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 # Basic Precommit

 <!-- MarkdownTOC levels="1,2" autolink="true" indent="  " bullets="*" bracket="round" -->

 * [First Steps](#first-steps)
   * [First Steps Output](#first-steps-output)
 * [Resetting the Repository](#resetting-the-repository)
   * [--restrepo Output](#--restrepo-output)
 * [Dirty Workspaces](#dirty-workspaces)
 * [Enabling Features](#enabling-features)
 * [Unit Tests](#unit-tests)
 * [Output Directory](#output-directory)
 * [Build Tool](#build-tool)
 * [Providing Patch Files](#providing-patch-files)
   * [JIRA](#jira)
   * [GITHUB](#github)
   * [GITLAB](#gitlab)
   * [Generic URLs](#generic-urls)
 * [Excluding Files](#excluding-files)
 * ["Warn-only" Test Results](#warn-only-test-results)
 * [Project-specific Capabilities](#project-specific-capabilities)
   * [Direct Method](#direct-method)
   * [Project Method](#project-method)
 * [Fork Bomb Protection](#fork-bomb-protection)
 * [MultiJDK](#multijdk)
 * [Docker](#docker)
 * [Upgrading](#upgrading)
 * [In Closing](#in-closing)

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 ## First Steps

 A typical local configuration is to have two repositories.  One with the code you are working on and another, clean repository.  The workflow looks similar to the following:

 ```bash
 $ cd <workrepo>
 $ git format-patch master > /tmp/patchfile
 $ test-patch --basedir=/some/path/testrepo --build-tool=nobuild /tmp/patchfile
 ```

  1. In your work repo, generate a patch.
  2. Run your patch against the test repository.

 `--basedir` sets the location of the repository to use for testing.   The `/tmp/patchfile` is the patch file that is generated by `git format-patch` or `git diff` or any number of other types of input.

 ## First Steps Output

 When you run it, you should see something similar to this:

 ```bash
 $ test-patch --basedir=/tmp/yetus.test --build-tool=nobuild /tmp/patchfile
 /tmp/yetus-14497.22984 has been created
 Modes:
 Processing: /tmp/patchfile
 Patch file /tmp/patchfile copied to /private/tmp/yetus-14497.22984


 ============================================================================
 ============================================================================
                         Confirming git environment
 ============================================================================
 ============================================================================


 Testing  patch on master.


 ============================================================================
 ============================================================================
                          Determining needed tests
 ============================================================================
 ============================================================================


 (Depending upon input size and number of plug-ins, this may take a while)


 ============================================================================
 ============================================================================
                          Cleaning the source tree
 ============================================================================
 ============================================================================


 cd /tmp/yetus.test
 true > /private/tmp/yetus-14497.22984/branch-distclean-root.txt 2>&1
 Elapsed:   0m 00s


 ============================================================================
 ============================================================================
                          Applying patch to master
 ============================================================================
 ============================================================================


 Applying the changes:
 Sun Jun  9 10:17:17 PDT 2019
 cd /tmp/yetus.test
 git apply --binary -v --stat --apply -p1 /private/tmp/yetus-14497.22984/input.patch
 Applied patch README.md cleanly.
  README.md |    1 +
  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

 Total Elapsed time:   0m 01s


 +1 overall

  ____                              _
 / ___| _   _  ___ ___ ___  ___ ___| |
 \___ \| | | |/ __/ __/ _ \/ __/ __| |
  ___) | |_| | (_| (_|  __/\__ \__ \_|
 |____/ \__,_|\___\___\___||___/___(_)


 | Vote |    Subsystem |  Runtime   | Comment
 ============================================================================
 |      |              |            | Prechecks
 |      |              |            | master Compile Tests
 |      |              |            | Patch Compile Tests
 |      |              |            | Other Tests
 |      |              |   0m 01s   |


 || Subsystem || Report/Notes ||
 ============================================================================
 | Optional Tests |  |
 | uname | Darwin hostname 18.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 18.6.0: Thu Apr 25 23:16:27 PDT 2019; root:xnu-4903.261.4~2/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64 |
 | Build tool | nobuild |
 | git revision | master / 6b94d9df |
 | modules | C: . U: . |
 | versions | git=2.21.0 |
 | Powered by | Apache Yetus 0.11.0 https://yetus.apache.org |


 ============================================================================
 ============================================================================
                               Finished build.
 ============================================================================
 ============================================================================
 ```

 `test-patch` gives extensive information about what it is doing at run time and then provides a report at the end to give a summary about what happened.  In this particular case, this output just shows that the patch was applied and that no tests were actually run.

 ## Resetting the Repository

 After running that command, the test repository will contain the remnants of the build for later debugging.  It is inconvenient to instead use:

 ```bash
 $ cd <workrepo>
 $ git format-patch main > /tmp/patchfile
 $ test-patch --basedir=/some/path/testrepo --resetrepo --build-tool=nobuild /tmp/patchfile
 ```

  `--resetrepo` tells test patch that it can go into **destructive** mode.  Destructive mode will wipe out any changes made to that repository, so use it with care!

 ## --restrepo Output

  In this particular case, the output will look nearly identical expect for one change:

 ```bash
 Modes: ResetRepo
 ```

 Some features are mostly invisible or auto-detected during runtime.  The `Modes` line provides hints about those features.

 ## Dirty Workspaces

 An alternative to `--resetrepo` is the `--dirty-workspace` flag.  It tells test-patch that the repository is not clean and it is ok to continue. This is especially useful on a repository that is in some way 'live,' such as a repository that is actively being used for development.

