link:https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/#/admin/projects/plugins/hooks-its[‘hooks-its’] is by itself not a real plugin, but the common parent project for issue tracking system (ITS) plugins for Gerrit, such as link:https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/#/admin/projects/plugins/hooks-bugzilla[‘hooks-bugzilla’], link:https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/#/admin/projects/plugins/hooks-jira[‘hooks-jira’] or link:https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/#/admin/projects/plugins/hooks-rtc[‘hooks-rtc’].
The base functionality for ‘hooks-its’ based plugins is configured via git config files in the site's etc/its directory. Footnote:[The <<config-legacy,legacy configuration>> directly in etc/gerrit.config still works, but upgrading to this xref:config[new, more flexible approach] is strongly recommended.].
Setting up which event in Gerrit (E.g.: “Change Merged”, or “User ‘John Doe’ voted ‘+2’ for ‘Code-Review’ on a change”) should trigger which action on the ITS (e.g.: “Set issue's status to ‘Resolved’”) is configured through a xref:config-rule-base[rule base] in etc/its/action.config.
[[config-rule-base]] Rule base for Actions
In this part we describe, how to specify which events in Gerrit (E.g.: “Change Merged”, or “User ‘John Doe’ voted ‘+2’ for ‘Code-Review’ on a change”) trigger which action (e.g.: “Set issue's status to ‘Resolved’”) on the ITS. Actions on the ITS and conditions for the action to take place are configured through the rule base in `etc/its/actions.config` in the site directory. The rule base is a git config file, and may contain an arbitrary number of rules. Each rule can have an arbitrary number of conditions and actions. A rule fires all associated actions, once all of its conditions are met. A simple `etc/its/actions.config` may look like ---- [rule "rule1"] event-type = change-merged action = add-standard-comment [rule "rule2"] event-type = comment-added approval-Code-Review = -2,-1 action = add-comment Oh my Goodness! Someone gave a negative code review in Gerrit on an associated change. ---- This snippet defines two rules ('rule1', and 'rule2'). On merging a change that's associated to some issues, 'rule1' adds a predefined standard comment for “Change Merge” to each such issue. If someone adds a comment to a change that is associated to some issues and votes “-2”, or “-1” for “Code-Review”, 'rule2' adds the comment “Oh my Goodness! Someone gave a negative code review in Gerrit on an associated change.” to each such issue. The order of rules in `etc/its/action.config` need not be respected. So in the above example, do not rely on 'rule1' being evaluated before 'rule2'. Rules ~~~~~ Each rule consists of three items: A name, a set of conditions, and a set of actions. The names of the rules ('rule1', and 'rule2' in the above example) are currently not used and only provided for convenience. For each rule the 'action' parameter is interpreted as action. Any other parameter of a rule is considered to be a condition. Each action of a rule is taken for events that meet all of a rule's conditions. If a rule contains more than one action, the order in which they are given need not be respected. There is no upper limit on the number of elements in a rules set of conditions, and set of actions. Each of those sets may be empty. Conditions ~~~~~~~~~~ The conditions are parameters of the form ---- name = value1, value2, ..., valueN ---- and (if 'value1' is not +!+) match if the event comes with a property 'name' having 'value1', or 'value2', or ..., or 'valueN'. So for example to match events that come with an 'association' property having 'subject', or 'footer-Bug', the following condition can be used: ---- association = subject,footer-Bug ---- If 'value1' is +!+, the conditon matches if the event does not come with a property 'name' having 'value2', or ..., or 'valueN'. So for example to match events that do not come with a 'status' property having 'DRAFT', the following condition can be used: ---- status = !,DRAFT ---- [[event-properties]] Event Properties ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The properties exposed by events depend on the kind of the event. For all events, the event's class name is provided in the 'event' property. Most native Gerrit events provide the 'event-type' property. So 'event-type' (or 'event' for other events fired by plugins) allows you to write filters that fire only for a certain type of event. The common properties for each event are 'event':: The event's class name. 'issue':: Issue to which this event is associated. Each event is associated to exactly one issue. If for example an event is fired for a commit message, that would contain more than one issue id (say issue “23”, and issue “47"), then the event is duplicated and sent once for each associated issue (i.e.: once with 'issue' being +23+, and once with 'issue' being +47+). 