Code review system

Gerrit is one of the core components of Software Factory. It provides the Git repository hosting server, a code review mechanism, and a powerful ACL system. Within Software Factory Gerrit is tightly integrated with the issue tracker and the CI pipelines manager.

Some useful plugins are installed on Gerrit:

  • Reviewer-by-blame: Automatically adds code reviewers to submitted changes if they authored or modified files affected by the changes.
  • Replication: Allows the replication of Git repositories hosted on Software Factory on a remote location, for example Github.
  • Gravatar: Displays the gravatar picture associated with a contributor’s email.
  • Delete-project: Allow a privileged user to fully remove an useless Gerrit project.
  • Download-commands: Allows IDE integration

The following hooks are installed to update the issue tracker on specific events:

  • An issue referenced in the commit message of a new submission will be automatically set as “In progress” in the issue tracker.
  • An issue referenced by a submission will be closed when the patch gets merged into the main repository.

The following events will trigger actions on the CI pipelines:

  • A new patch being submitted, or modified
  • A “recheck” or “retrigger” message in the patch’s comments
  • A patch reaching the score needed to be candidate for merging (+2 Core, +1 Workflow, +1 Verified)
  • A patch being merged

See the pipelines manager section for more details.

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