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    rbtools.api.resource.diff¶

    Resource definitions for diffs.

    Added in version 6.0: This was moved from rbtools.api.resource.

    Classes

    DiffItemResource(transport, payload, url[, ...])

    Item resource for diffs.

    DiffListResource(transport, payload, url[, ...])

    List resource for diffs.

    class rbtools.api.resource.diff.DiffItemResource(transport: Transport, payload: JSONDict, url: str, token: str | None = None, **kwargs)[source]¶

    Bases: GetPatchMixin, ItemResource

    Item resource for diffs.

    This corresponds to Review Board’s Diff Resource.

    Changed in version 6.0: Renamed from DiffResource.

    __firstlineno__ = 42¶
    __static_attributes__ = ()¶
    base_commit_id: str¶

    The ID/revision that this change is built upon.

    If using a parent diff, then this is the base for that diff. This may not be provided for all diffs or repository types, depending on how the diff was uploaded.

    basedir: str¶

    The base directory that will be prepended to all paths in the diff.

    This is needed for some types of repositories. The directory must be between the root of the repository and the top directory referenced in the diff paths.

    commit_count: str¶

    The number of commits present.

    This will only be set for review requests created with commit history.

    extra_data: ResourceExtraDataField¶

    Extra data as part of the diff.

    finalize_commit_series(cumulative_diff: bytes, validation_info: str, parent_diff: bytes | None = None) → HttpRequest[source]¶

    Finalize a commit series.

    Parameters:
    • cumulative_diff (bytes) – The cumulative diff of the entire commit series.

    • validation_info (str) – The validation information returned by validating the last commit in the series with the ValidateDiffCommitResource.

    • parent_diff (bytes, optional) –

      An optional parent diff.

      This will be the same parent diff uploaded with each commit.

    Returns:

    The finalized diff resource.

    Return type:

    DiffItemResource

    Raises:
    • rbtools.api.errors.APIError – The Review Board API returned an error.

    • rbtools.api.errors.ServerInterfaceError – An error occurred while communicating with the server.

    get_commits(**kwargs: Unpack[BaseGetListParams]) → DiffCommitListResource[source]¶

    Get the commits for the diff.

    Parameters:

    **kwargs (dict) – Query arguments to include with the request.

    Returns:

    The diff commit list resource.

    Return type:

    rbtools.api.resource.DiffCommitListResource

    Raises:
    • rbtools.api.errors.APIError – The Review Board API returned an error.

    • rbtools.api.errors.ServerInterfaceError – An error occurred while communicating with the server.

    get_draft_commits(**kwargs: Unpack[BaseGetListParams]) → DraftDiffCommitListResource[source]¶

    Get the commits for the diff when the diff is a draft.

    Parameters:

    **kwargs (dict) – Query arguments to include with the request.

    Returns:

    The diff commit list resource.

    Return type:

    rbtools.api.resource.DraftDiffCommitListResource

    Raises:
    • rbtools.api.errors.APIError – The Review Board API returned an error.

    • rbtools.api.errors.ServerInterfaceError – An error occurred while communicating with the server.

    get_draft_files(**kwargs: Unpack[FileDiffGetListParams]) → FileDiffListResource[source]¶

    Get the files for the diff when the diff is a draft.

    Parameters:

    **kwargs (dict) – Query arguments to include with the request.

    Returns:

    The diff commit list resource.

    Return type:

    rbtools.api.resource.FileDiffListResource

    Raises:
    • rbtools.api.errors.APIError – The Review Board API returned an error.

    • rbtools.api.errors.ServerInterfaceError – An error occurred while communicating with the server.

    get_files(**kwargs: Unpack[FileDiffGetListParams]) → FileDiffListResource[source]¶

    Get the files for the diff.

    Parameters:

    **kwargs (dict) – Query arguments to include with the request.

    Returns:

    The file diff list resource.

    Return type:

    rbtools.api.resource.FileDiffListResource

    Raises:
    • rbtools.api.errors.APIError – The Review Board API returned an error.

    • rbtools.api.errors.ServerInterfaceError – An error occurred while communicating with the server.

    get_repository(**kwargs: Unpack[BaseGetParams]) → RepositoryItemResource[source]¶

    Get the repository for this diff.

    Parameters:

    **kwargs (dict) – Query arguments to include with the request.

    Returns:

    The repository item resource.

    Return type:

    rbtools.api.resource.RepositoryItemResource

    Raises:
    • rbtools.api.errors.APIError – The Review Board API returned an error.

    • rbtools.api.errors.ServerInterfaceError – An error occurred while communicating with the server.

    id: int¶

    The numeric ID of the diff.

    name: str¶

    The name of the diff, usually the filename.

    revision: int¶

    The revision of the diff.

    This starts at 1 for public diffs. Draft diffs may be 0.

    timestamp: str¶

    The date and time that the diff was uploaded, in ISO-8601 format.

    class rbtools.api.resource.diff.DiffListResource(transport: Transport, payload: JSONDict, url: str, token: str | None = None, item_mime_type: str | None = None, **kwargs)[source]¶

    Bases: DiffUploaderMixin, ListResource[DiffItemResource]

    List resource for diffs.

    This corresponds to Review Board’s Diff List Resource.

    __annotations_cache__ = {}¶
    __firstlineno__ = 269¶
    __static_attributes__ = ()¶
    create_empty(base_commit_id: str | None = None, **kwargs: QueryArgs) → HttpRequest[source]¶

    Create an empty DiffSet that commits can be added to.

    Parameters:
    • base_commit_id (str, optional) – The base commit ID of the diff.

    • **kwargs (dict of rbtools.api.request.QueryArgs) – Query arguments to include with the request.

    Returns:

    The newly-created diff.

    Return type:

    DiffItemResource

    upload_diff(diff: bytes, parent_diff: bytes | None = None, base_dir: str | None = None, base_commit_id: str | None = None, **kwargs: QueryArgs) → HttpRequest[source]¶

    Upload a diff to the resource.

    The diff and parent_diff arguments should be strings containing the diff output.

    Parameters:
    • diff (bytes) – The diff content.

    • parent_diff (bytes, optional) – The parent diff content, if present.

    • base_dir (str, optional) – The base directory for the diff, if present.

    • base_commit_id (str, optional) – The ID of the commit that the diff is against, if present.

    • **kwargs (dict of rbtools.api.request.QueryArgs) – Query arguments to include with the request.

    Returns:

    The newly-created diff.

    Return type:

    DiffItemResource

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