[Gusdev-gusdev] The Way to test a plugin

[steve f. <sfi...@pc...>]

sorry paul that we just haven't gotten to documenting this.

here is the sequence:

1. write the plugin initially
2. check it in to cvs first time
3. build
4. ga +create PLUGIN --commit
5. now you can debug and tweek your plugin by running ga PLUGIN (without 
--commit)
6. when it is working enough to test with --commit:  
        - check it in to cvs
        - build
        - ga +update PLUGIN --commit
7. iterarate on steps 5 and 6

steve


pjm wrote:

>Steve,
>
>Ok, I dug out your old email on --commit registering plugins to find The Way of
>testing my LoadPfam plugin with a tiny subsection of the latest PFma release. It
>only creates records a few tables and they are all currently empty in my DB.
>Anything it creates I will quite happily (and easily) destroy (drop 3 tables).
>
>Thus, before I cvs commit I wanted to try out --commit. But I can't run it with
>out cvs commiting...
>
>I take it I can cvs commit, then `ga +update GUS::Common::Plugin::LoadPfam` as
>needed, right? 
>
>UPDATE
>
>I cvs commited the code so far (it needs a tidy, some print statements removing)
>but its more or less there. Thinking it would get around the --commit problems I
>did a
>
>	`ga +update GUS::Common::Plugin::LoadPfam`
>
>but because its already registered it won't update it. Doh! How do I get around
>this? What is The Way?
>
>Paul.
>
>steve fischer wrote:
>  
>
>>just want to clarify why debbie "committed when i should not have".
>>
>>the deal is that we are extremely rigorous about our tracking of bulk
>>changes to the db.
>>
>>in particular, you cannot run a plugin with --commit unless that exact
>>revision of the plugin has been registered in the db.  and, you cannot
>>do that registering unless you have checked in that version of the
>>plugin to cvs.
>>
>>instead of checking in a crippled version of a plugin, hacks like this
>>can be accomplished by other ways, such as:
>>  - introducing a temporary command line arg which the plugin tests for
>>to run its hacky code.
>>  - copying the plugin to a new file, such as LoadTaxonDebbiesHack.pm,
>>and registering it as a new plugin
>>
>>steve
>>
>>Deborah F. Pinney wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>This is my fault. I commited to cvs when I should not have. I have
>>>uncommented those lines and recomitted to cvs.
>>>
>>>
>>>                                               Deboeah Pinney
>>>
>>>
>>>On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Arnaud
>>>Kerhornou wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Hi
>>>>
>>>>I'm trying to run LoadTaxon plugin. Why some lines are commented out ?
>>>>
>>>>   #my $genCodes = $self->makeGeneticCode();
>>>>
>>>>   my $namesDmp = $self->getNames();
>>>>
>>>>   #my $nodesHash = $self->makeNodesHash($genCodes);
>>>>
>>>>   #my $rootAttArray = $self->getRootAttArray($genCodes);
>>>>
>>>>   #$self->makeTaxonEntry($rootAttArray, \$count);
>>>>
>>>>   #if ($self->getCla->{'restart'} && $self->getCla->{'restart'} > 1) {
>>>>     #$self->getTaxonAtt($self->getCla->{'restart'},$nodesHash,\$count);
>>>>   #}
>>>>   #else {
>>>>     #$self->getTaxonAtt($rootAttArray->[0],$nodesHash,\$count);
>>>>   #}
>>>>
>>>>Arnaud
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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