Samosa (समोसा)

Enforce a triangular Git workflow. If this is not possible, explain why.

Samosa standard

The following checks should be true:

• In a Git repository
• There is a remote named "origin"
• There is a remote named "upstream"
• Author name and email are set, and are not invalid
• The default push target is "origin:current"
• The pre-commit hook exists and is executable
• There is a local branch named "main"
• The main branch tracks "upstream/main"

See WORKFLOW.md for a detailed workflow that results in a samosa standard repository.

Usage

cd <repository-folder>
samosa

If any checks fail, Samosa will attempt to make a correction. If the correction cannot be made automatically, Samosa will make a suggestion and terminate with exit code 1 (error).

If all checks pass, Samosa will display a short confirmation message and terminate with exit code 0 (success).

Development environment

First, fork https://gitlab.com/lofidevops/samosa

git checkout <your-fork>
cd samosa
# set up triangular workflow here!
pdm install --dev

You can use a text editor, or any IDE that supports virtualenv / pdm.

Roadmap (don't hold your breath)

• samosa clone: interactive prompts that follow the suggested workflow
• samosa checkout: in samosa repository, checkout a new branch, hooked up correctly

Out of scope

• Detecting/supporting other workflows.

Sharing and contributions

Samosa (समोसा)
https://gitlab.com/lofidevops/samosa
Copyright 2022 David Seaward and contributors
SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later

Shared under GPL-3.0-or-later. We adhere to the Contributor Covenant 2.0 without modification, and certify origin per DCO 1.1 with a signed-off-by line. Contributions under the same terms are welcome.

Submit conduct issues as private tickets. Sign commits with git -s. For a software bill of materials run reuse spdx. For more details see LICENSES, CONDUCT and DCO.

Acknowledgements

WORKFLOW.md and the associated pre-commit bash script are derived from Aaron Bull Schaefer's excellent Git Triangular Workflow. License details are included in the relevant files.

Additional references

• Triangle workflows
• Git 2.5, including multiple worktrees and triangular workflows
• Forking workflow (this seems to be another name for triangular workflows)
• Git forking workflow, what names for the remotes?
• Integration-manager workflow