SALSA

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NAME

salsa - tool to manipulate salsa repositories and group members  

SYNOPSIS

  # salsa <command> <args>
  salsa whoami
  salsa search_project devscripts
  salsa search_project qa/qa
  salsa search_group js-team
  salsa search_group perl-team/modules
  salsa search_user yadd
  salsa push_repo . --group js-team --kgb --irc devscripts --tagpending
  salsa update_repo node-mongodb --group js-team --disable-kgb --desc \
        --desc-pattern "Package %p"
  salsa update_repo js-team/node-mongodb --kgb --irc debian-js
  salsa update_safe --all --desc --desc-pattern "Debian package %p" \
        --group js-team
  salsa checkout node-mongodb --group js-team
  salsa checkout js-team/node-mongodb
  salsa add_user developer foobar --group-id 2665
  salsa update_user maintainer foobar --group js-team
  salsa del_user foobar --group js-team
  salsa last_ci_status js-team/nodejs
  salsa pipelines js-team/nodejs

 

DESCRIPTION

salsa is designed to create and configure repositories on <https://salsa.debian.org> and manage users of groups.

A Salsa token is required, except for search* commands, and must be set in command line (see below), or in your configuration file (~/.devscripts):

  SALSA_TOKEN=abcdefghi

or

  SALSA_TOKEN=`cat ~/.token`

or

  SALSA_TOKEN_FILE=~/.dpt.conf

If you choose to link another file using SALSA_TOKEN_FILE, it must contain a line with one of (no differences):

  <anything>SALSA_PRIVATE_TOKEN=xxxx
  <anything>SALSA_TOKEN=xxxx

This allows for example to use dpt(1) configuration file (~/.dpt.conf) which contains:

  DPT_SALSA_PRIVATE_TOKEN=abcdefghi

 

COMMANDS

 

Managing users and groups

join
Request access to a group.

  salsa join js-team
  salsa join --group js-team
  salsa join --group-id 1234

add_user
Add a user to a group.

  salsa --group js-group add_user guest foouser
  salsa --group-id 1234 add_user guest foouser
  salsa --group-id 1234 add_user maintainer 1245

First argument is the GitLab's access levels: guest, reporter, developer, maintainer, owner.

del_user
Remove a user from a group

  salsa --group js-team del_user foouser
  salsa --group-id=1234 del_user foouser

list_groups
List sub groups of current one if group is set, groups of current user else.
group
Show group members.

  salsa --group js-team group
  salsa --group-id 1234 group

search_group
Search for a group using given string. Shows group id and other information.

  salsa search_group perl-team
  salsa search_group perl-team/modules
  salsa search_group 2666

search_user
Search for a user using given string. Shows user id and other information.

  salsa search_user yadd

update_user
Update user role in a group.

  salsa --group-id 1234 update_user guest foouser
  salsa --group js-team update_user maintainer 1245

First argument is the GitLab's access levels: guest, reporter, developer, maintainer, owner.

whoami
Gives information on the token owner

  salsa whoami

 

Managing repositories

One of "--group", "--group-id", "--user" or "--user-id" is required to manage repositories. If both are set, salsa warns and only "--user"/"--user-id" is used. If none is given, salsa uses current user id (token owner).
check_repo
Verify that repo(s) are well configured. It works exactly like update_repo except that it does not modify anything but just lists projects not well configured with found errors.

  salsa --user yadd --tagpending --kgb --irc=devscripts check_repo test
  salsa --group js-team check_repo --all
  salsa --group js-team --rename-head check_repo test1 test2 test3

checkout or co
Clone repo in current dir. If directory already exists, update local repo.

  salsa --user yadd co devscripts
  salsa --group js-team co node-mongodb
  salsa co js-team/node-mongodb

You can clone more than one repository or all repositories of a group or a user:

  salsa --user yadd co devscripts autodep8
  salsa co yadd/devscripts js-team/npm
  salsa --group js-team co --all           # All js-team active repos
  salsa co --all-archived                  # All your repos including archived

create_repo
Create public empty project. If "--group"/"--group-id" is set, project is created in group directory, else in user directory.

