Add script to archive old roll branches

machenbach/archive/archive_branches.py

+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import os
+import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import time
+
+"""Script to archive heads under ignore/foo.
+
+This deletes the refs passed to the script and adds the branch ignore/foo as

[tandrii(chromium), 2016/08/08 15:29:39]

swap "deletes" and "adds" part, because a) emotionally better, b) actually the
order in which scripts works.

+parent to them.
+
+Assumes merge access to ignore/foo and force push access to the branches.

[tandrii(chromium), 2016/08/08 15:29:39]

s/merge access/push merge access

+
+Assumes a workdir checkout with all required refs fetched.
+
+archive_branches.py path/to/checkout ref1 [ref2 ...]
+"""
+
+
+assert len(sys.argv) > 2
+
+
+def git(*args, **kwargs):
+  stdin_data = None
+  stdin_handle = None
+  if kwargs.get('stdin'):
+    stdin_data = kwargs.pop('stdin')
+    stdin_handle = subprocess.PIPE
+  proc = subprocess.Popen(('git',) + args,
+                          stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                          stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
+                          stdin=stdin_handle,
+                          **kwargs)
+  output, _ = proc.communicate(stdin_data)
+  assert proc.returncode == 0, output.strip()
+  return output.strip()
+
+
+def synthesize(refs):
+  commits = []
+  for ref in refs:
+    commits.append(git('rev-parse', ref))
+
+  name = git('config', 'user.name')
+  email = git('config', 'user.email')
+
+  # Hardcoded the tree object of the ignore/foo README file.
+  data = ['tree c9c91bce52cd3003b6a9b0b4ae29d46210c40d51']
+  for commit in commits:
+    data.append('parent %s' % commit)
+
+  timestamp = int(time.time())
+  data.append('author %s <%s> %s +0000' % (name, email, timestamp))
+  data.append('committer %s <%s> %s +0000' % (name, email, timestamp))
+  data.append('')
+
+  # We don't really care about the commit message.
+  data.append('Placeholder commit\n')

[tandrii(chromium), 2016/08/08 15:29:39]

actually you can add here all the refs merged:
('refs merged:\n  ' + '\n  '.join(refs))

+
+  return git('hash-object', '-t', 'commit', '-w', '--stdin',
+             stdin='\n'.join(data))
+
+
+assert os.path.exists(sys.argv[1])
+os.chdir(sys.argv[1])
+
+refs = sys.argv[2:]

[tandrii(chromium), 2016/08/08 15:29:39]

assert refs, "provide at least one ref"

+
+# Make sure we only archive roll branches.
+for ref in refs:
+  assert re.match(r'\d*\.\d*\.\d*', ref)
+
+# Merge into ignore/foo.
+git('fetch', 'origin', 'refs/heads/ignore/foo')
+merge = synthesize(['FETCH_HEAD'] + refs)
+git('push', 'origin', '%s:refs/heads/ignore/foo' % merge)
+
+# Delete refs.
+del_specs = (
+    ['push', 'origin', '--force'] +
+    [':refs/heads/%s' % ref for ref in refs]
+)
+git(*del_specs)