[cvsnt] cvsnt bugID

Joe.VanQuakebeke at ingenix.com Joe.VanQuakebeke at ingenix.com
Fri Jun 23 16:59:27 BST 2006


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> > > > I would like to use the bugID attribute and check that
> > > against our bug
> > > > tracking tool.  
> > > In a Perl script you need to look in the CVS directory, I
> > think it's
> > > Entries.Extra from memory.  Parse that file to find the 
> name of the 
> > > file being committed then check for a bug ID.
> > > 
> >  I just looked there and in the Entries file.  No Luck.  You
> 
> Ok, if I use the edit command with the -b option then an 
> entry is made into the Entries.Extra file.  But if you use 
> commit -B <bugid> then you don't get an entry.  So every 
> thing is written on the client side until the commit is 
> finished and then the bugid is written to the repository 
> information I think. 
> 
> So to make this work, I need to have a client side script 
> (macro for winCVS) that parses the entries.extra file and 
> then runs the checks.  Is there anyway to implement on the 
> server side?  Is there a winCVS or tortoise client that has 
> this out of the box?  
Okay, I just read in the eBook how CVS Suite does the Bugzilla
integration.  My question is:

Is it possible to verify the bugID is valid before allowing the commit
to complete?  

It seems like the Bugzilla integration is after the commit.

Thank you
Joseph





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