # wrapper => "/usr/local/bin/ikiwiki-netsync-hook", + + # wrappermode => "04755", + + # # Enable mail notifications of commits. + + # notify => 1, + + #}, + ], + + # Generate rss feeds for blogs? +