I'm trying to set up the Slack Subversion integration. I use Collabnet Edge under Windows. The Slack site suggests a Perl script (Here) to call. I've installed Dwimperl, and written a batch file to run the script, passing the parameters to the perl script. This all works correctly if I call it manually from the commandline, however when it's called by Subversion something clearly goes amiss as I don't see anything in my Slack channels.
The batch file has one line:
C:\Dwimperl\perl\bin\perl.exe C:\csvn\data\repositories\repo\hooks\slacknotify.pl %1 %2
I've verified that the hook is being called after a commit by echoing %1 and %2 to a file, and that behaves as I expect.
My guess is that Subversion calls the batch file without some environment vars set, or something along those lines, but I'm completely unfamiliar with Perl and I don't know which. I'm calling the perl executable by absolute path, so even if %PATH% is blank I think it should work.
A related question is: how do I go about debugging issues like this? The Collabnet log files have nothing in them than I can see
In this case it was simply the PATH variable that needed setting. Specifically
SET PATH=C:\Dwimperl\perl\bin;C:\Dwimperl\perl\site\bin;C:\Dwimperl\c\bin
at the start of the batch file has solved the problem.
i'm trying to set up a svn post-commit hook on a windows server, so that every time a commit is made, it is connected to an issue of an existing project on my bug tracking website.
since there is no pre made post-commit hook for windows (or at least i haven't find one that would fit my needs), i tried to write the batch file for myself.
SET REPOS=%1
SET REV=%2
SET SVNLOOK="C:\Program Files (x86)\VisualSVN Server\bin\svnlook.exe"
SET PROJECT=3
%SVNLOOK% log -r %REV% "%REPOS%" > COMMIT_MSG
SET /p COMMIT_MSG= < COMMIT_MSG
echo %COMMIT_MSG%
C:\curl\bin\curl "http://www.mybugtrackingsite.de/vcs_integration/report/%PROJECT%/?passkey=KEY" --data-urlencode "msg=%COMMIT_MSG%"
when i'm setting REPOS and REV by myself and run the script from the command line it works, but when i make a commit it doesn't work and my COMMIT_MSG only contains "echo is on" instead of the actual message.
i've read, that the svn repository executes hook programs with an empty environment, means that no environment variables are set at all and that could be why my script runs fine by hand and not when run by svn.
but what variables do i have to set and how? my paths are already absolute, so that shouldn't be the problem. i'm not a windows guy and am not really into batch - so any help or ideas how i get this thing to work would be appreciated!
When you redirect the commit message to the file you use a relative path 'COMMIT_MESSAGE'.
%SVNLOOK% log -r %REV% "%REPOS%" > COMMIT_MSG
The working directory which is used by the svn hook may not be the same as yours and the svn process has not the rights to write at this location. You may use an absolute path.
You can also try to redirect STDERR to see if you get an error from svnlook.
Also delete the file at the beginning of the hook script to ensure that you don't use a file from a previous run.
Your are setting both REPOS and REV to %1. One of them should be %2
You should also place #ECHO OFF at the top of the file to avoid unnecessary output on screen
For daily backup of my mercurial repositories on Windows XP I used a simple batch file hg_backup.bat which just did some directory changes and mercurial calls with a pause command in the end like this:
#Z:
#cd \hg_backup\drawings
hg pull -v
#cd \hg_backup\src\scripts
hg pull -v
#cd \hg_backup\eagle4\lbr
hg pull -v
#pause
This worked fine with mercurial up to 1.7 (installed with TortoiseHg). However since mercurial 1.8 it starts the very first mercurial command and then exits abruptly without reaching the following commands or even the end of the script. The command window just disappears.
I had the same problem some time before, when I tried the same thing with git, but didn't investigate further, because I use git for one repository only. It seems to me, there's some return code of the hg command line call involved which causes the script to end instead of executing the other command but I couldn't verify this yet.
Has anyone an idea why this happens or maybe even how to fix it?
