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  • setup-repo¶

    New in version 0.5.3.

    rbt setup-repo will interactively configure your repository to point to a Review Board server by generating or overwriting the configuration file .reviewboardrc in the current working directory.

    Usage¶

    $ rbt setup-repo [options] 
    

    Configuring repositories on your server¶

    Prior to running setup-repo, ensure that your repositories are configured on the Review Board server you wish to connect to. RBTools will not find repositories that have not been added to the server.

    If you are an RBCommons customer, you can add repositories under your team administration settings. If you are managing your own deployment of Review Board, refer to the Admin Dashboard. Learn more about configuring repositories.

    Setting up your server¶

    If REVIEWBOARD_URL is not defined in your .reviewboardrc, you will be prompted to enter the URL of a valid Review Board server you want to connect to. Alternatively, you may use --server to skip this prompt.

    Note that if you use RBCommons, you will need to verify your RBCommons credentials first.

    Selecting a repository¶

    If RBTools finds multiple repositories in your Review Board server, you can select which repository you want to use. If no repositories are found, this means that you currently have no repositories configured on your server (see configuring repositories on your server).

    When you select a repository, you will be prompted to confirm the repository of your choice, as well as any changes to your current .reviewboardrc configuration file. Confirming will generate or update your .reviewboardrc with information related to your chosen repository.

    After generating .reviewboardrc¶

    Thanks to your newly generated .reviewboardrc file, you can now use RBTools to communicate between your chosen repository and your Review Board server.

    Options¶

    -d, --debug¶

    Displays debug output.

    This information can be valuable when debugging problems running the command.

    The default can be set in DEBUG in .reviewboardrc.

    --json¶

    Output results as JSON data instead of text.

    The default can be set in JSON_OUTPUT in .reviewboardrc.

    New in version 3.0.

    Review Board Server Options¶

    Options necessary to communicate and authenticate with a Review Board server.

    --server <url>¶

    Specifies the Review Board server to use.

    The default can be set in REVIEWBOARD_URL in .reviewboardrc.

    --username <username>¶

    The user name to be supplied to the Review Board server.

    The default can be set in USERNAME in .reviewboardrc.

    --password <password>¶

    The password to be supplied to the Review Board server.

    The default can be set in PASSWORD in .reviewboardrc.

    --ext-auth-cookies <ext auth cookies>¶

    Use an external cookie store with pre-fetched authentication data. This is useful with servers that require extra web authentication to access Review Board, e.g. on single sign-on enabled sites.

    The default can be set in EXT_AUTH_COOKIES in .reviewboardrc.

    New in version 0.7.5.

    --api-token <token>¶

    The API token to use for authentication, instead of using a username and password.

    The default can be set in API_TOKEN in .reviewboardrc.

    New in version 0.7.

    --disable-proxy¶

    Prevents requests from going through a proxy server.

    The default can be set in ENABLE_PROXY in .reviewboardrc.

    --disable-ssl-verification¶

    Disable SSL certificate verification. This is useful with servers that have self-signed certificates.

    The default can be set in DISABLE_SSL_VERIFICATION in .reviewboardrc.

    New in version 0.7.3.

    --disable-cookie-storage¶

    Use an in-memory cookie store instead of writing them to a file. No credentials will be saved or loaded.

    The default can be set in SAVE_COOKIES in .reviewboardrc.

    New in version 0.7.3.

    --disable-cache¶

    Disable the HTTP cache completely. This will result in slower requests.

    The default can be set in DISABLE_CACHE in .reviewboardrc.

    New in version 0.7.3.

    --disable-cache-storage¶

    Disable storing the API cache on the filesystem, instead keeping it in memory temporarily.

    The default can be set in IN_MEMORY_CACHE in .reviewboardrc.

    New in version 0.7.3.

    --cache-location <file>¶

    The file to use for the API cache database.

    The default can be set in CACHE_LOCATION in .reviewboardrc.

    New in version 0.7.3.

    --ca-certs <file>¶

    Additional TLS CA bundle.

    The default can be set in CA_CERTS in .reviewboardrc.

    --client-key <file>¶

    Key for TLS client authentication.

    The default can be set in CLIENT_KEY in .reviewboardrc.

    --client-cert <file>¶

    Certificate for TLS client authentication.

    The default can be set in CLIENT_CERT in .reviewboardrc.

    --proxy-authorization <proxy authorization>¶

    Value of the Proxy-Authorization header to send with HTTP requests.

    The default can be set in PROXY_AUTHORIZATION in .reviewboardrc.

    Perforce Options¶

    Perforce-specific options for selecting the Perforce client and communicating with the repository.

    --p4-client <client name>¶

    The Perforce client name for the repository.

    The default can be set in P4_CLIENT in .reviewboardrc.

    --p4-port <port>¶

    The IP address for the Perforce server.

    The default can be set in P4_PORT in .reviewboardrc.

    --p4-passwd <password>¶

    The Perforce password or ticket of the user in the P4USER environment variable.

    The default can be set in P4_PASSWD in .reviewboardrc.

    TFS Options¶

    Team Foundation Server specific options for communicating with the TFS server.

    --tfs-login <tfs login>¶

    Logs in to TFS as a specific user (ie.user@domain,password). Visit https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh190725.aspx to learn about saving credentials for reuse.

    --tf-cmd <tf cmd>¶

    The full path of where to find the tf command. This overrides any detected path.

    The default can be set in TF_CMD in .reviewboardrc.

    --tfs-shelveset-owner <tfs shelveset owner>¶

    When posting a shelveset name created by another user (other than the one who owns the current workdir), look for that shelveset using this username.

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