  salsa --user yadd create_repo test
  salsa --group js-team --kgb --irc-channel=devscripts create_repo test

del_repo
Delete a repository.
fork
Forks a project in group/user repository and set ``upstream'' to original project. Example:

  $ salsa fork js-team/node-mongodb --verbose
  ...
  salsa.pl info: node-mongodb ready in node-mongodb/
  $ cd node-mongodb
  $ git remote --verbose show
  origin          git@salsa.debian.org:me/node-mongodb (fetch)
  origin          git@salsa.debian.org:me/node-mongodb (push)
  upstream        git@salsa.debian.org:js-team/node-mongodb (fetch)
  upstream        git@salsa.debian.org:js-team/node-mongodb (push)

For a group:

  salsa fork --group js-team user/node-foo

forks
List forks of project(s).

  salsa forks qa/qa debian/devscripts

Project can be set using full path or using --group/--group-id or --user/--user-id, else it is searched in current user namespace.

push
Push relevant packaging refs to origin Git remote. To be run from packaging working directory.

  salsa push

It pushes the following refs to the configured remote for the debian-branch or, falling back, to the ``origin'' remote:

"master" branch (or whatever is set to debian-branch in gbp.conf)
"upstream" branch (or whatever is set to upstream-branch in gbp.conf)
"pristine-tar" branch
tags named "debian/*" (or whatever is set to debian-tag in gbp.conf)
tags named "upstream/*" (or whatever is set to upstream-tag in gbp.conf)
all tags, if the package's source format is "3.0 (native)"
ls or list_repos
Shows projects owned by user or group. If second argument exists, search only matching projects

  salsa --group js-team list_repos
  salsa --user yadd list_repos foo*

last_ci_status or ci
Displays last continuous integration result. Use --verbose to see URL of pipeline when result isn't success. Unless --no-fail is set, salsa last_ci_status will stop on first ``failed'' status.

  salsa --group js-team last_ci_status --all --no-fail
  salsa --user yadd last_ci_status foo
  salsa last_ci_status js-team/nodejs

This commands returns the number of ``failed'' status found. ``success'' entries are displayed using STDOUT while other are displayed (with details) using STDERR. Then you can easily see only failures using:

  salsa --group js-team last_ci_status --all --no-fail >/dev/null

pipeline, schedule
Control pipeline schedule
pipelines, schedules
Lists current pipeline schedule items.

You can use --no-fail and --all options here.

merge_request, mr
Creates a merge request.

Suppose you created a fork using salsa fork, modify some things in a new branch using one commit and want to propose it to original project (branch ``master''). You just have to launch this in source directory:

  salsa mr

Other example:

  salsa mr --mr-dst-project debian/foo --mr-dst-branch debian/master

or simply

  salsa mr debian/foo debian/master

Note that unless destination project has been set using command line, salsa merge_request will search it in the following order:

using GitLab API: salsa will detect from where this project was forked
using "upstream" origin
else salsa will use source project as destination project

To force salsa to use source project as destination project, you can use ``same'':

  salsa mr --mr-dst-project same
  # or
  salsa mr same

New merge request will be created using last commit title and description.

See --mr-* options for more.

merge_requests, mrs
List opened merge requests for project(s)

  salsa mrs qa/qa debian/devscripts

Project can be set using full path or using --group/--group-id or --user/--user-id, else it is searched in current user namespace.

protect_branch
Protect/unprotect a branch.
Set protection
  #                                    project      branch merge push
  salsa --group js-team protect_branch node-mongodb master m     d

``merge'' and ``push'' can be one of:

o, owner: owner only
m, maintainer: o + maintainers allowed
d, developer: m + developers allowed
r, reporter: d + reporters allowed
g, guest: r + guest allowed
Unprotect
  salsa --group js-team protect_branch node-mongodb master no

protected_branches
List protected branches

  salsa --group js-team protected_branches node-mongodb

push_repo
Create a new project from a local Debian source directory configured with git.

push_repo executes the following steps:

gets project name using debian/changelog file;
launches git remote add upstream ...;
launches create_repo;
pushes local repo.