'association':: How the issue of property 'issue' got associated to this event. An event typically has several 'association' properties. Possible values are: 'somewhere'::: issue id occurs somewhere in the commit message of the change/the most recent patch set. 'subject'::: issue id occurs in the first line of the commit message of the change/the most recent patch set. 'body'::: issue id occurs after the subject but before the footer of the commit message of the change/the most recent patch set. 'footer'::: issue id occurs in the last paragraph after the subject of the commit message of the change/the most recent patch set. 'footer-<Key>'::: issue id occurs in the footer of the commit message of the change/the most recent patch set, and is in a line with a key (part before the colon). + So for example, if the footer would contain a line + ---- Fixes-Issue: issue 4711 ---- + then a property 'association' with value +footer-Fixes-Issue+ would get added to the event for issue “4711”. 'added@<Association-Value>'::: (only for events that allow to determine the patch set number. So for example, this 'association' property is not set for RevUpdatedEvents) + issue id occurs at '<Association-Value>' in the most recent patch set of the change, and either the event is for patch set 1 or the issue id does not occur at '<Association-Value>' in the previous patch set. + So for example if issue “4711” occurs in the subject of patch set 3 (the most recent patch set) of a change, but not in patch set 2. When adding a comment to this change, the event for issue “4711” would get a property 'association' with value +added@subject+. The further properties are listed in the event's corresponding subsection below: * <<event-properties-ChangeAbandonedEvent,ChangeAbandonedEvent>> * <<event-properties-ChangeMergedEvent,ChangeMergedEvent>> * <<event-properties-ChangeRestoredEvent,ChangeRestoredEvent>> * <<event-properties-CommentAddedEvent,CommentAddedEvent>> * <<event-properties-DraftPublishedEvent,DraftPublishedEvent>> * <<event-properties-PatchSetCreatedEvent,PatchSetCreatedEvent>> * <<event-properties-RefUpdatedEvent,RefUpdatedEvent>> * <<event-properties-change,Common properties for events on a change>> * <<event-properties-patch-set,Common properties for events on a patch set>> [[event-properties-ChangeAbandonedEvent]] ChangeAbandonedEvent ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 'abandoner-email':: email address of the user abandoning the change. 'abandoner-name':: name of the user abandoning the change. 'abandoner-username':: username of the user abandoning the change. 'event':: +com.google.gerrit.server.events.ChangeAbandonedEvent+ 'event-type':: +change-abandoned+ 'reason':: reason why the change has been abandoned. In addition to the above properties, the event also provides properties for the abandoned <<event-properties-change,change>>, and it's most recent <<event-properties-patch-set,patch set>>. [[event-properties-ChangeMergedEvent]] ChangeMergedEvent ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 'event':: +com.google.gerrit.server.events.ChangeMergedEvent+ 'event-type':: +change-merged+ 'submitter-email':: email address of the user causing the merge of the change. 'submitter-name':: name of the user causing the merge of the change. 'submitter-username':: username of the user causing the merge of the change. In addition to the above properties, the event also provides properties for the merged <<event-properties-change,change>>, and it's most recent <<event-properties-patch-set,patch set>>. [[event-properties-ChangeRestoredEvent]] ChangeRestoredEvent ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 'event':: +com.google.gerrit.server.events.ChangeRestoredEvent+ 'event-type':: +change-restored+ 'reason':: reason why the change has been restored. 'restorer-email':: email address of the user restoring the change. 'restorer-name':: name of the user restoring the change. 'restorer-username':: username of the user restoring the change. In addition to the above properties, the event also provides properties for the restored <<event-properties-change,change>>, and it's most recent <<event-properties-patch-set,patch set>>. [[event-properties-CommentAddedEvent]] CommentAddedEvent ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ NOTE: For consistency with the other events, the 'author-...' properties of the CommentAddedEvent do not refer to the author of the comment, but refer to the author of the change's latest patch set. The author of the comment is accessible via the 'commenter-...' properties. 'commenter-email':: email address of the comment's author. 'commenter-name':: name of the comment's author. 'commenter-username':: username of the comment's author. 'comment':: added comment itself. 