README.md

puppet-blacksmith

Ruby Gem with several Puppet Module utilities

Rake tasks

Installation

Install the gem

gem install puppet-blacksmith

Add to your Rakefile

require 'puppetlabs_spec_helper/rake_tasks' # needed for some module packaging tasks
require 'puppet_blacksmith/rake_tasks'

And you can start using the Rake tasks

Tasks

Rake tasks included:

task	description
module:bump	Bump module version to the next patch
module:bump:patch	Bump module version to the next patch
module:bump:minor	Bump module version to the next minor version
module:bump:major	Bump module version to the next major version
module:bump:full	Bump module version to the version set in the BLACKSMITH_FULL_VERSION env variable
module:bump_commit	Bump version and git commit
module:bump_commit:patch	Bump module version to the next patch and git commit
module:bump_commit:minor	Bump module version to the next minor version and git commit
module:bump_commit:major	Bump module version to the next major version and git commit
module:bump_commit:full	Bump module version to the version set in the BLACKSMITH_FULL_VERSION env variable and git commit
module:clean	Runs clean again
module:dependency[modulename, version]	Updates the module version of a specific dependency
module:push	Push module to the Puppet Forge
module:release	Release the Puppet module, doing a clean, build, tag, push, bump_commit and git push
module:tag	Git tag with the current module version
module:version	Get the current module version
module:version:next	Get the next patch module version
module:version:next:patch	Get the next patch module version
module:version:next:minor	Get the next minor module version
module:version:next:major	Get the next major module version

Full release

Do everything needed to push to the Forge with just one command

$ rake module:release

Bump the version of a module

Bump your Modulefile or metadata.json to the next version

$ rake module:bump

Push a module to the Puppet Forge

Configure your credentials in ~/.puppetforge.yml

---
url: https://forgeapi.puppetlabs.com
username: myuser
password: mypassword

Or set the equivalent environment variables in your shell

export BLACKSMITH_FORGE_URL=https://forgeapi.puppetlabs.com
export BLACKSMITH_FORGE_USERNAME=myuser
export BLACKSMITH_FORGE_PASSWORD=mypassword

Add the require instructions for blacksmith and the puppetlabs_spec_helper to the Rakefile

# Rakefile
require 'puppetlabs_spec_helper/rake_tasks'
require 'puppet_blacksmith/rake_tasks'

Run rake. Ensure you are doing it in a clean working folder or the puppet module tool will package all the unnecessary files.

$ rake module:push

Customizing tasks

In your Rakefile:

require 'puppetlabs_spec_helper/rake_tasks'
require 'puppet_blacksmith/rake_tasks'
Blacksmith::RakeTask.new do |t|
  t.tag_pattern = "v%s" # Use a custom pattern with git tag. %s is replaced with the version number.
  t.build = false # do not build the module nor push it to the Forge, just do the tagging [:clean, :tag, :bump_commit]
end

Building blacksmith

bundle install
bundle exec rake

To cut a release: builds the gem, tags with git, pushes to rubygems and bumps the version number

bundle exec rake module:release