METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVISIONING SOFTWARE VIA A NETWORKED FILE REPOSITORY IN WHICH A PARENT BRANCH HAS A SHADOW ASSOCIATED THEREWITH
Software is provisioned by providing a file repository that includes a tree structure. A shadow is defined for a parent branch of the tree structure, the shadow being identified by a version string that tracks file changes made in the shadow relative to the parent branch. 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;
defining a shadow for a parent branch of the tree structure, the shadow being identified by a version string that tracks file changes made in the shadow relative to the parent branch; 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 a source count portion and a build count portion and an upstream version string.
8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the source count portion comprises a parent branch source count and a shadow source count, and wherein the build count portion comprises a parent branch build count and a shadow build count.
9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the parent branch source count comprises a code if the parent branch does not include a source file that is associated with at least one source file on the shadow and/or the parent branch build count comprises the code if the parent branch does not include a binary file that is associated with at least one binary file on the shadow.
10 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the label portion comprises a unique identifier within a domain of use.
11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the unique identifier comprises a namespace portion and/or a tag.
12 . The method of claim 11 , 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.
13 . 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.
14 . The method of claim 13 , 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.
15 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the shadow is a first shadow, the method further comprising:
defining a second shadow for the first shadow, the second shadow being identified by a version string that tracks file changes made in the second shadow relative to the first shadow.
16 . A software provisioning system, comprising;
a file repository that comprises a tree structure;
means for defining a shadow for a parent branch of the tree structure, the shadow being identified by a version string that tracks file changes made in the shadow relative to the parent branch; and
means for searching the tree structure to select at least a subset of the files to be provisioned.
17 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the tree structure is divided across a plurality of repository systems.
18 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the tree structure is on a single repository system.
19 . The system of claim 16 , 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.
20 . The system of claim 19 , 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.
21 . The system of claim 19 , wherein the version string encodes the ancestry of the at least one component and the subset of files that are associated therewith.
22 . The system of claim 21 , wherein the version string comprises a label portion comprising the source count portion and the build count portion and an upstream version string.
23 . The system of claim 22 , wherein the source count portion comprises a parent branch source count and a shadow source count, and wherein the build count portion comprises a parent branch build count and a shadow build count.
24 . The system of claim 23 , wherein the parent branch source count comprises a code if the parent branch does not include a source file that is associated with at least one source file on the shadow and/or the parent branch build count comprises the code if the parent branch does not include a binary file that is associated with at least one binary file on the shadow.
25 . The system of claim 22 , wherein the label portion comprises a unique identifier within a domain of use.
26 . The system of claim 25 , wherein the unique identifier comprises a namespace portion and/or a tag.
27 . The system of claim 26 , 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.
28 . The system of claim 22 , 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.
29 . The system of claim 28 , 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.
30 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the shadow is a first shadow, the system further comprising:
means for defining a second shadow for the first shadow, the second shadow being identified by a version string that tracks file changes made in the second shadow relative to the first shadow.
31 . 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;
computer readable program code configured to define a shadow for a parent branch of the tree structure, the shadow being identified by a version string that tracks file changes made in the shadow relative to the parent branch; and
computer readable program code configured to search the tree structure to select at least a subset of the files to be provisioned.
32 . The computer program product of claim 31 , wherein the tree structure is divided across a plurality of repository systems.
33 . The computer program product of claim 31 , wherein the tree structure is on a single repository system.
34 . 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 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.
35 . The computer program product of claim 34 , 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.
36 . The computer program product of claim 34 , wherein the version string encodes the ancestry of the at least one component and the subset of files that are associated therewith.
37 . The computer program product of claim 36 , wherein the version string comprises a label portion comprising the source count portion and the build count portion and an upstream version string.
38 . The computer program product of claim 37 , wherein the source count portion comprises a parent branch source count and a shadow source count, and wherein the build count portion comprises a parent branch build count and a shadow build count.
39 . The computer program product of claim 38 , wherein the parent branch source count comprises a code if the parent branch does not include a source file that is associated with at least one source file on the shadow and/or the parent branch build count comprises the code if the parent branch does not include a binary file that is associated with at least one binary file on the shadow.
40 . The computer program product of claim 37 , wherein the label portion comprises a unique identifier within a domain of use.
41 . The computer program product of claim 40 , wherein the unique identifier comprises a namespace portion and/or a tag.
42 . The computer program product of claim 41 , 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.
43 . The computer program product of claim 37 , 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.
44 . The computer program product of claim 43 , 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.
45 . The computer program product of claim 31 , wherein the shadow is a first shadow, the computer program product further comprising:
computer readable program code configured to define a second shadow for the first shadow, the second shadow being identified by a version string that tracks file changes made in the second shadow relative to the first shadow.