4 Replies Latest reply on Nov 28, 2012 8:54 AM by darius.ski

Richfaces build question: how to build a specific version with a patch

darius.ski Nov 27, 2012 8:46 AM

Hello,

I am new to git, and tried to read some tutorials, but I was not successful in my efforts to build custom version of specific RF build (for example 4.2.3.Final).

Here is what i do according to a bit obsolete https://community.jboss.org/wiki/HowToBuildRichFaces4x:

git clone git://github.com/richfaces/build.git

cd build

git reset e00b2cab19a344257e66cd0663f760fbea05f2de

git reset --soft HEAD@{1}

git commit -m "Revert to e00b2cab19a344257e66cd0663f760fbea05f2de"

git reset --hard

git clean -f -d

so now it's at 4.2.3.Final (hopefully)

so i proceed with:

cd ..

bash build/scripts/richgit.sh -t git -b remotes/origin/release/4.2.3.Final

cd build

mvn clean install -DskipTests=true -Dcheckstyle.skip=true -P build,release

The result is 4.2.3.Final jars that match what is on web. Now is the part where I need help, I want to apply a patch to this version, so i go on to modify that file and tried the following:

1) Just building - no go, jars remain same

2) git commit -a followed by build. Still no luck, jars remain the same

What sort of git or Richfaces kung-fu I am missing? Thanks in advance for bearing with git newbie.

Darius.

1. Re: Richfaces build question: how to build a specific version with a patch

ppitonak Nov 27, 2012 10:58 AM (in response to darius.ski)

Hi,

after you make a change in RichFaces code, you just need to run this again:

cd build

mvn clean install -DskipTests=true -Dcheckstyle.skip=true -P build,release

Regards,
Palo
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2. Re: Richfaces build question: how to build a specific version with a patch

darius.ski Nov 27, 2012 12:07 PM (in response to ppitonak)

Hi,

checking out / patching / building the version from the master ( 4.3.0.Snapshot at the moment) works just fine, I do:
git clone git://github.com/richfaces/build.git
cd build
cd ..
bash build/scripts/richgit.sh -t git
change the source file I need followed by:
mvn clean install -DskipTests=true -Dcheckstyle.skip=true -P build,release

I endup with properly built jars with my modifications in.

What I am having trouble with is - doing the same, but for specific version of Richfaces. For example I want to checkout 4.2.3.Final, change the source file and build a jar, that is different from official release only by my change.
I have outlined the steps I am it with in my first post, but for whatever reason the jar files built do not change.

Regards,
Darius.
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3. Re: Richfaces build question: how to build a specific version with a patch

bleathem Nov 27, 2012 3:53 PM (in response to darius.ski)
Be sure to check out this resource: https://community.jboss.org/wiki/RichFaces4xReleaseProcedure
It has a lot of good info in it.

So the steps you want are:

git clone git://github.com/richfaces/build.git
// Clone all the required repositories
bash build/scripts/richgit.sh -t git
// Checkout in all repos the appropriate tag
bash build/scripts/richgit.sh -e git checkout <tag>
// where <tag> is the tag you are looking to extend from (eg. 4.2.3.20121017-Final)
// create a new git branch
bash build/scripts/richgit.sh -e git checkout -b myBranch
// Next thing to do is to increment the version number, so you don't end up confusing maven with two artifacts with the same version
// Try changing it to 4.3.2.Final.dariusski
bash build/scripts/change_version.sh -r -o <development_pom_version> -n <release_pom_version>
// make your change
bash build/scripts/richgit.sh -e git add -A
bash build/scripts/richgit.sh -e "git commit -m 'changing version to <release_pom_version>'"
// now do the build
mvn -P build,release clean install

This should create jars with the RichFaces version you specified above. And them to your local maven repository with "mvn install:install-file ..." or upload it to your nexus/artifactory deployment.

FYI: This will be *way* easier when we move to the new build structure in RichFaces 5.

Brian Leathem
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4. Re: Richfaces build question: how to build a specific version with a patch

darius.ski Nov 28, 2012 8:54 AM (in response to bleathem)

Hi,

Brian, thanks a lot for Your help. I am also looking forward to RF5, hopefully the process is less custom and more vanilla git action in the future

Here are the exact steps I have used to build 4.2.3.Final with my changes:

git clone git://github.com/richfaces/build.git
bash build/scripts/richgit.sh -t git
// at this step it is necessary to get the name of a tag, so cd to build dir and execute "git tag -l", don't forget to return to the build root before proceeding
bash build/scripts/richgit.sh -e git checkout 4.2.3.20121017-Final
bash build/scripts/richgit.sh -e git checkout -b myBranch
bash build/scripts/change_version.sh -r -o 4.2.3.Final -n 4.2.3.Final.D
// made my changes to the files at this step
bash build/scripts/richgit.sh -e git add -A
bash build/scripts/richgit.sh -e "git commit -m 'changing version to D'"
mvn clean install -DskipTests=true -Dcheckstyle.skip=true -P build,release
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