Examples:

  salsa --user yadd push_repo ./test
  salsa --group js-team --kgb --irc-channel=devscripts push_repo .

rename_branch
Rename branch given in --source-branch with name given in --dest-branch. You can use --no-fail, --all and --all-archived options here.
search, search_project, search_repo
Search for a project using given string. Shows name, owner id and other information.

  salsa search devscripts
  salsa search debian/devscripts
  salsa search 18475

update_repo
Configure repo(s) using parameters given to command line. A repo name has to be given unless --all or --all-archived is set. Prefer to use update_safe.

  salsa --user yadd --tagpending --kgb --irc=devscripts update_repo test
  salsa --group js-team update_repo --all
  salsa --group js-team --rename-head update_repo test1 test2 test3
  salsa update_repo js-team/node-mongodb --kgb --irc debian-js

By default when using --all, salsa will fail on first error. If you want to continue, set --no-fail. In this case, salsa will display a warning for each project that has fail but continue with next project. Then to see full errors, set --verbose.

update_safe
Launch check_repo and ask before launching update_repo (unless --yes).

  salsa --user yadd --tagpending --kgb --irc=devscripts update_safe test
  salsa --group js-team update_safe --all
  salsa --group js-team --rename-head update_safe test1 test2 test3
  salsa update_safe js-team/node-mongodb --kgb --irc debian-js

 

Other

purge_cache
Empty local cache.
 

OPTIONS

 

General options

-C, --chdir
Change directory before launching command

  salsa -C ~/debian co debian/libapache2-mod-fcgid

--cache-file
File to store cached values. Default to ~/.cache/salsa.json. An empty value disables cache.

".devscripts" value: SALSA_CACHE_FILE

--no-cache
Disable cache usage. Same as --cache-file ''
--conffile, --conf-file
Add or replace default configuration files ("/etc/devscripts.conf" and "~/.devscripts"). This can only be used as the first option given on the command-line.
replace:
  salsa --conf-file test.conf <command>...
  salsa --conf-file test.conf --conf-file test2.conf  <command>...

add:
  salsa --conf-file +test.conf <command>...
  salsa --conf-file +test.conf --conf-file +test2.conf  <command>...

If one --conf-file has no "+", default configuration files are ignored.

--no-conf, --noconf
Don't read any configuration files. This can only be used as the first option given on the command-line.
--debug
Enable debugging output
--group
Team to use. Use "salsa search_group name" to find it.

If you want to use a subgroup, you have to set its full path:

  salsa --group perl-team/modules/packages check_repo lemonldap-ng

".devscripts" value: SALSA_GROUP

Be careful when you use SALSA_GROUP in your ".devscripts" file. Every salsa command will be executed in group space, for example if you want to propose a little change in a project using salsa fork + salsa mr, this ``fork'' will be done in group space unless you set a --user/--user-id. Prefer to use an alias in your ".bashrc" file. Example:

  alias jsteam_admin="salsa --group js-team"

or

  alias jsteam_admin="salsa --conf-file ~/.js.conf

or to use both .devscripts and .js.conf:

  alias jsteam_admin="salsa --conf-file +~/.js.conf

then you can fix SALSA_GROUP in "~/.js.conf"

To enable bash completion for your alias, add this in your .bashrc file:

  _completion_loader salsa
  complete -F _salsa_completion jsteam_admin

--group-id
Group id to use. Use "salsa search_group name" to find it.