If your hg is a hg.bat or hg.cmd, use call hg and see if it starts working.
The command.com shell executes batch files replacing the old script (to save memory), and requires using call to start a batch script and continue execution later. This behavior remains in Windows cmd.exe for compatibility.
I had the exact same problem, but the solution provided by #grawity didn't work for me (and I have no idea why).
The solution in my case was to replace call with cmd /C, like so:
cmd /C hg sum
cmd /C hg stat
I have a batch file daily.bat, this is the code:
cd C:\inetpub\wwwroot\infoweb\factuur\cron
c:\PHP\php.exe -f ./cron_pdf.php
ftp -s:ftp_upload.txt ftp.site.be
And I created a task with task scheduler in Windows 7. When I run the batch manually, everything goes fine, but when I try to run it with the task scheduler nothing happens.
My action is
'run script' "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\site\x\cron\daily.bat"
UAC is off and I am Admin.
Any idea why this is not working?
I faced the same problem, but I found another solution without having to modify my batch script.
The only thing that I missed out is at the 'Action' settings - "Start in (Optional)" option.
Go the task properties --> Action tab --> Edit --> Fill up as below:
Action: Start a program
Program/script: path to your batch script e.g. C:\Users\beruk\bodo.bat
Add arguments (optional): <if necessary - depending on your script>
Start in (optional): Put the full path to your batch script location e.g. C:\Users\beruk\(Do not put quotes around Start In)
Then Click OK
It works for me. Good Luck!
None of the above method worked. I tried it this way as said it in a tutorial and it worked.
Action:
Start a program
Program/script:
cmd
Add arguments:
/c start "" "E:\Django-1.4.1\setup.bat"
Worked for me on Win7 Pro. You must have an account with a password (blank passwords are no good)
For those whose bat files are still not working in Windows 8 and 10+ Task Scheduler , one thing I would like to add to Ghazi's answer - after much suffering:
Under Actions, Choose "Create BASIC task", not "Create Task"
That did it for me, plus the other issues not to forget:
Use quotes, if you need to, in your Start a program > program/script entry i.e "C:\my scripts\runme.bat" (or just use the Browse button)...
Use the Start In path to your batch file, even though it says optional - BUT DON'T use quotes in the Start In field. (Crazy but true!)
This worked without any need to trigger a command prompt. And it is the quickest and simplest method.
(Sorry my rep is too low to add my Basic Task tip to Ghazi's comments)
Make sure "Start In " has NO QUOTES.
It is working now. This is what I did. You probably won't need all these steps to make it work but just to be sure try them all:
Check the account parameters of your scheduled task and make sure they are set to run whether or not someone is logged into the machine
check run with most privileges/rights
Make sure you go to the full path first: cd C:\inetpub\wwwroot\infoweb\factuur\cron
Don't use double quotes in your batch files (don't know why but seems to help)
Be super admin, enter 'Net user administrator /active:yes' in command prompt, log out and log in as the super admin, so UAC is off
Make sure "Start In" does NOT end with a BACKSLASH.
My script was to pull latest code from master and publish a new branch
cd D:\dev\repo
git checkout master
git pull
git branch -D my-branch
git push origin --delete my-branch
git checkout -b my-branch
git push -u origin my-branch
exit
Had an issue where my task was not firing simply because it was running on a laptop without a power cord... Under the conditions tab, by default it is checked so that a task will not run while AC power is not connected.
Under Windows7 Pro, I found that Arun's solution worked for me: I could get this to work even with "no user logged on", I did choose use highest priveledges.
From past experience, you must have an account with a password (blank passwords are no good), and if the program doesn't prompt you for the password when you finish the wizard, go back in and edit something till it does!
This is the method in case its not clear which worked
Action: start a program
Program/script : cmd
(doesn't need the .exe bit!)
Add arguments:
/c start "" "E:\Django-1.4.1\setup.bat"
I messed with this for several hours and tried many different suggestions.
