Installation

You need to use Python (2 or 3), Java 8, and Node.js for building gerrit.

You can install Bazel from the bazel.io: https://www.bazel.io/versions/master/docs/install.html

Alternatively use Bazelisk to use the latest supported Bazel version on different stable branches: https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazelisk.

Building on the Command Line

Gerrit Development WAR File

To build the Gerrit web application that includes the GWT UI and the PolyGerrit UI:

  bazel build gerrit
Note
 PolyGerrit UI may require additional tools (such as npm). Please read the polygerrit-ui/README.md for more info.

The output executable WAR will be placed in:

  bazel-bin/gerrit.war

Gerrit Release WAR File

To build the Gerrit web application that includes the GWT UI, the PolyGerrit UI and documentation:

  bazel build release

The output executable WAR will be placed in:

  bazel-bin/release.war

Headless Mode

To build Gerrit in headless mode, i.e. without the GWT Web UI:

  bazel build headless

The output executable WAR will be placed in:

  bazel-bin/headless.war

Extension and Plugin API JAR Files

To build the extension, plugin and GWT API JAR files:

  bazel build api

The output archive that contains Java binaries, Java sources and Java docs will be placed in:

  bazel-bin/api.zip

Install {extension,plugin,gwt}-api to the local maven repository:

  tools/maven/api.sh install

Install gerrit.war to the local maven repository:

  tools/maven/api.sh war_install

Plugins

  bazel build plugins:core

The output JAR files for individual plugins will be placed in:

  bazel-bin/plugins/<name>/<name>.jar

The JAR files will also be packaged in:

  bazel-bin/plugins/core.zip

To build a specific plugin:

  bazel build plugins/<name>

The output JAR file will be be placed in:

  bazel-bin/plugins/<name>/<name>.jar

Note that when building an individual plugin, the core.zip package is not regenerated.

To build with all Error Prone warnings activated, run:

  bazel build --java_toolchain //tools:error_prone_warnings_toolchain //...

Using an IDE.

IntelliJ

The Gerrit build works with Bazel’s IntelliJ plugin. Please follow the instructions on IntelliJ Setup.

Eclipse

Generating the Eclipse Project

Create the Eclipse project:

  tools/eclipse/project.py

and then follow the setup instructions.

Refreshing the Classpath

If an updated classpath is needed, the Eclipse project can be refreshed and missing dependency JARs can be downloaded by running project.py again. For IntelliJ, you need to click the Sync Project with BUILD Files button of IntelliJ plugin.

Documentation

To build only the documentation for testing or static hosting:

  bazel build Documentation:searchfree

The html files will be bundled into searchfree.zip in this location:

  bazel-bin/Documentation/searchfree.zip

To build the executable WAR with the documentation included:

  bazel build withdocs

The WAR file will be placed in:

  bazel-bin/withdocs.war

Running Unit Tests

  bazel test --build_tests_only //...

Debugging tests:

  bazel test --test_output=streamed --test_filter=com.gerrit.TestClass.testMethod  testTarget

Debug test example:

  bazel test --test_output=streamed --test_filter=com.google.gerrit.acceptance.api.change.ChangeIT.getAmbiguous //gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/api/change:api_change

To run a specific test group, e.g. the rest-account test group:

  bazel test //gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/rest/account:rest_account

To run the tests against NoteDb backend with write to NoteDb, but not read from it:

  bazel test --test_env=GERRIT_NOTEDB=WRITE //...

Write and read from NoteDb:

  bazel test --test_env=GERRIT_NOTEDB=READ_WRITE //...

Primary storage NoteDb:

  bazel test --test_env=GERRIT_NOTEDB=PRIMARY //...

Primary storage NoteDb and ReviewDb disabled:

  bazel test --test_env=GERRIT_NOTEDB=DISABLE_CHANGE_REVIEW_DB //...

To run only tests that do not use SSH:

  bazel test --test_env=GERRIT_USE_SSH=NO //...

To exclude tests that have been marked as flaky:

  bazel test --test_tag_filters=-flaky //...

To exclude tests that require a Docker host:

  bazel test --test_tag_filters=-docker //...