".devscripts" value: SALSA_GROUP_ID

Be careful when you use SALSA_GROUP_ID in your ".devscripts" file. Every salsa command will be executed in group space, for example if you want to propose a little change in a project using salsa fork + salsa mr, this ``fork'' will be done in group space unless you set a --user/--user-id. Prefer to use an alias in your ".bashrc" file. Example:

  alias jsteam_admin="salsa --group-id 2666"

or

  alias jsteam_admin="salsa --conf-file ~/.js.conf

then you can fix SALSA_GROUP_ID in "~/.js.conf"

--help: displays this manpage
-i, --info
Prompt before sensible changes.

".devscripts" value: SALSA_INFO (yes/no)

--path
Repo path. Default to group or user path.

".devscripts" value: SALSA_REPO_PATH

--token
Token value (see above).
--token-file
File to find token (see above).
--user
Username to use. If neither --group, --group-id, --user or --user-id is set, salsa uses current user id (corresponding to salsa private token).
--user-id
User id to use. Use "salsa search_user name" to find one. If neither --group, --group-id, --user or --user-id is set, salsa uses current user id (corresponding to salsa private token).

".devscripts" value: SALSA_USER_ID

--verbose
Enable verbose output.
--yes
Never ask for consent.

".devscripts" value: SALSA_YES (yes/no)

 

List/search repo options

--archived, --no-archived
Instead of looking to active projects, list or search in archived projects. Note that you can't have both archived and unarchived projects in the same request. Default: no (ie --no-archived).

".devscripts" value: SALSA_ARCHIVED (yes/no)

 

Update/create repo options

--all, --all-archived
When set, all projects of group/user are affected by command. --all will filter all active projects, whereas --all-archived will include active and archived projects.
--skip: ignore project with --all or --all-achived. Example:
  salsa update_repo --tagpending --all --skip qa --skip devscripts

".devscripts" value: SALSA_SKIP. To set multiples values, use spaces. Example

  SALSA_SKIP=qa devscripts

--skip-file: ignore projects in this file (1 project per line)
  salsa update_repo --tagpending --all --skip-file ~/.skip

".devscripts" value: SALSA_SKIP_FILE

--build-timeout
The maximum amount of time, in seconds, that a job can run.

Default: 3600 (60 minutes)

  salsa update_safe myrepo --build-timeout 3600

".devscripts" value: SALSA_BUILD_TIMEOUT

--avatar-path
Path to an image for the project's avatar. If path value contains ``%p'', it is replaced by project name.

".devscripts" value: SALSA_AVATAR_PATH

--ci-config-path
Configure configuration file path of GitLab CI. Default: empty. Example:

  salsa update_safe --ci-config-path recipes/debian.yml@salsa-ci-team/pipeline debian/devscripts

".devscripts" value: SALSA_CI_CONFIG_PATH

--desc, --no-desc
Configure repo description using pattern given in desc-pattern

".devscripts" value: SALSA_DESC (yes/no)

--desc-pattern
Repo description pattern. Default to ``Debian package %p''. ``%p'' is replaced by repo name, while ``%P'' is replaced by repo name given in command (may contains full path).

".devscripts" value: SALSA_DESC_PATTERN

--email, --no-email, --disable-email
Enable, ignore or disable email-on-push.

".devscripts" value: SALSA_EMAIL (yes/ignore/no, default: ignore)

--email-recipient
Email-on-push recipient. Can be multi valued:

  $ salsa update_safe myrepo \
        --email-recipient foo@foobar.org \
        --email-recipient bar@foobar.org

If recipient value contains ``%p'', it is replaced by project name.

".devscripts" value: SALSA_EMAIL_RECIPIENTS (use spaces to separate multiples recipients)

--issues
Set issues feature with permissions.

".devscripts" values: SALSA_ENABLE_ISSUES (yes/private/no, default: yes)

--repo
Set repository feature with permissions.

".devscripts" values: SALSA_ENABLE_REPO (yes/private/no, default: yes)

--mr
Set merge requests feature with permissions.

".devscripts" values: SALSA_ENABLE_MR (yes/private/no, default: yes)

--forks, --forks-mr
Set forking a repository feature with permissions.

