Branch Cutting¶

This page documents the current branch cutting tasks that are needed to be performed at RC0 and which team has the necessary permissions in order to perform the necessary task in Parentheses.

JJB (releng/builder)¶

Export ${NEXT_RELEASE} and ${CURR_RELEASE} with new and current release names. (releng/builder committers)
```
export CURR_RELEASE="Silicon"
export NEXT_RELEASE="Phosphorus"
```

Run the script cut-branch-jobs.py to generate next release jobs. (releng/builder committers)

python scripts/cut-branch-jobs.py $CURR_RELEASE $NEXT_RELEASE jjb/
pre-commit run --all-files

Note

pre-commit is necessary to adjust the formatting of the generated YAML.

This script changes JJB yaml files to insert the next release configuration by updating streams and branches where relevant. For example if master is currently Silicon, the result of this script will update config blocks as follows:

Update multi-streams:

stream:
  - Phosphorus:
      branch: master
  - Silicon:
      branch: stable/silicon

Insert project new blocks:

- project:
    name: aaa-phosphorus
    jobs:
      - '{project-name}-verify-{stream}-{maven}-{jdks}'
    stream: phosphorus
    branch: master

- project:
    name: aaa-silicon
    jobs:
      - '{project-name}-verify-{stream}-{maven}-{jdks}'
    stream: silicon
    branch: stable/silicon

Review and submit the changes to releng/builder project. (releng/builder committers)

Autorelease¶

Block submit permissions for registered users and elevate RE’s committer rights on Gerrit. (Helpdesk)

Note

Enable Exclusive checkbox for the submit button to override any existing permissions.
Enable create reference permissions on Gerrit for RE’s to submit .gitreview patches. (Helpdesk)

Note

Enable Exclusive checkbox override any existing permissions.
Start the branch cut job or use the manual steps below for branch cutting autorelease. (Release Engineering Team)
Start the version bump job or use the manual steps below for version bump autorelease. (Release Engineering Team)
Merge all .gitreview patches submitted though the job or manually. (Release Engineering Team)
Remove create reference permissions set on Gerrit for RE’s. (Helpdesk)
Merge all version bump patches in the order of dependencies. (Release Engineering Team)
Re-enable submit permissions for registered users and disable elevated RE committer rights on Gerrit. (Helpdesk)
Notify release list on branch cutting work completion. (Release Engineering Team)

Branch cut job (Autorelease)¶

Branch cutting can be performed either through the job or manually.

Start the autorelease-branch-cut job (Release Engineering Team)

Manual steps to branch cut (Autorelease)¶

Setup releng/autorelease repository. (Release Engineering Team)

git review -s
git submodule foreach 'git review -s'
git checkout master
git submodule foreach 'git checkout master'
git pull --rebase
git submodule foreach 'git pull --rebase'

Enable create reference permissions on Gerrit for RE’s to submit .gitreview patches. (Helpdesk)

Note

Enable Exclusive check-box override any existing permissions.

Create stable/${CURR_RELEASE} branches based on HEAD master. (Release Engineering Team)

git checkout -b stable/${CURR_RELEASE,,} origin/master
git submodule foreach 'git checkout -b stable/${CURR_RELEASE,,} origin/master'
git push gerrit stable/${CURR_RELEASE,,}
git submodule foreach 'git push gerrit stable/${CURR_RELEASE,,}'

Contribute .gitreview updates to stable/${CURR_RELEASE,,}. (Release Engineering Team)

git submodule foreach sed -i -e "s#defaultbranch=master#defaultbranch=stable/${CURR_RELEASE,,}#" .gitreview
git submodule foreach git commit -asm "Update .gitreview to stable/${CURR_RELEASE,,}"
git submodule foreach 'git review -t ${CURR_RELEASE,,}-branch-cut'
sed -i -e "s#defaultbranch=master#defaultbranch=stable/${CURR_RELEASE,,}#" .gitreview
git add .gitreview
git commit -s -v -m "Update .gitreview to stable/${CURR_RELEASE,,}"
git review -t  ${CURR_RELEASE,,}-branch-cut

Version bump job (Autorelease)¶

Version bump can performed either through the job or manually.

Start the autorelease-version-bump-${NEXT_RELEASE,,} job (Release Engineering Team)

Note

Enabled BRANCH_CUT and disable DRY_RUN to run the job for branch cut work-flow. The version bump job can be run only on the master branch.

Manual steps to version bump (Autorelease)¶

Version bump master by x.(y+1).z. (Release Engineering Team)

git checkout master
git submodule foreach 'git checkout master'
pip install lftools
lftools version bump ${CURR_RELEASE}

Make sure the version bump changes does not modify anything under scripts or pom.xml. (Release Engineering Team)
```
git checkout pom.xml scripts/
```

Push version bump master changes to Gerrit. (Release Engineering Team)

git submodule foreach 'git commit -asm "Bump versions by x.(y+1).z for next dev cycle"'
git submodule foreach 'git review -t ${CURR_RELEASE,,}-branch-cut'

Merge the patches in order according to the merge-order.log file found in autorelease jobs. (Release Engineering Team)

Note

The version bump patches can be merged more quickly by performing a local build with mvn clean deploy -DskipTests to prime Nexus with the new version updates.

Documentation post branch tasks¶

Git remove all files/directories from the docs/release-notes/* directory. (Release Engineering Team)

git checkout master
git rm -rf docs/release-notes/<project file and/or folder>
git commit -sm "Reset release notes for next dev cycle"
git review