'event':: +com.google.gerrit.server.events.CommentAddedEvent+ 'event-type':: +comment-added+ For each new or changed approval that has been made for this change, a property of key 'approval-<LabelName>' and the approval's value as value is added. So for example voting “-2” for the approval “Code-Review” would add the following property: 'approval-Code-Review':: +-2+ In addition to the above properties, the event also provides properties for the <<event-properties-change,change>> the comment was added for, and it's most recent <<event-properties-patch-set,patch set>>. [[event-properties-DraftPublishedEvent]] DraftPublishedEvent ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 'event':: +com.google.gerrit.server.events.DraftPublishedEvent+ 'event-type':: +draft-published+ In addition to the above properties, the event also provides properties for the uploaded <<event-properties-patch-set,patch set>>, and the <<event-properties-change,change>> it belongs to. [[event-properties-PatchSetCreatedEvent]] PatchSetCreatedEvent ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 'event':: +com.google.gerrit.server.events.PatchSetCreatedEvent+ 'event-type':: +patchset-created+ In addition to the above properties, the event also provides properties for the uploaded <<event-properties-patch-set,patch set>>, and the <<event-properties-change,change>> it belongs to. [[event-properties-RefUpdatedEvent]] RefUpdatedEvent ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 'event':: +com.google.gerrit.server.events.RefUpdatedEvent+ 'event-type':: +ref-updated+ 'project':: full name of the project from which a ref was updated. 'ref':: git ref that has been updated (Typcially the branch, as for example +master+). 'revision':: git commit hash the rev is pointing to now. 'revision-old':: git commit hash the rev was pointing to before. 'submitter-email':: email address of the user that updated the ref. 'submitter-name':: name of the user that updated the ref. 'submitter-username':: username of the user that updated the ref. [[event-properties-change]] Common properties for events on a change ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 'branch':: name of the branch the change belongs to. 'change-id':: Change-Id for the change („I-followed by 40 hex digits” string). 'change-number':: number for the change (plain integer). 'change-url':: url of the change. 'owner-email':: email address of the change's owner. 'owner-name':: name of the change's owner. 'owner-username':: username of the change's owner. 'project':: full name of the project the change belongs to. 'subject':: first line of the change's most recent patch set's commit message. 'status':: status of the change ('null', 'NEW', 'SUBMITTED', 'DRAFT', 'MERGED', or 'ABANDONED' ) + This property will typically be 'null' unless the used Gerrit incorporates https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/#/c/47042/[upstream change 47042]. 'topic':: name of the topic the change belongs to. [[event-properties-patch-set]] Common properties for events on a patch set ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 'author-email':: email address of this patch set's author. 'author-name':: name of this patch set's author. 'author-username':: username of this patch set's author. 'created-on':: Timestamp of creation of the patch set (Seconds since 1st January 1970). 'deletions':: number of lines deleted by the patch set. 'insertions':: number of lines inserted by the patch set. 'is-draft':: 'true', if the patch set is a draft patch set, 'false' otherwise. 'parents':: A list of git commit hashes that are parents to the patch set. 'patch-set-number':: patch set's number within the change. 'ref':: git ref for the patch set (For the 5-th patch set of change 4711, this will be +refs/changes/11/4711/5+). 'revision':: git commit hash of the patch set 'uploader-email':: email address of the user that uploaded this patch set. 'uploader-name':: name of the user that uploaded this patch set. 'uploader-username':: username of the user that uploaded this patch set. Actions ~~~~~~~ Parameters of the form ---- action = name param1 param2 ... paramN ---- represent the action 'name' being called with parameters 'param1', 'param2', ... 'paramN'. 'hooks-its' provides the actions: <<action-add-comment,add-comment>>:: adds the parameters as issue comment <<action-add-standard-comment,add-standard-comment>>:: adds a predefined standard comment for certain events <<action-add-velocity-comment,add-velocity-comment>>:: adds a rendered Velocity template as issue comment. <<action-log-event,log-event>>:: appends the event's properties to Gerrit's log. Further actions may be provided by 'hooks-its' based plugins. [[action-add-comment]] Action: add-comment ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The 'add-comment' action adds the given parameters as comment to any associated rule. So for example ---- action = add-comment This is a sample command ---- would add a comment “This is a sample command” to associated issues. If no parameters are given, no comment gets added. [[action-add-standard-comment]] Action: add-standard-comment ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The 'add-standard-comment' action