The releaser

Simple shell script to handle git cloning/mirroring and release build This script should be a part of a bigger deployment process, however you are free to do whatever you want with it ;)

Usage

The syntax of releaser is the following:

releaser.sh [args] repository URL

• args are optional options for the Releaser. The available ones are :
  • --version : Prints the version number on stdout, then exits immediately
  • --branch : Specify a branch to build the release on (default master)
  • --strategy : Change the way we create the local repository (clone or mirror, default is clone)
  • --revision : Specify a revision to release
  • --shallow : Create a shallow clone with a history truncated to the specified number of commits
• repository is a git repository URL

Here is an example, assuming we need to checkout a specific commit hash.

releaser.sh --branch my_awesome_branch --revision dd05c227116b349b1516386587130697796f09a0 git@github.com:gfaivre/git-shell-releaser.git

By default HEAD of the branch will be checked out if no revision is specified. If no branch is given, master branch is considered.

Example to checkout a shallow clone with truncated history.

releaser.sh --shallow 3 --branch my_awesome_branch git@github.com:gfaivre/git-shell-releaser.git

Changing repository clone strategy

releaser.sh --strategy mirror --branch my_awesome_branch git@github.com:gfaivre/git-shell-releaser.git

Script will create the following arborescence containing the projects builds:

apps
├── .cached-copy
│   └── project_name
└── project_name

The .cached-copy directory will store a clone or mirror of the targeted repository. The final release (for a branch and / or revision will be found inside the project_name directory.)

Licence

Releaser is covered by the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 and above.

Contact

Any enhancements and suggestions are welcome. Feel free to submit patches and bug reports on the (project page)[].