I finally got it to work by doing the following:
Action: Start a program
Program/Script: C:\scriptdir\script.bat
Add arguments (optional) script.bat
Start in (optional): c:\scriptdir
run only when user logged in
run with highest privileges
configure for: Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008
If all of the rest fails for you here ensure that the user you are trying to run the task as has access to the file you're trying to use.
In my case I was trying to run a batch file from C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop which the account couldn't access. Moving it to a neutral location on C:\ resolved the issue.
I post the answer to this question here and here.
Using the Run button in the Task Scheduler main window to test several variations finally found the correct settings. This two options must be combined:
-Run only when user is logged on
-Run with highest privileges.
All other variations failed. It's infuriating all the time wasted on this, but at least it works.
OS: WINDOWS 8 CORE (BASIC) VERSION
Please check which user account you use to execute our task. It may happen that you run your task with different user then your default user, and this user requires some extra privileges.
Also it may happen that the task is executed but you cant see any effect because the batch file waits for some user response so please check task manager if you see your process running.
Once it happen that I schedule a batch with svn update of some web page and the process hangs because svn asked for accepting server certificate.
Don't use double quotes in your cmd/batch file
Make sure you go to the full path start in (optional):
C:\Necessary_file\Reqular_task\QDE\cmd_practice\
Try run the task with high privileges.
put a \ at the end of path in "start in folder" such as c:\temp\
I do not know why , but this works for me sometimes.
Action: Start a Program
Program/script: C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
Add arguments: /k start "" "E:\scripts\example.bat"
Add exit to the end of your batch file.
The cmd window will not show if you select Run whether user is logged in or not. You need to select Run only when user is logged on to see the window in action.
Does anybody know how I can automatically run svn update? If anybody has a script or something like that, could you show me an example?
I'm using TortoiseSVN. On the production server I have a scheduled task that runs the following batch file.
CD C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\
START TortoiseProc.exe /command:update /path:"C:\www\MyRepo\" /closeonend:0
Hopefully this saves someone else some time!
I use SVN Notifier which sits in the system tray and notifies me every time the repository changes. And I can highly recommend it. It means you only update when there's something to update!
Alternatively you can set up a scheduled task/cron job to run svn update in the appropriate directory every hour/day/whatever.
EDIT: OK, take a look at this Microsoft article on setting up a scheduled task.
You want a batch file called svnUpdate.bat or something which looks like this:
cd C:/path/to/your/working/copy
svn update
Get the scheduled task to run this as often as you like (once an hour seems sensible)
Make sure you have the command line version of svn installed (I use SlikSvn) and available on your PATH (in a command window type svn and ensure it says 'Type svn help...' or similar.
#echo off
cls
echo == Initiating system instance variables...
echo. -- Setting the variables...
:: Here you need to make some changes to suit your system.
set SOURCE=C:\sauce\CURRENT
set SVN=C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin
:: Unless you want to modify the script, this is enough.
echo. %SOURCE%
echo. %SVN%
echo. ++ Done setting variables.
echo.
echo == Updating source from SVN
echo. -- Running update...
"%SVN%\TortoiseProc.exe" /command:update /path:"%SOURCE%" /closeonend:2
echo. ++ Done.
echo. -- Cleaning up...
set SOURCE=
set SVN=
echo. ++ Done.
If you are using TortoiseSVN then the above batch script will suit fine. Otherwise you can just modify it to use whatever SVN client you are currently using. Just pop this in a .bat file and run it on demand.
You can also download and use Commit-Monitor from http://code.google.com/p/commitmonitor/. It monitors SVN repositories for commits and notifies the user when it happens. It is in GNU GPL, ver 2.
Note: Once I know your operating system, I will be able to give you a more detailed answer.
General Instructions
Never change anything in the local repository.
Read this link on how to use AT to schedule from the command line in windows.
Use the AT command to schedule the following command (assuming you have the command-line version of svn installed):
svn update reporsitory_directory
Profit!