".devscripts" values: SALSA_ENABLE_FORKS (yes/private/no, default: yes)

--lfs
Set Large File Storage (LFS) feature.

".devscripts" values: SALSA_ENABLE_LFS (yes/no, default: yes)

--packages
Set packages feature.

".devscripts" values: SALSA_ENABLE_PACKAGING (yes/no, default: yes)

--jobs
Set jobs feature with permissions.

".devscripts" values: SALSA_ENABLE_JOBS (yes/private/no, default: yes)

--container
Set container feature with permissions.

".devscripts" values: SALSA_ENABLE_CONTAINER (yes/private/no, default: yes)

--analytics
Set analytics feature with permissions.

".devscripts" values: SALSA_ENABLE_ANALYTICS (yes/private/no, default: yes)

--requirements
Set requirements feature with permissions.

".devscripts" values: SALSA_ENABLE_REQUIREMENTS (yes/private/no, default: yes)

--wiki
Set wiki feature with permissions.

".devscripts" values: SALSA_ENABLE_WIKI (yes/private/no, default: yes)

--snippets
Set snippets feature with permissions.

".devscripts" values: SALSA_ENABLE_SNIPPETS (yes/private/no, default: yes)

--pages
Set pages feature with permissions.

".devscripts" values: SALSA_ENABLE_PAGES (yes/private/no, default: yes)

--releases
Set releases feature with permissions.

".devscripts" values: SALSA_ENABLE_RELEASES (yes/private/no, default: yes)

--auto-devops
Set auto devops feature.

".devscripts" values: SALSA_ENABLE_AUTO_DEVOPS (yes/no, default: yes)

--request-acc
Set request access feature.

".devscripts" values: SALSA_ENABLE_REQUEST_ACC (yes/no, default: yes)

--enable-remove-source-branch, --disable-remove-source-branch
Enable or disable deleting source branch option by default for all new merge requests.

".devscripts" values: SALSA_REMOVE_SOURCE_BRANCH (yes/no, default: yes)

--irc-channel
IRC channel for KGB or Irker. Can be used more than one time only with --irker.

Important: channel must not include the first ``#''. If salsa finds a channel starting with ``#'', it will consider that the channel starts with 2 ``#''!

".devscript" value: SALSA_IRC_CHANNEL.

Multiple values must be space separated.

Since configuration files are read using sh, be careful when using ``#'': you must enclose the channel with quotes, else sh will consider it as a comment and will ignore this value.

--irker, --no-irker, --disable-irker
Enable, ignore or disable Irker service

".devscripts" values: SALSA_IRKER (yes/ignore/no, default: ignore)

--irker-host
Irker host. Default: ruprecht.snow-crash.org

".devscripts" value: SALSA_IRKER_HOST

--irker-port
Irker port. Default: empty (default value)

".devscripts" value: SALSA_IRKER_PORT

--kgb, --no-kgb, --disable-kgb
Enable, ignore or disable KGB webhook.

".devscripts" value: SALSA_KGB (yes/ignore/no, default: ignore)

--kgb-options
List of KGB enabled options (comma separated). Default: issues_events, merge_requests_events, note_events, pipeline_events, push_events, tag_push_events, wiki_page_events, enable_ssl_verification

  $ salsa update_safe debian/devscripts --kgb --irc-channel devscripts \
    --kgb-options 'merge_requests_events,issues_events,enable_ssl_verification'

List of available options: confidential_comments_events, confidential_issues_events, confidential_note_events, enable_ssl_verification, issues_events, job_events, merge_requests_events, note_events, pipeline_events, tag_push_events, wiki_page_events

".devscripts" value: SALSA_KGB_OPTIONS

--no-fail
Don't stop on error when using update_repo with --all or --all-archived.

".devscripts" value: SALSA_NO_FAIL (yes/no)

--request-access
Allow users to request member access.

