RBTools 0.4.0 Release Notes¶

Defaults for many parameters can now be specified in .reviewboardrc.

Many of the parameters passed to post-review can now be set in a repository’s or user’s .reviewboardrc file. These include:

ENABLE_PROXY, PUBLISH, OPEN_BROWSER, TARGET_GROUPS, TARGET_PEOPLE, GUESS_FIELDS, GUESS_SUMMARY, GUESS_DESCRIPTION, BRANCH, SUBMIT_AS, USERNAME, PASSWORD, PARENT_BRANCH, TRACKING_BRANCH, P4_CLIENT, P4_PORT, P4_PASSWD, DEBUG, HTTP_USERNAME, and HTTP_PASSWORD.

Added a --disable-proxy option for disabling the HTTP(S) proxy server.

Some systems are configured to use a proxy server, which can get in the way of using a local Review Board server. By using the --disable-proxy option, this proxy server will by bypassed.

This can also be configured by setting ENABLE_PROXY = False in .reviewboardrc.

Fixed authentication problems when accessing the API.

We were comparing the URL when deciding whether to prompt for authentication This wasn’t correct and would sometimes break. We now compare the “realm” (part of Basic HTTP authentication) instead.

Shows a nicer error when trying to update someone else’s review request. (Bug #2465)

When trying to post a change to a review request owned by someone else (and without the permissions to make changes to it), post-review would print an error saying that the review request exists but the diff is not attached.

We now look for the Permission Denied error code and we tell the user that they don’t have permission instead.

Fixed crashes when the home directory wasn’t writable. (Bug #2344)

Fixed using --diff-filename=- without a valid cookie. (Bug #2052)

When using --diff-filename=-, there was a check to make sure that users wouldn’t have to type their username and password (since this is fetching data from STDIN). However, it didn’t take into account that there might be a cookie set with that authentication information. Now we use that if available.

Fixed the link to the Repository Configurations documentation. (Bug #2482)

Fixed problems when using --repository-url.

There were a few problems when using --repository-url with Git. There would be an UnboundLocalError, crashing post-review, and it wouldn’t set the upstream branch, causing failures later. It also was completely ignored for git-svn.

Patches by Bartek Celary and Vaclav Slavik. (Bug #2410)

Make Mercurial handle the case where there are no outgoing changes.

If there were no outgoing changes in a Mercurial repository, we would crash. Now we bail gracefully.

Patch by Mark Catley.

Improve merge support in order to generate better diffs. (Bug #2311)

The logic for generating diffs didn’t properly account for merges in the tree. Upstream revisions in a merge were being ignored, and only upstream revisions on the current branch would be used for determining the beginning and ending range of the diff. Now those in a merge are factored in as well, making for more accurate diffs.

Patch by Mark Catley.

Using --revision-range on Perforce now provides better errors. (Bug #1495)

We don’t support --revision-range on Perforce. Trying to use this was causing a confusing error message. Now we have a friendly error.

Patch by Mike Conley.

Display an informative error if GNU diff isn’t installed. (Bug #2352)

When using Perforce, things would break if GNU diff wasn’t installed. There’s now an informative error that explains what to do.

Patch by Gyula Faller.

Fix handling of new files in post-commit scenarios. (Bug #2369)

Added files were assumed to not have any revisions yet. While true for pre-commit reviews, it wasn’t necessarily true for post-commit. Now, if a file is added, we explicitly request its first revision, rather than getting the last revision.

Patch by Gyula Faller.