To ignore cached test results:

  bazel test --cache_test_results=NO //...

To run one or more specific groups of tests:

  bazel test --test_tag_filters=api,git //...

The following values are currently supported for the group name:

  • annotation

  • api

  • docker

  • edit

  • elastic

  • git

  • notedb

  • pgm

  • rest

  • server

  • ssh

Elasticsearch

Successfully running the Elasticsearch tests requires Docker, and may require setting the local virtual memory.

If Docker is not available, the Elasticsearch tests will be skipped. Note that Bazel currently does not show the skipped tests.

Dependencies

Dependency JARs are normally downloaded as needed, but you can download everything upfront. This is useful to enable subsequent builds to run without network access:

  bazel fetch //...

When downloading from behind a proxy (which is common in some corporate environments), it might be necessary to explicitly specify the proxy that is then used by curl:

  export http_proxy=http://<proxy_user_id>:<proxy_password>@<proxy_server>:<proxy_port>

Redirection to local mirrors of Maven Central and the Gerrit storage bucket is supported by defining specific properties in local.properties, a file that is not tracked by Git:

  echo download.GERRIT = http://nexus.my-company.com/ >>local.properties
  echo download.MAVEN_CENTRAL = http://nexus.my-company.com/ >>local.properties

The local.properties file may be placed in the root of the gerrit repository being built, or in ~/.gerritcodereview/. The file in the root of the gerrit repository has precedence.

Building against unpublished Maven JARs

To build against unpublished Maven JARs, like gwtorm or PrologCafe, the custom JARs must be installed in the local Maven repository (mvn clean install) and maven_jar() must be updated to point to the MAVEN_LOCAL Maven repository for that artifact:

 maven_jar(
   name = 'gwtorm',
   artifact = 'gwtorm:gwtorm:42',
   repository = MAVEN_LOCAL,
 )

Building against artifacts from custom Maven repositories

To build against custom Maven repositories, two modes of operations are supported: with rewrite in local.properties and without.

Without rewrite the URL of custom Maven repository can be directly passed to the maven_jar() function:

  GERRIT_FORGE = 'http://gerritforge.com/snapshot'

  maven_jar(
    name = 'gitblit',
    artifact = 'com.gitblit:gitblit:1.4.0',
    sha1 = '1b130dbf5578ace37507430a4a523f6594bf34fa',
    repository = GERRIT_FORGE,
 )

When the custom URL has to be rewritten, then the same logic as with Gerrit known Maven repository is used: Repo name must be defined that matches an entry in local.properties file:

  download.GERRIT_FORGE = http://my.company.mirror/gerrit-forge

And corresponding WORKSPACE excerpt:

  GERRIT_FORGE = 'GERRIT_FORGE:'

  maven_jar(
    name = 'gitblit',
    artifact = 'com.gitblit:gitblit:1.4.0',
    sha1 = '1b130dbf5578ace37507430a4a523f6594bf34fa',
    repository = GERRIT_FORGE,
 )

To consume the JGit dependency from the development tree, edit lib/jgit/jgit.bzl setting LOCAL_JGIT_REPO to a directory holding a JGit repository.

To accelerate builds, several caches are activated per default:

  • ~/.gerritcodereview/bazel-cache/downloaded-artifacts

  • ~/.gerritcodereview/bazel-cache/repository

  • ~/.gerritcodereview/bazel-cache/cas

Currently none of these caches have a maximum size limit. See this bazel issue for details. Users should watch the cache sizes and clean them manually if necessary.

Google Remote Build Support

The Bazel build can be used with Google’s Remote Build Execution.

This needs the following setup steps:

gcloud auth application-default login
gcloud services enable remotebuildexecution.googleapis.com  --project=${PROJECT}

Create a worker pool. The instances should have at least 4 CPUs each for adequate performance.

gcloud alpha remote-build-execution worker-pools create default \
    --project=${PROJECT} \
    --instance=default_instance \
    --worker-count=50 \
    --machine-type=n1-highcpu-4 \
    --disk-size=200

To use RBE, execute

bazel test --config=remote \
    --remote_instance_name=projects/${PROJECT}/instances/default_instance \
    javatests/...

Part of Gerrit Code Review