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  • rbtools.clients.clearcase¶

    A client for ClearCase.

    Classes

    ClearCaseClient(**kwargs)

    A client for ClearCase.

    ClearCaseRepositoryInfo(path, vobtag)

    A representation of a ClearCase source code repository.

    DirectoryDiff

    A difference between two directories.

    LabelElementInfo

    Information about an element in a label.

    class rbtools.clients.clearcase.DirectoryDiff[source]¶

    Bases: TypedDict

    A difference between two directories.

    New in version 5.0.

    added: set[tuple[str, str]]¶

    The added files.

    Each entry is a tuple containing the new filename and new OID.

    deleted: set[tuple[str, str]]¶

    The deleted files.

    Each entry is a tuple containing the old filename and old OID.

    renamed: set[tuple[str, str, str, str]]¶

    The renamed files.

    Each entry is a tuple containing the old filename, old OID, new filename, and new OID.

    __closed__ = False¶
    __extra_items__ = None¶
    __mutable_keys__ = frozenset({'added', 'deleted', 'renamed'})¶
    __optional_keys__ = frozenset({})¶
    __orig_bases__ = (<function TypedDict>,)¶
    __readonly_keys__ = frozenset({})¶
    __required_keys__ = frozenset({'added', 'deleted', 'renamed'})¶
    __total__ = True¶
    class rbtools.clients.clearcase.LabelElementInfo[source]¶

    Bases: TypedDict

    Information about an element in a label.

    New in version 5.0.

    oid: str¶

    The element’s OID.

    version: str¶

    The version of the element in the label.

    __closed__ = False¶
    __extra_items__ = None¶
    __mutable_keys__ = frozenset({'oid', 'version'})¶
    __optional_keys__ = frozenset({})¶
    __orig_bases__ = (<function TypedDict>,)¶
    __readonly_keys__ = frozenset({})¶
    __required_keys__ = frozenset({'oid', 'version'})¶
    __total__ = True¶
    class rbtools.clients.clearcase.ClearCaseClient(**kwargs)[source]¶

    Bases: BaseSCMClient

    A client for ClearCase.

    This is a wrapper around the clearcase tool that fetches repository information and generates compatible diffs. This client assumes that cygwin is installed on Windows.

    scmclient_id: str = 'clearcase'[source]¶

    The unique ID of the client.

    New in version 4.0: This will be required in RBTools 5.0.

    Type:

    str

    name: str = 'VersionVault / ClearCase'[source]¶

    The name of the client.

    Type:

    str

    server_tool_names: ClassVar[Optional[str]] = 'ClearCase,VersionVault / ClearCase'[source]¶

    A comma-separated list of SCMClient names on the server.

    New in version 3.0.

    Type:

    str

    server_tool_ids: ClassVar[Optional[List[str]]] = ['clearcase', 'versionvault'][source]¶

    A comma-separated list of SCMClient IDs on the server.

    This supersedes server_tool_names when running on a version of Review Board that supports passing tool IDs to the repositories list API.

    New in version 5.0.1.

    Type:

    str

    requires_diff_tool: Union[bool, List[str]] = True[source]¶

    Whether this tool requires a command line diff tool.

    This may be a boolean or a list.

    If a boolean, then this must be False if no command line tool is required, or True if any command line tool supported by RBTools is available (in which case the SCMClient is responsible for ensuring compatibility).

    If a list, then this must be a list of registered diff tool IDs that are compatible.

    New in version 4.0.

    Type:

    bool or list

    supports_patch_revert: bool = True[source]¶

    Whether the SCM client supports reverting patches.

    Type:

    bool

    REVISION_ACTIVITY_BASE = '--rbtools-activity-base'[source]¶
    REVISION_ACTIVITY_PREFIX = 'activity:'[source]¶
    REVISION_BASELINE_BASE = '--rbtools-baseline-base'[source]¶
    REVISION_BASELINE_PREFIX = 'baseline:'[source]¶
    REVISION_BRANCH_BASE = '--rbtools-branch-base'[source]¶
    REVISION_BRANCH_PREFIX = 'brtype:'[source]¶
    REVISION_CHECKEDOUT_BASE = '--rbtools-checkedout-base'[source]¶
    REVISION_CHECKEDOUT_CHANGESET = '--rbtools-checkedout-changeset'[source]¶
    REVISION_FILES = '--rbtools-files'[source]¶
    REVISION_LABEL_BASE = '--rbtools-label-base'[source]¶
    REVISION_LABEL_PREFIX = 'lbtype:'[source]¶
    REVISION_STREAM_BASE = '--rbtools-stream-base'[source]¶
    REVISION_STREAM_PREFIX = 'stream:'[source]¶
    CHECKEDOUT_RE = re.compile('CHECKEDOUT(\\.\\d+)?$')[source]¶
    __init__(**kwargs) → None[source]¶

    Initialize the client.

    Parameters:

    **kwargs (dict) – Keyword arguments to pass through to the superclass.

    viewtype: Optional[str]¶

    The user’s ClearCase view type.

