[Ccnet-devel] [Ccnet] Interesting feature request

[Norman R. <no...@ra...>]

Here's the reasoning behind my request:  We have a VSS build server
using cc.net, but because vss is sooo slow, we're set up some shadow
folders on the build server (shadow folders automagically get a copy
of everything checked in source control).  The cc.net source control
blocks are then set up as follows:

 - Filtered Source : exclude = C:\
   - Multi Source : requireChangesFromAll = true
     - FileSystem : root = shadow folders
     - VSS : project = $/project/location

That way VSS isn't required to do (slow) history checks every time it
needs to determine if any changes have been made.  The filter also
removes file changes from the change list so that only VSS changes are
listed.  It does mean that cc.net gets in a 'loop' if file changes
occur, without any VSS changes :-(

Proprosed solution: fix VSS to not use any bandwidth *ahem*

Real proposed solution:

 - Filtered Source : exclude = C:\dev\project
   - Multi Source : requireChangesFromAll = true
     - FileSystem Source : root = C:\dev\project (i.e. the shadow folder)
     - Multi Source : *useFirstChangesOnly = true*
       - VSS Source : project = $/project/location
       - Null Source : *alwaysBuild = true*

This way, if VSS changes are not detected, a set of 'fake' changes can
be generated by the nullsource (add alwaysBuild parameter), and if VSS
changes are detected, then the nullsource is not asked for a list of
changes.

Thoughts?

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- Norman Rasmussen
 - Email: no...@ra...
 - Home page: http://norman.rasmussen.co.za/