gitstick

gitstick is a distributed bug tracking tool integrated with git. It provides a web server and command line interface for managing tickets. gitstick is based on Ticgit, and uses the same file format and directory structure. However, it focuses mainly on collaboration, and supports multiple users through the web interface.

All tickets are stored in the gitstick branch by default. Hence, a project's bugs and source code are both part of the same repository.

gitstick is written in Scala and jQuery.

Installation

gitstick can be installed as a standalone application or a WAR package. As it uses JRE, it's cross-platform.

Requirements

1. Java Runtime Environment (1.6 or higher) is required.
2. sbt (0.11.3 or higher) is required.

Step-by-step installation

1. Clone the git repository. git clone git@github.com:darth10/gitstick.git
2. Go to the cloned directory. cd gitstick
3. For a standalone application, run sbt assembly to create a JAR, and add the repository to your PATH environment variable.
4. For a WAR package, run sbt package-war to create a WAR, and deploy the WAR on any Java application server. Also, if you want to use custom configuration values, modify the in the web.xml file (in src/main/webapp/WEB-INF) before generating the WAR package.

Browser compatibility

gitstick is developed primarily for WebKit-based browsers (like Google Chrome) and Gecko-based browsers (like Mozilla Firefox). Other browsers may support it, but it's not recommended.

Usage

Run gitstick in a new directory, or an existing git repository. A default user is created depending on your git user configuration; the default password is the user name in verbatim. For example, if your git user name is configured as MyUser, then your gitstick user name and password are also MyUser by default.

$ gitstick

Open http://localhost:8080/ in a browser, and enter your username and password. Here's a screenshot of the UI.

Note that you should use your default username and password the first time you run gitstick in a repository. In open mode, the password is not checked. To use open mode, specify the --open option.

Run gitstick -h to show all available options.

$ gitstick -h
Usage: gitstick [command] [<git repository path>]

Commands:
    -u, --show-users                 Show users
    -g, --show-tags                  Show tags
    -t, --show-tickets               Show tickets
        --tag=T1[,T2,...]            Filter tickets by tag(s)
        --alltags                    Show tickets with all tags
        --notags                     Show tickets with no tags
        --assigned=A1[,A2,...]       Filter tickets by assignee(s)
        --unassigned                 Show unassigned tickets
        --state=S1[,S2,...]          Filter tickets by state(s)
    -a, --add-users=U1[,U2,...]      Add or edit user(s)
    -r, --rm-users=U1[,U2,...]       Delete user(s)
    -n, --new-ticket=TICKETTITLE     Add a new ticket
    -b, --branch=BRANCH              Switch to a branch
        --empty                      Create empty branch if no branch exists
        --debug                      Debug mode
        --[no-]open                  Open/Secure mode
        --[no-]server                Start/Skip server
    -p, --port=PORT                  Set server port
    -l, --log=LOGDIRPATH             Set log directory path
    -h, --help                       Show help

Documentation

To generate the API documentation, use sbt doc.

Contributing

sbt is required. It's recommended that you use Eclipse or Emacs (with Ensime).

• You can start the development server by using the container:start sbt command.
• Use the test command to run all tests.
• The project can be packaged into a war using package-war, or a jar using assembly.
• Use the eclipse or ensime generate sbt commands to generate project files for Eclipse and Emacs respectively.
• For code formatting, use the eclipse-formatter-javascript.xml for JavaScript files, and the eclipse-formatter-scala.properties formatter for Scala files. These files can be found in the formatters/ directory. Note that the Scala code formatter is provided by Scala IDE for Eclipse by default, and has the same formatting style as the default Ensime code formatter.

Credits

• Ticgit-Ng
• Scalatra
• JGit
• Jetty