".devscripts" value: SALSA_REQUEST_ACCESS (yes/no)

--rename-head, --no-rename-head
Rename HEAD branch given by --source-branch into --dest-branch and change ``default branch'' of project. Works only with update_repo.

".devscripts" value: SALSA_RENAME_HEAD (yes/no)

--source-branch: default "master"
".devscripts" value: SALSA_SOURCE_BRANCH
--dest-branch: default "debian/master"
".devscripts" value: SALSA_DEST_BRANCH
--tagpending, --no-tagpending, --disable-tagpending
Enable, ignore or disable ``tagpending'' webhook.

".devscripts" value: SALSA_TAGPENDING (yes/ignore/no, default: ignore)

 

Pipeline schedules

--schedule-desc
Description of the pipeline schedule.
--schedule-ref
Branch or tag name that is triggered.
--schedule-cron
Cron schedule, for example: 0 1 * * *.
--schedule-tz
Time zone to run cron schedule. Default: UTC
--schedule-enable, --schedule-disable
Enable/disable the pipeline schedule to run. Default: disabled
--schedule-run
Trigger --schedule-desc scheduled pipeline to run immediately. Default:
--schedule-delete
Delete --schedule-desc pipeline schedule
 

Merge requests options

--mr-title
Title for merge request. Default: last commit title.
--mr-desc
Description of new MR. Default:
empty if --mr-title is set
last commit description if any
--mr-dst-branch (or second command line argument)
Destination branch. Default to ``master''.
--mr-dst-project (or first command line argument)
Destination project. Default: project from which the current project was forked; or, if not found, ``upstream'' value found using git remote --verbose show; or using source project.

If --mr-dst-project is set to same, salsa will use source project as destination.

--mr-src-branch
Source branch. Default: current branch.
--mr-src-project
Source project. Default: current project found using git remote --verbose show.
--mr-allow-squash, --no-mr-allow-squash
Allow upstream project to squash your commits, this is the default.

".devscripts" value: SALSA_MR_ALLOW_SQUASH (yes/no)

--mr-remove-source-branch, --no-mr-remove-source-branch
Remove source branch if merge request is accepted. Default: no.

".devscripts" value: SALSA_MR_REMOVE_SOURCE_BRANCH (yes/no)

 

Options to manage other Gitlab instances

--api-url
GitLab API. Default: <https://salsa.debian.org/api/v4>.

".devscripts" value: SALSA_API_URL

--git-server-url
Default to ``git@salsa.debian.org:''

".devscripts" value: SALSA_GIT_SERVER_URL

--irker-server-url
Default to ``ircs://irc.oftc.net:6697/''

".devscripts" value: SALSA_IRKER_SERVER_URL

--kgb-server-url
Default to <http://kgb.debian.net:9418/webhook/?channel=>

".devscripts" value: SALSA_KGB_SERVER_URL

--tagpending-server-url
Default to <https://webhook.salsa.debian.org/tagpending/>

".devscripts" value: SALSA_TAGPENDING_SERVER_URL

Configuration file example

Example to use salsa with <https://gitlab.ow2.org> (group ``lemonldap-ng''):

  SALSA_TOKEN=`cat ~/.ow2-gitlab-token`
  SALSA_API_URL=https://gitlab.ow2.org/api/v4
  SALSA_GIT_SERVER_URL=git@gitlab.ow2.org:
  SALSA_GROUP_ID=34

Then to use it, add something like this in your ".bashrc" file:

  alias llng_admin='salsa --conffile ~/.salsa-ow2.conf'

 

SEE ALSO

dpt-salsa  

AUTHOR

Xavier Guimard <yadd@debian.org>  

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2018, Xavier Guimard <yadd@debian.org>

It contains code formerly found in dpt-salsa (pkg-perl-tools) copyright 2018, gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
COMMANDS
Managing users and groups
Managing repositories
Other
OPTIONS
General options
List/search repo options
Update/create repo options
Pipeline schedules
Merge requests options
Options to manage other Gitlab instances
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

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