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commitf681b01839e5a80ba6ac3d1d0da4cf3163a439a2[log] [tgz]
authorLuca Milanesio <luca.milanesio@gmail.com>Tue Dec 11 16:26:45 2018 +0000
committerLuca Milanesio <luca.milanesio@gmail.com>Mon Dec 17 09:22:07 2018 +0000
tree1f090f838837253a1bed083fe511541b3f750a6e
parentb2097c5cf114940a932d6b68e29ba7d20309d3b2 [diff]
Initial commit of the closed refs filtering module

The new refsfilter Gerrit module allows to reduce the footprint
of the Git refs advertizing phase by hiding all the refs associated
to non-live changes.

Typical scenario is a CI build system: as closed changes (merged, abandoned)
are not live anymore and would never be built, they are filtered out of
the Git advertizing phase, saving a lot of processing from both client
and server side.

Another typical scenario is Gerrit slave replication for development
purposes. Typically you do not work anymore on closed changes and
there is little or even no value in getting those refs advertized
and replicated to remote sites.

Change-Id: I4636bc79bfc7b3290c4d491a638cacc8318d43a7
11 files changed
tree: 1f090f838837253a1bed083fe511541b3f750a6e
  1. src/
  2. .gitignore
  3. BUILD
  4. LICENSE
  5. README.md
README.md

Git Ref filter module for Gerrit

Gerrit lib module to allow filtering out refs in the Git advertizing protocol phase.

How to build

Build this module as it was a Gerrit plugin:

  • Clone Gerrit source tree
  • Clone the git-refs-filter source tree
  • Link the git-refs-filter directory to Gerrit /plugins/git-refs-filter
  • From Gerrit source tree run bazel build plugins/git-refs-filter
  • And for running tests bazel test plugins/git-refs-filter:git_refs_filter_tests
  • The git-refs-filter.jar module is generated under /bazel-genfiles/plugins/git-refs-filter/

How install

Copy git-refs-filter.jar library to Gerrit /lib and add the following one extra settings to gerrit.config:

[gerrit]
  installModule = com.googlesource.gerrit.modules.gitrefsfilter.RefsFilterModule

How to configure filtering

The refsfilter module defines a new global capability called “Filter out closed changes refs”. By default the capability isn't assigned to any user or group, thus the module installation has no side effects.

To enable a group of users of getting a “filtered list” of refs (e.g. CI jobs):

  • Define a new group of users (e.g. Builders)
  • Add a user to that group (e.g. Add ‘jenkins’ to the Builders group)
  • Go to the All-Projects ACLs, add the “Filter out closed changes refs” and assign to the group (e.g. Builders)

NOTE Gerrit makes a super-simplified ACL evaluation if all the projects are globally readable (e.g. project has a READ rule to refs/*). To enable the closed changes filtering you need to disable any global read rule for the group that needs refs filtering.