How to create automatic release with ant and subversion

[Alex Florentino]

Hi all,

I have jsp/servlet project and would like create a ant task for automatic release.

it will work (steps):

1. create zip file that contains all changed files until last release.
2. create a file changelog.
3. write the data of release.

I use Subversion and SvnTasks...

it is possible execute these steps by ant ?

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Alex,
Yes it is possible. What do you have so far?

[Alex Florentino]

Originally posted by Jeanne Boyarsky:
Alex,
Yes it is possible. What do you have so far?

ok, thanks.

I will try be more specifics:

the problem is I need automate my release process, today I make the process by hand all weeek.

basically I have do at normal release:

1. update an central repository.
2. make svn export (exclude .svn files).
3. exclude some files(folder images), but I send all files...
4. zip the folder
5. send by ftp to server
6. in the server I unzip the file and replace the folder

now I would like automate this process.

I already create some tasks but I have some questions...

this some targets...

<!-- CREATE CHECKOUT FOR RELEASE -->
<target name="init-release-structure">
  <mkdir dir="${dir.release}"/>
  <mkdir dir="${dir.release}/${project.name}"/>     
   <svn javahl="false" username="${svn.user}" password="${svn.pass}">
    <checkout url="${svn.url}" destpath="${dir.release}/${project.name }"/>
   </svn>       
</target>

<!-- RELEASE TARGET -->

<!-- CREATE ZIP FILE WITH files changed -->
<target name="release.live">
 <delete file="${dir.release}/${ project.name}/${project.name}.zip"></delete>
  <svn javahl="false" username="${svn.user}" password="${svn.pass}" >
   <update dir="${ dir.release}/${project.name}"/>
  </svn>
  <zip destfile="${dir.release}/${project.name}/${ project.name}.zip">
  <fileset dir="${dir.release}/${project.name}">
   <exclude name="WEB-INF/lib/**/*.jar"/>
   <exclude name="layout"/>
   </fileset>   
        </zip>
    </target>

My problem is that I not understand how I can create zip file with the diff from last release.

someone have any idea ?

thanks a lot.