end-to-end build and deploy including Subversion checkout?

2009-12-28 Thread Will Rogers
Hi Buildr folks, My ultimate goal in adopting a Java build system is to have a single-command process that can check code out of source control, build it, and deploy it. Now that I've read through all the Buildr documentation, it seems that Buildr is perfect for building, and I also think it can

Re: end-to-end build and deploy including Subversion checkout?

2009-12-28 Thread Alex Boisvert
Hi Will, The code checkout step is usually handed by the continuous integration server, such as Hudson, Luntbuild/Quickbuild, Bamboo, etc. It conveniently avoids the bootstraping issue of having Buildr run before a buildfile is available. If this is too heavy for you, I'd consider using Rake or

Re: end-to-end build and deploy including Subversion checkout?

2009-12-28 Thread Will Rogers
Thanks, Alex. I know what I want to accomplish, but I'm still getting a feel for the Java ecosystem, so I'm not always sure what the popular steps are along the way. Your pointers toward fresh research material are very helpful. -- Will