METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVISIONING SOFTWARE VIA A FILE REPOSITORY IN WHICH A VERSION STRING IS USED TO IDENTIFY BRANCHES OF A TREE STRUCTURE
Software is provisioned by providing a file repository that comprises a tree structure, each branch of the tree structure being identified by a version string that comprises a source count portion and/or a build count portion. The tree structure is searched to select at least a subset of the files to be provisioned.
1 . A method of provisioning software, comprising:
providing a file repository that comprises a tree structure, each branch of the tree structure being identified by a version string that comprises a source count portion and/or a build count portion; and
searching the tree structure to select at least a subset of the files to be provisioned.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the tree structure is divided across a plurality of repository systems.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the tree structure is on a single repository system.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein searching the tree structure to select at least the subset of the files comprises:
associating the subset of the files with at least one component; and
associating the at least one component with at least one package.
5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein associating the subset of the files with the at least one component comprises:
referencing the subset of the files from the at least one component; and
wherein associating the at least one component with the at least one package comprises:
referencing the at least one component from the at least one package.
6 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the version string encodes the ancestry of the at least one component and the subset of files that are associated therewith.
7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the version string comprises a label portion comprising the source count portion and the build count portion and an upstream version string.
8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the label portion comprises a unique identifier within a domain of use.
9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the unique identifier comprises a namespace portion and/or a tag.
10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein searching the tree structure to select at least the subset of the files comprises:
searching the tree structure to select at least the subset of the files that are associated with a common tag.
11 . The method of claim 7 , wherein searching the tree structure to select at least the subset of the files comprises:
searching the tree structure based on the label portions in a user-configurable order.
12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein searching the tree structure to select at least the subset of the files comprises:
searching a branch of the tree structure from which at least the subset of the files has been selected previously first.
13 . A software provisioning system, comprising:
a file repository that comprises a tree structure, each branch of the tree structure being identified by a version string that comprises a source count portion and/or a build count portion; and
means for searching the tree structure to select at least a subset of the files to be provisioned.
14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the tree structure is divided across a plurality of repository systems.
15 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the tree structure is on a single repository system.
16 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the means for searching the tree structure to select at least the subset of the files comprises:
means for associating the subset of the files with at least one component; and
means for associating the at least one component with at least one package.
17 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the means for associating the subset of the files with the at least one component comprises:
means for referencing the subset of the files from the at least one component; and
wherein the means for associating the at least one component with the at least one package comprises:
means for referencing, the at least one component from the at least one package.
18 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the version string encodes the ancestry of the at least one component and the subset of files that are associated therewith.
19 . The system of claim 18 , wherein the version string comprises a label portion comprising the source count portion and the build count portion and an upstream version string.
20 . The system of claim 19 , wherein the label portion comprises a unique identifier within a domain of use.
21 . The system of claim 20 , wherein the unique identifier comprises a namespace portion and/or a tag.
22 . The system of claim 21 , wherein the means for searching the tree structure to select at least the subset of the files comprises:
means for searching the tree structure to select at least the subset of the files that are associated with a common tag.
23 . The system of claim 19 , wherein the means for searching the tree structure to select at least the subset of the files comprises:
means for searching the tree structure based on the label portions in a user-configurable order.
24 . The system of claim 23 , wherein the means for searching the tree structure to select at least the subset of the files comprises:
means for searching a branch of the tree structure from which at least the subset of the files has been selected previously first.
25 . A computer program product for provisioning software, comprising;
a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code comprising:
computer readable program code configured to provide a file repository that comprises a tree structure, each branch of the tree structure being identified by a version string that comprises a source count portion and/or a build count portion; and
computer readable program code configured to search the tree structure to select at least a subset of the files to be provisioned.
26 . The computer program product of claim 25 , wherein the tree structure is divided across a plurality of repository systems.
27 . The computer program product of claim 25 , wherein the tree structure is on a single repository system.
28 . The computer program product of claim 25 , wherein the computer readable program code configured to search the tree structure to select at least the subset of the files comprises;
computer readable program code configured to associate the subset of the files with at least one component; and
computer readable program code configured to associate the at least one component with at least one package.
29 . The computer program product of claim 28 , wherein the computer readable program code configured to associate the subset of the files with the at least one component comprises:
computer readable program code configured to reference the subset of the files from the at least one component; and
wherein the computer readable program code configured to associate the at least one component with the at least one package comprises:
computer readable program code configured to reference the at least one component from the at least one package.
30 . The computer program product of claim 28 , wherein the version string encodes the ancestry of the at least one component and the subset of files that are associated therewith.
31 . The computer program product of claim 30 , wherein the version string comprises a label portion comprising the source count portion and the build count portion and an upstream version string.
32 . The computer program product of claim 31 , wherein the label portion comprises a unique identifier within a domain of use.
33 . The computer program product of claim 32 , wherein the unique identifier comprises a namespace portion and/or a tag.
34 . The computer program product of claim 33 , wherein the computer readable program code configured to search the tree structure to select at least the subset of the files comprises:
computer readable program code configured to search the tree structure to select at least the subset of the files that are associated with a common tag.
35 . The computer program product of claim 31 , wherein the computer readable program code configured to search the tree structure to select at least the subset of the files comprises:
computer readable program code configured to search the tree structure based on the label portions in a user-configurable order.
36 . The computer program product of claim 35 , wherein the computer readable program code configured to search the tree structure to select at least the subset of the files comprises:
computer readable program code configured to search a branch of the tree structure from which at least the subset of the files has been selected previously first.