Enforce the JIRA issue id in a GIT commit message

Enforce the JIRA issue id in a GIT commit message This can be done by using git hooks file location at .git/hooks/commit-msg. Following are the 2 way…

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Best Branching and Merging strategies in Gerrit

Best Branching and Merging strategies in Gerrit Step 1 – First Lets read this article about Best Branching and Merging strategies in git http://www.scmgalaxy.com/tutorials/best-branching-and-merging-strategies-in-git/ Step 2 –…

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Best Branching and Merging strategies in git

Best Branching and Merging strategies in git Step 1 – First you need to learn the needs of branches. This is very good read. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/vsts/repos/tfvc/branching-strategies-with-tfvc?view=vsts Step 2…

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How to revert the changes once its submitted in Gerrit

How to revert the changes once its submitted in Gerrit The Revert button is available if the change has been submitted. This Reverts the change via creating…

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What is a Change and Patch set in Gerrit?

Here is the short and quick description of Gerrit key teminology. Change Every time you push a commit with a new Change-Id Gerrit allocates a new change….

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How to replace Changes after the Gerrit review without changing the commit id?

How to replace Changes after the Gerrit review without changing the commit id? One of the main benefits of code review is the ability to receive and…

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How to compile and build Gerrit Plugins?

To build Gerrit Plugins from source, you need: A Linux or macOS system (Windows is not supported at this time) zip, unzip, wget $yum install zip -y…

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What is “Install Verified label” in Gerrit?

What is “Install Verified label” in Gerrit? The Verified label was originally invented by the Android Open Source Project to mean ‘compiles, passes basic unit tests’. Some…

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What is Enable signed push support in Gerrit?

This options Defaults to false. This ensure When a client pushes with git push –signed, this ensures that the push certificate is valid and signed with a…

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Importannce of Canonical web url in Gerrit

The canonical web url must be set. Optional base URL for repositories available over the anonymous git protocol. For example, set this to git://mirror.example.com/base/ to have Gerrit…

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How to backup and restore Gerrit server?

How to backup and restore gerrit server? There are 3 coponent which should be backed up in gerrit Repository – According to me best way to backup…

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How Gerrit Works?

When Gerrit is configured as the central source repository, all code changes are sent to Pending Changes for others to review and discuss. When enough reviewers have…

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How to Install and Configure Gerrit2 in CentOs and Ubantu ?

Step 1:  Update System > yum update > apt-get update Step 2: Install git Step 3: Install screen Step 4: Install screen Step 5: Install Java Step…

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Gerrit Web References & Cheatsheet

Gerrit Performance CheatSheet Rajesh KumarI’m a DevOps/SRE/DevSecOps/Cloud Expert passionate about sharing knowledge and experiences. I have worked at Cotocus. I share tech blog at DevOps School, travel…

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How to use Gerrit to enhance your Code Analysis?

Check the video at the bottom of the page. Click here Rajesh KumarI’m a DevOps/SRE/DevSecOps/Cloud Expert passionate about sharing knowledge and experiences. I have worked at Cotocus….

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