[Vtigercrm-developers] daily tests

[Matthew Brichacek]

OH.. but with post-commit hooks we could do all kinds of interesting
stuff and only if the db changes in the schema.. 
Now I think I see the light..  this is a very interesting idea indeed.

Matt

On Thu, 2006-06-15 at 16:09 -0400, Jeff Kowalczyk wrote:
> Matthew Brichacek wrote:
> > My idea for the update script so far is to use a shell script to back up
> > the current uploads and other things that aren't stored in the DB,
> > delete and recreate the DB, then fire off a php script that will build
> > the db from the xml schema.  We could also snapshot some of the settings
> > in the system but that adds a level of complexity.
> 
> Why not install a subversion post-commit hook to run 'svn export' or
> 'svn update' into the demo directory?
> 
> We already have at least one such hook installed for the trac ticket
> integration with checkin messages.
> 
> We need to continue to refine our svn ignores and also omit config.inc.php
> from the repository. config.inc.php should be handled by the installer to:
> 
> a) create config.inc.php if non-existent (e.g. first use)
> 
> b) config.inc.php use values as installer defaults if exists (e.g.
> reinstall/redeploy)
> 
> c) svn ignore config.inc.php on all commits and imports.
> 
> With the svn hook and proper handling of temp and config.inc.php, the test
> installation can't be updated with each commit to the repository.
> 
> This would be the ideal setup to run a Selenium in-browser test suite
> against.
> 
> There is an extraordinary tool called buildbot that runs such smoke tests
> continually, but can be difficult to set up. If we run the tests often on
> a volunteer basis, it will be a big help.
> 
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