Github user JonZeolla commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/metron/pull/1248#discussion_r228619906
--- Diff: dev-utilities/committer-utils/metron-committer-common ---
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+#
+# common and unlikely to change vars
+#
+
+# the upstream apache git repo for apache metron
+METRON_UPSTREAM="https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/metron.git";
+# the upstream apache git repo for apache metron bro plugin kafka
+BRO_PLUGIN_UPSTREAM="https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/metron-bro-plugin-kafka.git";
+# the common configuration file with the committer info
+CONFIG_FILE=~/.metron-prepare-commit
+
+GITHUB_REMOTE="origin"
+BASE_BRANCH=master
+
+# other var setup by these functions
+PR=
+WORK=
+ORIGIN=
+UPSTREAM=
+PR_BRANCH=
+USER=
+EMAIL=
+JIRA=
+DESC=
+
+#
+# Initialize the variables from the default configuration file, if it
exists
+#
+function init_configuration {
+ # does a config file already exist?
+ echo "$CONFIG_FILE"
+ if [ -f ${CONFIG_FILE} ]; then
+ source ${CONFIG_FILE}
+ echo " ...using settings from $CONFIG_FILE"
+ fi
+}
+
+
+#
+# Initialize the committer variables if it is not provided through the
configuration file.
+# If it is not present, it will be written out for the next time
+#
+function init_committer_info {
+ # github account of committer (you)
+ if [ -z "$GITHUB_NAME" ]; then
+ read -p " your github username [$GITHUB_NAME]: " INPUT
+ [ -n "$INPUT" ] && GITHUB_NAME=${INPUT}
+
+ # write setting to config file
+ echo "GITHUB_NAME=$GITHUB_NAME" >> ${CONFIG_FILE}
+ fi
+
+ # apache id of committer (you)
+ if [ -z "$APACHE_NAME" ]; then
+ read -p " your apache userid [$APACHE_NAME]: " INPUT
+ [ -n "$INPUT" ] && APACHE_NAME=$INPUT
+
+ # write setting to config file
+ echo "APACHE_NAME=$APACHE_NAME" >> ${CONFIG_FILE}
+ fi
+
+ # apache email addr of committer (you)
+ if [ -z "$APACHE_EMAIL" ]; then
+ APACHE_EMAIL=${APACHE_NAME}@apache.org
+ read -p " your apache email [$APACHE_EMAIL]: " INPUT
+ [ -n "$INPUT" ] && APACHE_EMAIL=${INPUT}
+
+ # write setting to config file, so it is not needed next time
+ echo "APACHE_EMAIL=$APACHE_EMAIL" >> ${CONFIG_FILE}
+ fi
+}
+
+#
+# Provide the user with a choice of the metron or bro repositories
+#
+function chose_metron_or_bro_repo {
--- End diff --
choose?
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