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I'm setting up mergebots to help with our CI/CD and I've run into a problem. We use the default trunkbot that comes with plastic server installation, but when we run it, it seems like it doesn't build from a shelve.

Our plastic version is 9.0.16.4608 and TeamCity version 2019.2.1

Plastic mergebot logs show that the bot makes a shelve, but TeamCity runs the changeset already on main instead of that shelve.

We did a test where we made changes to a branch to make it unable to build, but the mergebot still sucesfully merged it into main because main could build. After the merge main could no longer build.

The logs in case you can see why it didn't work as expected.
If there are any other logs that show why this happened, please let me know :) 

trunkbot.trunk.log.txtteamcityplug.TeamCityForMerges.log.txt

Thanks in advance

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Hi,

I've been reviewiong your TRUNKBOT log:

2020-10-16 13:09:08,653 INFO  trunkbot - Processing branch /main/HCHB_MacAutorun attribute change...
2020-10-16 13:09:08,654 INFO  trunkbot - Getting task number of branch /main/HCHB_MacAutorun ...
2020-10-16 13:09:08,655 INFO  trunkbot - Building the merge report of task HCHB_MacAutorun ...
2020-10-16 13:09:08,657 INFO  trunkbot - Trying to shelve server-side-merge from /main/HCHB_MacAutorun to /main
2020-10-16 13:09:08,667 INFO  trunkbot - Testing branch /main/HCHB_MacAutorun ...
2020-10-16 13:10:54,136 INFO  trunkbot - Checking-in shelved merged 9 from /main/HCHB_MacAutorun to /main
2020-10-16 13:10:54,168 INFO  trunkbot - Checkin: Created changeset 1863 in branch /main
2020-10-16 13:10:54,168 INFO  trunkbot - Setting branch /main/HCHB_MacAutorun as 'integrated'...

At "13:09:08" "testing branch /main/HCHB_MacAutorun", and if we review the plug log at that time, TeamCity is running the build folder the shelve:  sh:9@HavenPlastic@http://192.168.59.56:8087

020-10-16 13:09:08,676 INFO  teamcityplug - Launch plan was requested. Fields:
2020-10-16 13:09:08,676 INFO  teamcityplug -     PlanName: Haven_Test_Configurations_TestMerge
2020-10-16 13:09:08,676 INFO  teamcityplug -     ObjectSpec: sh:9@HavenPlastic@http://192.168.59.56:8087
2020-10-16 13:09:08,676 INFO  teamcityplug -     Comment: MergeBot - Building branch /main/HCHB_MacAutorun
2020-10-16 13:09:08,676 INFO  teamcityplug -     Properties:
2020-10-16 13:09:08,676 INFO  teamcityplug -         branch.head.changeset.author: mjensen
2020-10-16 13:09:08,676 INFO  teamcityplug -         branch.head.changeset.guid: ed01e110-4457-45db-9266-ebf2f8916974
2020-10-16 13:09:08,676 INFO  teamcityplug -         branch.head.changeset.number: 1862
2020-10-16 13:09:08,676 INFO  teamcityplug -         branch.name: /main/HCHB_MacAutorun
2020-10-16 13:09:08,676 INFO  teamcityplug -         build.name: 
2020-10-16 13:09:08,676 INFO  teamcityplug -         build.number: 
2020-10-16 13:09:08,676 INFO  teamcityplug -         label: 
2020-10-16 13:09:08,676 INFO  teamcityplug -         release.notes: 
2020-10-16 13:09:08,676 INFO  teamcityplug -         repspec: HavenPlastic@http://192.168.59.56:8087
2020-10-16 13:09:08,676 INFO  teamcityplug -         stage: pre
2020-10-16 13:09:08,676 INFO  teamcityplug -         task.number: HCHB_MacAutorun
2020-10-16 13:09:08,676 INFO  teamcityplug -         trunk.head.changeset.guid: 71ee7ee1-9bc2-4c8c-89cf-3cc367afab09
2020-10-16 13:09:08,676 INFO  teamcityplug -         trunk.head.changeset.number: 1860

At "13:10:54" the shelve that was already tested is finally  checked in into main: "Checking-in shelved merged 9 from /main/HCHB_MacAutorun to /main".

After that, the "/main/HCHB_MacAutorun" branch is set as integrated and a new build is run for the recently created changeset 1863.

