NAME

prove-author - Prove distributions of a CPAN author

VERSION

This document describes version 0.001 of prove-author (from Perl distribution App-ProveAuthor), released on 2020-03-25.

SYNOPSIS

Usage:

% prove-author [options] <author>

DESCRIPTION

To use this utility, first create ~/.config/prove-author.conf:

dists_dirs = ~/repos
dists_dirs = ~/repos-other

The above tells prove-author where to look for Perl distributions. Then:

% prove-author PERLANCAR

This will search local CPAN mirror for all distributions that belong to that author, then search the distributions in the distribution directories (or download them from local CPAN mirror), cd to each and run prove in it.

You can run with --dry-run (-n) option first to not actually run prove but just see what distributions will get tested. An example output:

% prove-author GRAVATTJ -n
prove-author: Found dist: Backup-Duplicity-YADW
prove-author: Found dist: Backup-EZ
prove-author: Found dist: CLI-Driver
prove-author: Found dist: File-RandomGenerator
prove-author: Found dist: MySQL-ORM
prove-author: Found dist: MySQL-QueryMulti
prove-author: Found dist: MySQL-Util
prove-author: Found dist: MySQL-Util-Lite-ForeignKeyColumn
prove-author: Found dist: Util-Medley
prove-author: Found dist: Backup-Duplicity-YADW
prove-author: Found dist: Backup-EZ
prove-author: Found dist: CLI-Driver
prove-author: Found dist: File-RandomGenerator
prove-author: Found dist: MySQL-ORM
prove-author: Found dist: MySQL-QueryMulti
prove-author: Found dist: MySQL-Util
prove-author: Found dist: MySQL-Util-Lite-ForeignKeyColumn
prove-author: Found dist: Util-Medley
prove-author: [DRY] [1/9] Running prove for distribution Backup-Duplicity-YADW (directory /home/u1/repos-other/perl-Backup-Duplicity-YADW) ...
prove-author: [DRY] [2/9] Running prove for distribution Backup-EZ (directory /tmp/aM6akPpQUe/Backup-EZ-0.43) ...
prove-author: [DRY] [3/9] Running prove for distribution CLI-Driver (directory /tmp/JkZpohbCMa/CLI-Driver-0.3) ...
prove-author: [DRY] [4/9] Running prove for distribution File-RandomGenerator (directory /tmp/TU7lm9yjQs/File-RandomGenerator-0.06) ...
prove-author: [DRY] [5/9] Running prove for distribution MySQL-ORM (directory /tmp/5OstYMM3Ii/MySQL-ORM-0.12) ...
prove-author: [DRY] [6/9] Running prove for distribution MySQL-QueryMulti (directory /tmp/WKRilHdWOr/MySQL-QueryMulti-0.08) ...
prove-author: [DRY] [7/9] Running prove for distribution MySQL-Util (directory /tmp/IZS7BH1wtI/MySQL-Util-0.41) ...
prove-author: [DRY] [8/9] Running prove for distribution MySQL-Util-Lite-ForeignKeyColumn (directory /tmp/Cx9Jy7o3_i/MySQL-Util-0.34) ...
prove-author: [DRY] [9/9] Running prove for distribution Util-Medley (directory /tmp/_DK2_0kdgC/Util-Medley-0.025) ...

The above example shows that I only have the distribution directories locally on my ~/repos for two of GRAVATTJ's distributions.

If we reinvoke the above command without the -n, prove-author will actually run prove on each directory and provide a summary at the end. Example output:

% prove-author GRAVATTJ
+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------+
| dir                                             | label                                         | reason                            | status |
+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------+
| /home/u1/repos-other/perl-Backup-Duplicity-YADW | distribution Backup-Duplicity-YADW            | Non-zero exit code (255)          | 500    |
| /tmp/7Jmw0xDarg/Backup-EZ-0.43                  | distribution Backup-EZ                        | Non-zero exit code (25)           | 500    |
| /tmp/hiiemSXIot/CLI-Driver-0.3                  | distribution CLI-Driver                       | Non-zero exit code (1)            | 500    |
| /tmp/CsAIDKALXQ/File-RandomGenerator-0.06       | distribution File-RandomGenerator             | Test failed (Failed 1/2 subtests) | 500    |
| /tmp/DfHp_1ZrZV/MySQL-ORM-0.12                  | distribution MySQL-ORM                        | Non-zero exit code (1)            | 500    |
| /tmp/XC0t4vZnGo/MySQL-QueryMulti-0.08           | distribution MySQL-QueryMulti                 | Test failed                       | 500    |
| /tmp/OJ9b7aFljf/MySQL-Util-0.41                 | distribution MySQL-Util                       | Non-zero exit code (1)            | 500    |
| /tmp/Eb1QtTu2Cu/MySQL-Util-0.34                 | distribution MySQL-Util-Lite-ForeignKeyColumn | Non-zero exit code (1)            | 500    |
| /tmp/Wui5PMkP98/Util-Medley-0.025               | distribution Util-Medley                      | Test failed (No subtests run)     | 500    |
+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------+

The above example shows that all distributions still failed testing (due to lack of testing requirements). You can scroll up for the detailed prove output to see the details of failure failed, fix things, and re-run.

