Getting changeset numbers via Unity Script

[game4automation]

For integration in our Build process we would like to get the changeset number of the current changeset via Unity script. Is there an easy way to get it via the Plastic SCM Unity Plugin?

[calbzam]

Hi,

- You could use the Plastic CLI client to get this information and  query for the changeset id (eg: "cm find changeset"):

https://www.plasticscm.com/documentation/cmfind/plastic-scm-version-control-query-system-guide

Or do you want to get the changeset id your local workspace is pointing?

- What build system are you using? Plastic has plugins for some CI tools (Jenkins, teamCity, Bamboo)...

- In Plastic, you can also create custom triggers to be run linked to Plastic operations (eg: after-checkin😞

https://www.plasticscm.com/documentation/triggers/plastic-scm-version-control-triggers-guide

Regards,

Carlos.

[game4automation]

Hi,

thanks a lot.

We are using teamcity. We would like to get the changeset id of our current local workspace to use it in a Unity script

Yes we could use "cm status --cset" and parse the result in a Unity Script.

Do you have an example for a trigger script where the latest changeset id is always written to a text file or an environment variable?

If would be perfect if the Plastic SCM Unity plugin will offer a simple api access for Unity scripts. For example to get the current changeset id or to subsribe a method which is called before the checkin and after the checkin.

Regards

Thomas

 

[calbzam]

Hi,

Our trigger trigger guide includes some examples. If you plan to use "after-checkin" trigger, one of the available  enviroment variables is:

PLASTIC_CHANGESET

Only available in the after-checkin trigger. The changeset or changesets that were created as a result of the checkin operation. This variable contains the specifications for the changesets that were created, separated by semi-colons (';'). This is a sample of a variable value with changesets created on two different repositories: cs:23@br:/main@rep:default@repserver:DARKTOWER:8084; cs:19@br:/main@rep:secondrep@repserver:DARKTOWER:8084

https://www.plasticscm.com/documentation/triggers/plastic-scm-version-control-triggers-guide#Checkin

You can use this enviroment variable in your script. In Windows for instance, this is my sample "trigger.bat":

echo %PLASTIC_CHANGESET% >> C:\tmp\changesets.txt

Regards,

Carlos.

 

[game4automation]

Hi I tried a trigger in the client (after-clientcheckin) but the trigger is not started after checkin. Do you have any idea why?

 

Thanks & best regards

[calbzam]

Hi, I would check the following:

1. Review the trigger permissions to be sure your user has enough privilege to run it.

2. Create a very simple trigger: eg: output a string to a file and check if it works.

3. Review the Plastic client log to check the if there is any error in the log when running the trigger.

Regards,

Carlos.

[game4automation]

It might be a silly question. I am working with PlasticSCM Cloud. I can't figure out how to set and check the permissions there - did not found anything in the docs.

[calbzam]

Hi,

If you are using Plastic cloud, only the webtriggers are supported (but not client-side or server-side triggers). You can check the details in the following link:

http://blog.plasticscm.com/2020/06/web-triggers-for-plastic-scm-cloud.html

Regards,

Carlos.