adds predefined comments to associated issues for change abandoned, merged, restored, and patch set created events. For other events, no comment is added to the associated issues. The added comments contain the person responsible for the event (abandoner, merger, ...), the change's subject, a reason (if one has been given), and a link to the change. [[action-add-velocity-comment]] Action: add-velocity-comment ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The 'add-velocity-comment' action renders a Velocity template for the event and adds the output as comment to any associated issue. So for example ---- action = add-velocity-comment TemplateName ---- would render the template `etc/its/templates/TemplateName.vm` add the output as comment to associated issues. If 'TemplateName' is “inline”, the Velocity template to render is not loaded from a file, but the template is built by joining the remaining parameters. So for example ---- action = add-velocity-comment inline Sample template using $subject property. ---- would render “Sample template using $subject property.” as Velocity template. If 'TemplateName' is not “inline”, further parameters get ignored. Any <<event-properties,property>> of the event may be used from templates. So for example +$subject+ in the above example refers to the event's subject property, and +$change-number+ would refer to the change's number. Additionally, the context's 'its' property provides an object that allows to format links using the its' syntax: 'formatLink( url )':: Formats a link to a url. + So for example upon adding a comment to a change, the following rule formats a link to the change: + ---- [rule "formatLinkSampleRule"] event-type = comment-added action = add-velocity-comment inline Comment for change $change-number added. See ${its.formatLink($change-url)} ---- 'formatLink( url, caption )':: Formats a link to a url using 'caption' to represent the url. + So for example upon adding a comment to a change, the following rule formats a link to the change using the change number as link capition: + ---- [rule "formatLinkSampleRule"] event-type = comment-added action = add-velocity-comment inline Comment for change ${its.formatLink($change-url, $change-number)} added. ----- [[action-log-event]] Action: log-event ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The 'log-event' action appends the event's properties to Gerrit's log. Logging happens at the info level per default, but can be overriden by adding the desired log level as parameter. Supported values are 'error', 'warn', 'info', and 'debug'). So for example ---- action = log-event error ---- appends the event's properties to Gerrit's log at error level. All other parameters are ignored. This action is useful when testing rules or trying to refine conditions on rules, as it make the available properties visible. [[config-legacy]] Legacy configuration -------------------- In this section we present the legacy configuration that uses `etc/gerrit.config` directly. Please upgrade to the xref:config[new, more flexible approach]. the plugin's section (e.g.: `bugzilla` for 'hooks-bugzilla') within `etc/gerrit.config`. In the following description, we use `itsName` as placeholder for the plugin's name. Be sure to replace it with the plugin's real name in the documentation of a 'hooks-its' based plugin (e.g.: Use `bugzilla` instead of `itsName` for 'hooks-bugzilla'). [[itsName.commentOnChangeAbandoned]]itsName.commentOnChangeAbandoned:: + If true, abandoning a change adds an ITS comment to the change's associated issue. + Default is `true`. [[itsName.commentOnChangeCreated]]itsName.commentOnChangeCreated:: + If true, creating a change adds an ITS comment to the change's associated issue. + Default is `false`. [[itsName.commentOnChangeMerged]]itsName.commentOnChangeMerged:: + If true, merging a change's patch set adds an ITS comment to the change's associated issue. + Default is `true`. [[itsName.commentOnChangeRestored]]itsName.commentOnChangeRestored:: + If true, restoring an abandoned change adds an ITS comment to the change's associated issue. + Default is `true`. [[itsName.commentOnCommentAdded]]itsName.commentOnCommentAdded:: + If true, adding a comment and/or review to a change in gerrit adds an ITS comment to the change's associated issue. + Default is `true`. [[itsName.commentOnFirstLinkedPatchSetCreated]]itsName.commentOnFirstLinkedPatchSetCreated:: + If true, creating a patch set for a change adds an ITS comment to the change's associated issue, if the issue has not been mentioned in previous patch sets of the same change. + Default is `false`. [[itsName.commentOnPatchSetCreated]]itsName.commentOnPatchSetCreated:: + If true, creating a patch set for a change adds an ITS comment to the change's associated issue. + Default is `true`. [[itsName.commentOnRefUpdatedGitWeb]]itsName.commentOnRefUpdatedGitWeb:: + If true, updating a ref adds a GitWeb link to the associated issue. + Default is `true`.