Log changes to a machine-readable file

[io7m]

I'm writing a CI task that's designed to periodically update all the dependencies of a project to the latest version (and check that the project still builds and that all tests pass afterwards). The task uses versions:use-latest-releases and versions:update-properties.

In order to produce nice commit and changelog messages, I need access to the changes that the plugin made. I've defined a very simple XML format (with an XSD schema) and introduced a ChangeRecorder interface that logs updates. I don't know the versions plugin codebase very well and I'm not sure if I've captured all of the updates correctly.

https://github.com/io7m/versions-maven-plugin/commits/changerecorder

By default, the change recorder is switched off. In order to switch it on, use the -DchangeRecorderFormat=xml property.

I also can't work out how to run individual integration tests either from the IDE or the command line which makes writing integration tests unnecessarily difficult (each test run entails running the whole suite, which takes 15 minutes).

[io7m]

For future reference: Individual integration tests can be executed with -Dinvoker.test=xyz, where xyz is the test name.

[mfriedenhagen]

In general I think this is useful. In your branch you have reformatted the code and changed the order of imports which makes it harder for others to review your changes.

[io7m]

I tried to do as little reformatting as possible, using the closest IDE style settings to the existing code as I could - I actually used the maven IDEA code style file. I believe that the formatting changes I did make moved the existing code closer to the stated style guidelines.

Is there anything I can do about this?

[io7m]

It's coming up to a year since I filed this, and although I've temporarily been working on other projects, I'm still interested in these changes.

If formatting is the only issue here, can I at least get a set of machine-readable style rules that I can apply to my fork to make it easier to integrate here? I used the official Maven code style file.

I'm a little sad to see this still sitting here gathering dust after all this time.

[mfriedenhagen]

Hello,
I am not sure what you expect here, you did not create a pull request, did you?

[io7m]

Hello!

I can certainly create a pull request. My reading of the README file lead me to think that the PR wouldn't be looked at unless there was some consensus in the associated ticket. I should be able to get to that this weekend. 👍

[io7m]

I was just notified that someone was still interested in this, but I don't see the message here where I was expecting to see it...

Edit: The message was in the PR.

[stefanseifert]

implemented in #416