# A binary dependency pulled from rubygems.org
gem 'rack', '2.0.1'
# A source dependency built by Blunder
# from a git commit
gem 'rack',
:git => 'https://github.com/rack/rack.git',
:ref => '0bd839d'
srcdeps
Stop letting dependencies
dictate your life!
Peter Palaga
Senior sustaining engineer at Red Hat Middleware
JBoss Fuse/Apache Camel, JBoss EAP/WildFly and others
Author of srcdeps
Views in this presentation are my own
Source dependencies:
What is it
What is it good for
srcdeps
- the implementation for Maven and Gradle
Demo
Context
Software projects often depend on artifacts produced by other projects
Those artifacts
typically contain compiled code
usually available in repositories (Maven Central, jcenter, …) on the internet
Build tools (Maven, Gradle, …) responsible for finding and downloading the dependencies
Build of a git commit deterministic enough
⇒ Source code of a dependency enough to use it in a dependent project
The build tool has to:
Check out the sources (e.g. from a git repo)
Build the artifacts required by the dependent project
NB: Dependency artifacts do not need to be available in a repository
Some languages (or their build tools) have it already
Gemfile
of a Ruby project
# A binary dependency pulled from rubygems.org
gem 'rack', '2.0.1'
# A source dependency built by Blunder
# from a git commit
gem 'rack',
:git => 'https://github.com/rack/rack.git',
:ref => '0bd839d'
build.sbt
// A binary dependency
libraryDependencies +=
"com.typesafe.play" %% "play-slick" % "2.0.2"
// A source dependency
myProject
.dependsOn(
ProjectRef(
uri("git://github.com/freekh/play-slick.git#v1.2.3")
"play-slick"
)
)
Generally:
No release of the dependency in a remote artifact repository such as Maven Central
Sources of the dependency available
Test each commit of the dependency inside the dependent project
Find issues early
Speedup the delivery of the dependent project
Dependency project dead or not releasing fast enough
Fork and use as a source dependency
No consent from the dependency project needed
Dependency project doing nasty things
Fork and accept only some of their changes (e.g. security fixes)
Throw away all that can harm your stability
Again, no consent from the dependency project needed
srcdeps
srcdeps-maven
since 2015/10, now robust and stable
srcdeps-core
for common functionality
srcdeps-gradle-plugin
released 2017/10
ant
and sbt
contributions welcome :)
srcdeps
work (1/4)Three basic ideas
Coin a convention for version strings to express the commit ID to build the given dependency from
<dependency>
<groupId>org.my-group</groupId>
<artifactId>my-artifact</artifactId>
<version>1.2.3-SRC-revision-deadbeef</version>
</dependency><!-- ⬑ a git commit ID -->
srcdeps
work (2/4)Provide a configuration that maps dependency artifacts to source repository URLs
configModelVersion: 2.3 # srcdeps.yaml file
repositories:
junit:
includes:
- junit # a groupId[:artifactId[:version]] pattern
# may contain * wildcards
urls:
- git:https://github.com/ppalaga/junit4.git
srcdeps
work (3/4)Mechanism to trigger the build of the dependency:
Maven: custom implementation of the Local Maven Repository
Gradle: srcdeps
plugin scans the dependencies during afterEvaluate
phase
srcdeps
work (4/4)When an artifact with *-SRC-revision-{commitId}
version is found
Find a git URL for it in srcdeps.yaml
Checkout the source to ~/.m2/srcdeps
directory
Change the versions in the pom.xml
/build.gradle
files to whatever *-SRC-revision-{commitId}
was requested
Build the dependency and install the resulting artifacts locally
The primary build then takes the artifacts from the Maven Local Repository
srcdeps
with Mavenpublic class Demo {
public String sayHello() {
return "Hello World!";
}
}
public class DemoTest {
@Test
public void sayHelloTest() {
Assert.assertEquals("Hello World!", new Demo().sayHello());
}
}
public class Demo {
public String sayHello() {
return "Hello World!";
}
}
public class DemoTest {
@Test
public void sayHelloTest() {
Assert.assertHelloGeeCon(new Demo().sayHello());
// ⬑ not available in the stock jUnit :(
}
}
public class Assert {
// Add the new method to org.junit.Assert
public static void assertHelloGeeCon(String actual) {
assertEquals(
"Not the right conference!!!",
"Hello GeeCon!", actual
);
}
...
... and commit and push to your fork
srcdeps
configuration in the dependent projectmvn org.srcdeps.mvn:srcdeps-maven-plugin:3.3.0:init
That generates .mvn/extensions.xml
and .mvn/srcdeps.yaml
files for you
.mvn/extensions.xml
<extensions>
<extension>
<groupId>org.l2x6.srcdeps</groupId>
<artifactId>srcdeps-maven-local-repository</artifactId>
<version>3.3.0</version>
</extension>
</extensions>
Maven Core Extensions since Maven 3.3.1
Allows for replacing substantial parts of Maven by our own custom implementations
Much more powerful than the plugin API
Parent, BoM imports are looked up earlier than any plugin code can be invoked
srcdeps.yaml
configModelVersion: 2.3
repositories:
junit:
includes:
- junit # a groupId[:artifactId[:version]] pattern
# may contain * wildcards
urls:
- git:https://github.com/ppalaga/junit4.git
A mapping from artifacts to git URLs
Plus a few other options
junit
in the dependent project...