2020-10-16 13:10:54,176 INFO  teamcityplug - Launch plan was requested. Fields:
2020-10-16 13:10:54,176 INFO  teamcityplug -     PlanName: Haven_Test_Configurations_TestMergePost
2020-10-16 13:10:54,176 INFO  teamcityplug -     ObjectSpec: cs:1863@HavenPlastic@http://192.168.59.56:8087
2020-10-16 13:10:54,176 INFO  teamcityplug -     Comment: MergeBot - Running plan after merging branch /main/HCHB_MacAutorun
2020-10-16 13:10:54,176 INFO  teamcityplug -     Properties:
2020-10-16 13:10:54,176 INFO  teamcityplug -         branch.head.changeset.author: mjensen
2020-10-16 13:10:54,176 INFO  teamcityplug -         branch.head.changeset.guid: ed01e110-4457-45db-9266-ebf2f8916974
2020-10-16 13:10:54,176 INFO  teamcityplug -         branch.head.changeset.number: 1862
2020-10-16 13:10:54,176 INFO  teamcityplug -         branch.name: /main/HCHB_MacAutorun
2020-10-16 13:10:54,176 INFO  teamcityplug -         build.name: 
2020-10-16 13:10:54,176 INFO  teamcityplug -         build.number: 
2020-10-16 13:10:54,176 INFO  teamcityplug -         label: 
2020-10-16 13:10:54,176 INFO  teamcityplug -         release.notes: 
2020-10-16 13:10:54,176 INFO  teamcityplug -         repspec: HavenPlastic@http://192.168.59.56:8087
2020-10-16 13:10:54,176 INFO  teamcityplug -         stage: post
2020-10-16 13:10:54,176 INFO  teamcityplug -         task.number: HCHB_MacAutorun
2020-10-16 13:10:54,176 INFO  teamcityplug -         trunk.head.changeset.guid: b69336f0-ffb6-4e8e-a53e-722b08d036fa
2020-10-16 13:10:54,176 INFO  teamcityplug -         trunk.head.changeset.number: 1863

Regards,

Carlos.

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Hi Carlos, thanks for responding.

I 100% agree that the logs say it shelved and tested the shelve, but TeamCity build logs said something else.
Sorry i forgot to add a screenshot of the builds last friday.

image.thumb.png.9f654bf496c6c10904681573deb1270a.png

 

Build #31 is a test of the branch im about the merge into main, #32 is the build initiated by the bot, and #33 is me again building to test if main works after merge.
This is the reason why we believe there might be something working differently than intended.

Is there any settings, setups, or installations we've missed that could cause this issue?
 

 

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Hi,

- I think the key is you have defined  a stage "post" in the plug configuration. It's not mandatory and you can remove it from your configuration.

2020-10-16 13:10:54,176 INFO  teamcityplug -         stage: post

- Also review that you have installed the "Mergebot plugin" but not the regular "Plastic SCM Teamcity plugin" that may be triggering a build every time a new changeset appears in the repo.

Regards,

Carlos.

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Sorry for not being clear enough. The plugin to use is this one:

image.png

In the repo link, it's also refered as the "The TeamCity Lightweight Plugin". Please review the the following sections:

https://github.com/PlasticSCM/teamcityplug

Installation requirements - The TeamCity Lightweight Plugin

TeamCity Configuration

Please let us know if it helps.

Regards,

Carlos.

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We've run into another problem, though it's less on the Plastic side and more on TeamCity... 

We want to run a build chain to determine whether or not a given merge should be accepted, but TeamCity cannot send parameters down the line, so we can't access the shelve.

Is this an issue you've run into before and know a workaround for?

We've found a request for TeamCity to change the behaviour to allow parameters to be resolved and reverse.dep'ed as value instead of strings, but it's 5 years old and seems to be ignored...

 

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The parameters i need to pass is how to access the shelve. We've found the parameters are passed to the called build configuration, but we haven't been able to pass it along down a dependency chain.

We want to build to multiple platforms before we accept it as passed, but so far can only have a single build configuration to work.

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The parameters i need to pass is how to access the shelve.

But you are not refering to the shelve id, right? or any other Plastic related info, right? eg: "cm find shelve..." I was guessing if running any Plastic command could provide this information instead of using the TeamCity parameters.

Could you share the link of the request in the TeamCity side? Not sure if they could provide some more feedback.

Regards,

Carlos.

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New problem :D

The plastic mergebot doesn't seem to work for mac build agents. 
When the CM commands are run, they are run from the folder where plastic client is located, and not the workspace they TeamCity uses for checkout. This causes the build to fail wiht

Plastic was unable to undo workspace changes in path: [/Volumes/Mac External Drive/TeamCity/work/Haven/Merge/BuildClient/MacOS] Command errors:/Users/buildagent2/Applications/buildAgent/bin/Drive/TeamCity/work/Haven/Merge/BuildClient/MacOS is not in a workspace.
  Step Load Plastic SCM Shelve (Mergebot Plastic SCM) failed with unexpected error

Is this something you have a workaround for? 

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