    This will be either snapshot or dynamic.

    viewname: Optional[str]¶

    The name of the user’s view.

    is_ucm: bool¶

    Whether the ClearCase setup is using UCM.

    vobtag: Optional[str]¶

    The current repository’s VOB tag.

    This is only used for matching the Review Board server repository.

    property host_properties: _HostProperties[source]¶

    A dictionary containing host properties.

    This will fetch the properties on first access, and cache for future usage.

    The contents are the results of cleartool hostinfo -l, with the addition of:

    Keys:
    • Product name (str) – The name portion of the Product key.

    • Product version (str) – The version portion of the Product key.

    Callers must call setup() or has_dependencies() before accessing this.

    They also must check for None responses and exceptions.

    Changed in version 4.0: Made this a lazily-loaded caching property.

    Type:

    dict

    Raises:

    rbtools.clients.errors.SCMError – There was an error fetching host property information.

    check_dependencies() → None[source]¶

    Check whether all dependencies for the client are available.

    This will check for cleartool in the path.

    New in version 4.0.

    Raises:

    rbtools.clients.errors.SCMClientDependencyError – cleartool could not be found.

    get_local_path() → Optional[str][source]¶

    Return the local path to the working tree.

    Returns:

    The filesystem path of the repository on the client system.

    Return type:

    str

    get_repository_info() → Optional[RepositoryInfo][source]¶

    Return repository information for the current working tree.

    Returns:

    The repository info structure.

    Return type:

    ClearCaseRepositoryInfo

    find_matching_server_repository(repositories: ListResource) → tuple[Optional[ItemResource], Optional[ItemResource]][source]¶

    Find a match for the repository on the server.

    Parameters:

    repositories (rbtools.api.resource.ListResource) – The fetched repositories.

    Returns:

    A 2-tuple of ItemResource. The first item is the matching repository, and the second is the repository info resource.

    Return type:

    tuple

    parse_revision_spec(revisions: list[str] = []) → SCMClientRevisionSpec[source]¶

    Parse the given revision spec.

    These will be used to generate the diffs to upload to Review Board (or print).

    There are many different ways to generate diffs for ClearCase, because there are so many different workflows. This method serves more as a way to validate the passed-in arguments than actually parsing them in the way that other clients do.

    Parameters:

    revisions (list of str, optional) – A list of revisions as specified by the user.

    Returns:

    The parsed revision spec.

    See SCMClientRevisionSpec for the format of this dictionary.

    This always populates base and tip.

    Return type:

    dict

    Raises:
    • rbtools.clients.errors.InvalidRevisionSpecError – The given revisions could not be parsed.

    • rbtools.clients.errors.TooManyRevisionsError – The specified revisions list contained too many revisions.

    diff(revisions: SCMClientRevisionSpec, *, include_files: list[str] = [], exclude_patterns: list[str] = [], repository_info: ClearCaseRepositoryInfo, extra_args: list[str] = [], **kwargs) → SCMClientDiffResult[source]¶

    Perform a diff using the given revisions.

    Parameters:
    • revisions (dict) – A dictionary of revisions, as returned by parse_revision_spec().

    • include_files (list of str, optional) – A list of files to whitelist during the diff generation.

    • exclude_patterns (list of str, optional) – A list of shell-style glob patterns to blacklist during diff generation.

    • repository_info (ClearCaseRepositoryInfo, optional) – The repository info structure.

    • extra_args (list, unused) – Additional arguments to be passed to the diff generation. Unused for ClearCase.

    • **kwargs (dict, optional) – Unused keyword arguments.

    Returns:

    A dictionary containing the following keys:

    diff (bytes):

    The contents of the diff to upload.

    Return type:

    dict

    class rbtools.clients.clearcase.ClearCaseRepositoryInfo(path: str, vobtag: str)[source]¶

    Bases: RepositoryInfo

    A representation of a ClearCase source code repository.

    This version knows how to find a matching repository on the server even if the URLs differ.

    tool: ClearCaseClient¶

    The SCM client.

    Type:

    ClearCaseClient

    vob_uuids: list[str]¶

    A list of the VOB UUIDs that the server has registered.

    Type:

    list of str

    __init__(path: str, vobtag: str) → None[source]¶

    Initialize the repsitory info.

    Parameters:
    • path (str) – The path of the repository.

    • vobtag (str) – The VOB tag for the repository.

    vob_tags: set[str]¶

    The set of VOB tags that the server has registered.

    Type:

    set of str

    uuid_to_tags: dict[str, list[str]]¶

    A mapping from VOB UUID to matching VOB tags.

    Type:

    dict

    is_legacy: bool¶

    Whether the server uses the legacy ClearCase SCMTool.

    Type:

    bool

    update_from_remote(repository: ItemResource, info: ItemResource) → None[source]¶

    Update the info from a remote repository.

    Parameters:
    • repository (rbtools.api.resource.ItemResource) – The repository resource.

    • info (rbtools.api.resource.ItemResource) – The repository info resource.

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