How distribution directory is searched: see App::ProveDists documentation.

When a dependent distribution cannot be found or downloaded/extracted, this counts as a 412 error (Precondition Failed).

When a distribution's test fails, this counts as a 500 error (Error). Otherwise, the status is 200 (OK).

prove-author will return status 200 (OK) with the status of each dist. It will exit 0 if all distros are successful, otherwise it will exit 1.

OPTIONS

* marks required options.

Main options

--author=s*

CPAN author IDd prove.

--dists-dir=s@*

Where to find the distributions directories.

Can be specified multiple times.

--dists-dirs-json=s

Where to find the distributions directories (JSON-encoded).

See --dists-dir.

--no-download
--prove-opt=s@

Options to pass to the prove command.

Default value:

["-l"]

Can be specified multiple times.

--prove-opts-json=s

Options to pass to the prove command (JSON-encoded).

See --prove-opt.

--summarize-all

If true, also summarize successes in addition to failures.

Configuration options

--config-path=s, -c

Set path to configuration file.

--config-profile=s, -P

Set configuration profile to use.

--no-config, -C

Do not use any configuration file.

Environment options

--no-env

Do not read environment for default options.

Logging options

--debug

Shortcut for --log-level=debug.

--log-level=s

Set log level.

--quiet

Shortcut for --log-level=error.

--trace

Shortcut for --log-level=trace.

--verbose

Shortcut for --log-level=info.

Output options

--format=s

Choose output format, e.g. json, text.

Default value:

undef
--json

Set output format to json.

--naked-res

When outputing as JSON, strip result envelope.

Default value:

0

By default, when outputing as JSON, the full enveloped result is returned, e.g.:

[200,"OK",[1,2,3],{"func.extra"=>4}]

The reason is so you can get the status (1st element), status message (2nd element) as well as result metadata/extra result (4th element) instead of just the result (3rd element). However, sometimes you want just the result, e.g. when you want to pipe the result for more post-processing. In this case you can use `--naked-res` so you just get:

[1,2,3]
--page-result

Filter output through a pager.

Other options

--dry-run

Run in simulation mode (also via DRY_RUN=1).

Default value:

""
--help, -h, -?

Display help message and exit.

--version, -v

Display program's version and exit.

COMPLETION

This script has shell tab completion capability with support for several shells.

bash

To activate bash completion for this script, put:

complete -C prove-author prove-author

in your bash startup (e.g. ~/.bashrc). Your next shell session will then recognize tab completion for the command. Or, you can also directly execute the line above in your shell to activate immediately.

It is recommended, however, that you install modules using cpanm-shcompgen which can activate shell completion for scripts immediately.

tcsh

To activate tcsh completion for this script, put:

complete prove-author 'p/*/`prove-author`/'

in your tcsh startup (e.g. ~/.tcshrc). Your next shell session will then recognize tab completion for the command. Or, you can also directly execute the line above in your shell to activate immediately.

It is also recommended to install shcompgen (see above).

other shells

For fish and zsh, install shcompgen as described above.

CONFIGURATION FILE

This script can read configuration files. Configuration files are in the format of IOD, which is basically INI with some extra features.

By default, these names are searched for configuration filenames (can be changed using --config-path): ~/.config/prove-author.conf, ~/prove-author.conf, or /etc/prove-author.conf.

All found files will be read and merged.

To disable searching for configuration files, pass --no-config.

You can put multiple profiles in a single file by using section names like [profile=SOMENAME] or [SOMESECTION profile=SOMENAME]. Those sections will only be read if you specify the matching --config-profile SOMENAME.

You can also put configuration for multiple programs inside a single file, and use filter program=NAME in section names, e.g. [program=NAME ...] or [SOMESECTION program=NAME]. The section will then only be used when the reading program matches.

Finally, you can filter a section by environment variable using the filter env=CONDITION in section names. For example if you only want a section to be read if a certain environment variable is true: [env=SOMEVAR ...] or [SOMESECTION env=SOMEVAR ...]. If you only want a section to be read when the value of an environment variable has value equals something: [env=HOSTNAME=blink ...] or [SOMESECTION env=HOSTNAME=blink ...]. If you only want a section to be read when the value of an environment variable does not equal something: [env=HOSTNAME!=blink ...] or [SOMESECTION env=HOSTNAME!=blink ...]. If you only want a section to be read when an environment variable contains something: [env=HOSTNAME*=server ...] or [SOMESECTION env=HOSTNAME*=server ...]. Note that currently due to simplistic parsing, there must not be any whitespace in the value being compared because it marks the beginning of a new section filter or section name.

List of available configuration parameters:

author (see --author)
dists_dirs (see --dists-dir)
download (see --no-download)
format (see --format)
log_level (see --log-level)
naked_res (see --naked-res)
prove_opts (see --prove-opt)
summarize_all (see --summarize-all)

ENVIRONMENT

PROVE_AUTHOR_OPT => str

Specify additional command-line options.

FILES

~/.config/prove-author.conf

~/prove-author.conf

/etc/prove-author.conf

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/App-ProveAuthor.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-App-ProveAuthor.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=App-ProveAuthor

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2020 by perlancar@cpan.org.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.