redmine_git_remote

Redmine plugin to automatically clone and remote git repositories.

Installation

Install the plugin as usual:

cd REDMINE_ROOT/plugins
git clone https://github.com/dergachev/redmine_git_remote

Then enable the new GitRemote SMC type in http://redmine-root/settings?tab=repositories

Be sure to install the appropriate SSH keys to ~/.ssh/id_rsa (for your redmine user). I recommend creating a dedicated deployment user on github/gitlab for this purpose.

Usage

This plugin defines a new repository type, GitRemote, which allows you to associate a remote repository with your Redmine project. First create a new repository of type GitRemote, enter the clone URL. The identifier and path will be auto-generated, but can be overriden.

On submitting the repository creation form, the identifier and url (filesystem path) fields will be auto-generated (if not explicitly provided) as follows:

• Clone URL: https://github.com/dergachev/vagrant-vbox-snapshot
• URL (filesystem path): REDMINE_PLUGINS_PATH/redmine_git_remote/repos/github.com/dergachev/vagrant-vbox-snapshot
• Identifier: vagrant-vbox-snapshot

Once the remote URL is validated, the plugin creates an "empty clone" at the specified path.

This plugin hooks into the core Repository.fetch_changesets to automatically run git fetch --all on all GitRemote managed repositories, before those commits are imported into Redmine.

To avoid slowing down the GUI, we recommend unchecking the "Fetch commits automatically" setting at http://redmine-root/settings?tab=repositories and relying on the following cron job as per Redmine Wiki Instructions:

*/5 * * * * cd /home/redmine/redmine && ./script/rails runner \"Repository.fetch_changesets\" -e production >> log/cron_rake.log 2>&1

To trigger fetch manually, run this:

cd /home/redmine/redmine && ./script/rails runner "Repository.fetch_changesets" -e production

Note GitRemote doesn't delete the cloned repos when the associated record is deleted from Redmine.

Tested on Redmine 2.6.