Preface

This document describes the functionality provided by the XL Release GIT Plus plugin.

See the XL Release Documentation] for background information on XL Release concepts.

Overview

The XL Release GIT Plus plugin provides a couple new features.

gitplus.CommitTrigger
- Monitor a GIT repository for commits to any branch. Only triggers a release when the branch and/or changed files match user define regex.
gitplus.TagCommit
- Tag a commit in GIT
gitplus.PullRequest
- Create a pull request from one branch to another. This is useful after successful deployment of a release candidate.

Requirements

Requirements
- XL Release 5.x

Installation

Place the plugin JAR file into your SERVER_HOME/plugins directory.
Restart the server

Usage

CommitTrigger can be found when you create a new trigger on a template. TagCommit is a task you can add to a template.