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
<version>4.13-SRC-revision-fd0a1c029b99277c955417b0c</version>
</dependency>
...
cd srcdeps-demo
mvn clean test
...
Failed tests:
sayHelloTest(org.srcdeps.DemoTest): Not the right conference!
expected:<Hello [GeeCon]!> but was:<Hello [World]!>
...
Fix Demo.sayHello()
to return "Hello GeeCon!"
cd srcdeps-demo
mvn clean test
...
Tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0
...
BUILD SUCCESS
Q.E.D.
The source dependency was built under ${local.maven.repo.dir}/../srcdeps/${groupId}
, typically ~/.m2/srcdeps/${groupId}
The source dependency was installed in the local Maven repo, typically `~/.m2/repository
srcdeps
for GradleStill new, expect all kinds of issues
Objective: suppot all combinations
Maven local repository used to install/pull source dependencies
srcdeps
featuresDependencies can refer to not only commits, but also branches and tags:
1.2.3-SRC-revision-{myCommitId}
1.2.3-SRC-branch-{myBranchName}
1.2.3-SRC-revision-{myTagName}
In Maven, source dependencies work for vitually any kind of a dependency incl. parent, managed imports and even plugins
In Gradle, tested only compile and test deps
srcdeps.yaml
config. optionsverbosity
of dependency builds
Custom arguments for dependency builds, e.g. -Dcheckstyle.skip
-DskipTests
by default
buildTimeout
By default failWith: {goals: release:prepare}
to prevent releases with source dependencies
See https://github.com/srcdeps/srcdeps-core/blob/master/doc/srcdeps.yaml
Can you think of any?
Tools unaware of srcdeps
(IDEs, static pom.xml analysers, …) will see the -SRC-
deps as non-available
Only git supported ATM
Gradle support new, Ant and sbt wait for contributions
However immutable git commits are, they can still disappear from repos, or even the whole repo can be deleted
Use your own forks/mirrors instead of third party repos
The jars and wars built at two occasions will not be the same
Not a srcdeps
specific problem
Java and build tool versions
mvnw
and enforcer
to mitigate
Env and time dependent inputs
ZIP spec requires the entries to be timestamped
srcdeps
lets the dependent project specify the build command
Projects A and B depend on C
A defines build of C as
mvn install -Pprofile1
B defines build of C as
mvn install -Dwhatever
Only the first command gets executed
srcdeps
?
NO!
srcdeps
transparent only to the immediate descendants
srcdeps
?
Why not?
As long as your ZIP, RPM, Docker deliverable contains all binary deps
What you build is what you get
Handy on a developer machine
Hard to share:
CI machines
Teammates
You never know what you get
local/remote SNAPSHOT?
latest today != latest tomorrow
The build of a component depending on another SNAPSHOT component
Not reproducible over time
Reverts won’t bring the previous working state
Remote SNAPSHOTs should be always off
<dependency>
<groupId>org.my-group</groupId>
<artifactId>my-artifact</artifactId>
<version>1.2.3-SRC-revision-deadbeef</version>
<!-- ⬑ Some folks do not want this -->
</dependency>
Branch/commit to build from can be set in srcdeps.yaml
Handy to build e.g. SNAPSHOT dependencies on CI
Keeps flexibility, adds more control over the SNAPSHOT state
configModelVersion: 2.3 # srcdeps.yaml file
repositories:
junit:
includes:
- junit
urls:
- git:https://github.com/ppalaga/junit4.git
buildVersionPattern: .*-SNAPSHOT # any version matching this
buildRef: branch-master # will be rebuilt using
# master branch
srcdeps
different from jitpack.io
?jitpack.io
: a remote maven repo that builds from sources on demand
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>jitpack.io</id>
<url>https://jitpack.io</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
jitpack.io
limitationsG:A:V
to source repository maping rigid: com.github.User:Repo:Version
Special DNS entry needed for a custom groupId
⬑ Controlled by the owner
Dependent project may not choose to build from a fork
jitpack.io
advantagesCaching artifacts → only the first hit delayed by building
If they cache forever, they can guarantee bitwise reproducibility
srcdeps
different from Gradle composite build (CB)?Gradle CB: combine multiple interdependent builds on command line
Speedup due to incremental builds
Does not help to share the setup with CI and Teammates
Gradle only
srcdeps
wrap upA tool for Maven and Gradle
Allows declaring dependencies in terms of source commits instead of released versions
Dependencies may not dictate your life anymore!
srcdeps
project infoAll code and contributions are under Apache License v2
Documentation: https://github.com/srcdeps/srcdeps/blob/master/README.adoc
Quickstarts: https://github.com/srcdeps/srcdeps-maven/tree/master/srcdeps-maven-quickstarts
Issues and discussions: https://github.com/srcdeps/srcdeps-maven/issues
Contributions welcome!
Thanks!