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Get Changeset list

Class Name com.midvision.rapiddeploy.plugins.library.helix.task.GetChangesetListTask
Category Helix Versioning Engine

Get Changeset list

Description

Retrieve all the changes submitted to specified helix repository:

Specify Helix Repository connection settings and get changes submitted to this repository. Choose what information should be included in changes report.

Parameters

The following parameters may be set on this task:

Table of task Parameters

Name Type Default Value Optional Description
changeOwner java.lang.String   true The username who submitted the change.Leave this field blank if you want to retrieve the history for all users.
failOnError java.lang.Boolean true false This task will not fail the deployment on error if set to false.
helixRepositoryUrl java.lang.String public.perforce.com:1666 false The TFS Repository URL of the RapidDeploy project. This is the URL to the top level of the repository.
maxNumberOfCommits java.lang.String 3 false Maximum number of commits which will be included in change report.
outputParameter java.lang.String ${changesetOutput} false The name of the output parameter, which can pass the return value from the task. The task output will be the Helix changeset output. Define a unique parameter name starting with '${', ending with '}' for the whole orchestration (latter tasks can override the parameter value if the same parameter name is specified). You can refer to this parameter in any task below in the tasklist, as an input parameter ${changesetOutput}.
password java.lang.String   true Password to use to authenticate when connecting to Helix (if required).
showAffectedFiles java.lang.Boolean true false Specify if you want to see changelist affected files in the task output.
showChangelistClientId java.lang.Boolean false false Specify if you want to see changelist clientId in the task output.
showChangelistDate java.lang.Boolean true false Specify if you want to see changelist date in the task output.
showChangelistDescription java.lang.Boolean true false Specify if you want to see changelist description in the task output.
showChangelistID java.lang.Boolean true false Specify if you want to see changelist ID in the task output.
skipOnFailure java.lang.String Previous Task Name true Skip current task based on the name of the previous task whether has failed or not.
username java.lang.String guest false The username to use to connect to the Helix Repository.


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Helix Repository Operations

Class Name com.midvision.rapiddeploy.plugins.library.helix.task.HelixRepositoryOperations
Category Helix Versioning Engine

Helix Repository Operations

Description

Perform a task against the Helix repository. Select from one of:

checkout - Checkout a folder from Helix. If the local working copy already exists, just update it.

submitEditedFile - Commit the contents of the local working copy to the repository which have been modified. Specify local working directory using Perforce client or depot or local path format

submitAddedFile - Commit the contents of the local working copy to the repository which have been added. Specify local working directory using Perforce client or depot or local path format

resynchronise - Delete the local working copy (if it exists) and then perform a new checkout.

deleteFile - Delete a file from the local working copy - this change will be submited to Helix Server. Specify local working directory using Perforce client or depot or local path format

Parameters

The following parameters may be set on this task:

Table of task Parameters

Name Type Default Value Optional Description
failOnError java.lang.Boolean true false This task will not fail the deployment on error if set to false.
filePath java.lang.String   true The path to the file. Required for submitEditedFile,submitAddedFile,deleteFile operations.
helixRepositoryUrl java.lang.String public.perforce.com:1666 false The TFS Repository URL of the RapidDeploy project. This is the URL to the top level of the repository.
localWorkingDirectory java.lang.String /tmp/helix-samples false The location on the file system where the local Helix Working Copy directory will reside.
mappingServerPath java.lang.String //guest/perforce_software/p4java/main/samples/basic/... false Set this to a writable Helix server folder (like "//depot/yourProject/...") - this is the path to the project/branch location inside your repository.
operation java.util.List checkout false The operation to perform. One of: checkout,submitEditedFile,submitAddedFile,resynchronise,deleteFile. The submitEditedFile, submitAddedFile, deleteFile require a filePath entry.
outputParameter java.lang.String ${helixOutput} false The name of the output parameter, which can pass the return value from the task. The task output will be the Helix output. Define a unique parameter name starting with '${', ending with '}' for the whole orchestration (latter tasks can override the parameter value if the same parameter name is specified). You can refer to this parameter in any task below in the tasklist, as an input parameter ${helixOutput}.
password java.lang.String   true Password to use to authenticate when connecting to Helix (if required).
retryCount java.lang.String 1 false The retry count. The number of times to retry a Helix call, before failing. The time between successive retry calls is set with the "retryInterval" setting
retryInterval java.lang.String 5000 false The retry interval in milliseconds. If set, the amount of time to wait before retrying a Helix call.
skipOnFailure java.lang.String Previous Task Name true Skip current task based on the name of the previous task whether has failed or not.
submitDescription java.lang.String   true The comment you want to add to your submit action. Required for submitEditedFile,submitAddedFile,deleteFile operations.
username java.lang.String guest false The username to use to connect to the Helix Repository.