A zero configuration continuous build system as a chatbot
Receive Message -> Build -> Send Message
There are numerous CIs out there, but self-hosting one involves quite the exercise. build-bot is for you if you don't want to configure build pipelines per repository
- Don't write any YML, XML, TOML or JSON
- Detects common build methods
- Deep Git submodule tracking
- No need to configure a webserver, reverse proxy or HTTPS
- Works behind a firewall
- Run with local resources, using installed licenses of IAR, Keil...
build-bot is available on chocolatey at chocolatey.org/packages/build-bot/
cinst build-bot -y
Alternatively download the package, and unzip.
Set the environment variables
BOT_SLACK_API_TOKEN - Bot User OAuth Access Token.
This can be found in the Settings > Install App
If you don't already have a slack app, create one here. Add a bot user. For more information see: bot users
BOT_WORKSPACE - The directory to use as a workspace
All repositories in this folder will be tracked
build-bot listens on slack channels or DMs for any repository urls being mentioned. It then figures out which all sources depend on the repositories being mentioned, either directly or as submodules. It then runs the corresponding build action.
There are a few commands to interact with the bot.
Type help for a list of commands.
build-bot executes actions in the root directory of a repository. The first command line argument will be build configuration. It looks for any of the following:
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Powershell Looks for build.ps1
param($configuration = "none") -
Bash Looks for build.sh
configuration = $1 -
Batch Looks for build.bat
set configuration=%1 -
MSBuild Looks for *.sln
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Make Looks for Makefile
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FAKE Looks for build.fsx
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CMake Looks for CMakeLists.txt
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Ninja Looks for build.ninja
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PlatformIO Looks for platformio.ini
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Gulp Looks for gulpfile.js