 ## Enabling Features

 In general, almost all features are enabled via the plug-in framework.  To see what has been enabled, use the `--list-plugins` option:

 ```bash
 $ test-patch --list-plugins
 ```

 You should see output similar to this:

 ```text
 BUILDTOOLS:
   nobuild ant autoconf cmake gradle make maven
 TESTTYPES:
   asflicense author blanks buf cc checkmake checkstyle dupname golang golangcilint hadolint javac javadoc jshint markdownlint mvnsite pathlen perlcritic pylint revive rubocop scalac scaladoc shellcheck shelldocs test4tests unitveto xml yamllint
 BUGSYSTEMS:
   briefreport bugzilla github gitlab htmlout jira junit slack
 TESTFORMATS:
   ctest junit tap
 ```

 This output shows all of the plug-ins that are available as well as what type of plug-in they are.

 * BUILDTOOLS - These drive the actual compiling of the source tree.
 * TESTTYPES - Various kinds of tests that precommit can apply to the source, patches, and generated output (object files, etc).
 * BUGSYSTEMS - Integration support for input of patches or output of reports.
 * TESTFORMATS - Types of unit test output that precommit reads.

 From this list, the specific plug-ins can be enabled:

 ```bash
 $ test-patch --plugins="ant,maven,shellcheck,xml" <other options>
 ```

 As a short-cut, every plug-in may be enabled via the special 'all' type:

 ```bash
 $ test-patch --plugins="all" <other options>
 ```

 `--plugins` also allows some basic "arithmetic":

 ```bash
 $ test-patch --plugins="all,-checkstyle,-spotbugs" <other options>
 ```

 This will enable all plug-ins for potential usage, except for `checkstyle` and `spotbugs`.

 **NOTE: Many examples in this section will use `--plugins=all`. Users should set the `--plugins` option as appropriate.**

 This command will execute basic patch testing using every available plug-in against a patch file stored in "filename":

 ```bash
 $ cd <your repo>
 $ test-patch --plugins=all <other options> <filename>
 ```

 ## Unit Tests

 By default, unit tests are not run since they may take a significant amount of time.

 To turn them on, we need to provide the --run-tests option:

 ```bash
 $ cd <your repo>
 $ test-patch --plugins=all  --dirty-workspace --run-tests <filename>
 ```

 This is the same command, but now runs the unit tests.

 ## Output Directory

 After the tests have run, there is a directory that contains all of the `test-patch` related artifacts.  This is generally referred to as the patch directory.  By default, `test-patch` tries to make something off of `/tmp` to contain this content.  Using the `--patch-dir` option, one can specify exactly which directory to use.  This is helpful for automated precommit testing so that [continuous integration systems](../robots) knows where to look to gather up the output.

 For example:

 ```bash
 $ test-patch --plugins=all --patch-dir=${WORKSPACE}/patchdir --basedir=${WORKSPACE}/source ${WORKSPACE}/patchfile
 ```

 ... will trigger `test-patch` to run in fully automated mode, using `${WORKSPACE}/patchdir` as its scratch space, `${WORKSPACE}/source` as the source repository, and `${WORKSPACE}/patchfile` as the name of the patch to test against.  This will always run the unit tests, write answers back to bug systems, remove old, stopped/exited Docker containers after 24 hours and images after 1 week, forcibly use `--resetrepo`, and more.

 **NOTE: Make sure to add the patch directory to `.gitignore` if the directory is inside the source tree to avoid deleting it, as `test-patch` does a `git clean` to remove untracked files from previous runs.**

 ## Build Tool

 Out of the box, `test-patch` will try to figure out which build tool the project uses.  But what if you want to override it?  The `--build-tool` option allows a manual setting:

 ```bash
 $ test-patch --plugins=all --build-tool=ant (other options)
 ```

 will tell `test-patch` to use `ant` instead of maven to drive the project.

 To disable the build tool entirely, use the `nobuild` setting:

 ```bash
 $ test-patch --plugins=all --build-tool=nobuild (other options)
 ```

 ## Providing Patch Files

 NOTE: More in-depth information may be found in the [bugsystems](../bugsystems/) section.

 ## JIRA

 It is a fairly common practice within the Apache community to use Apache's JIRA instance to store potential patches.  As a result, `test-patch` supports providing just a JIRA issue number via the `jira` plug-in.  `test-patch` will find the *last* attachment, download it, then process it.

 **NOTE: `test-patch` expects the patch files to follow a particular naming convention. For complete details
  on the naming convention please refer to [patch-naming-conventions](../patchnames/)**

 For example:

 ```bash
 $ test-patch --plugins=all HADOOP-9905 (other options)
 ```

 ... will process the patch file associated with this JIRA issue.

 If the Apache JIRA system is not in use, then override options may be provided on the command line to point to a different JIRA instance.

 ```bash
 $ test-patch --plugins=all --jira-issue-re='^PROJECT-[0-9]+$' --jira-base-url='https://example.com/jira' PROJECT-90
 ```

 ... will process the patch file attached to PROJECT-90 on the JIRA instance located on the example.com server.

 ## GITHUB

 `test-patch` has built-in support for Github via the `github` plug-in.  `test-patch` supports many forms of providing pull requests to work on:

 ```bash
 $ test-patch --plugins=all --github-repo=apache/pig GH:99
 ```

 or

 ```bash
 $ test-patch --plugins=all https://github.com/apache/pig/pulls/99
 ```

 or

 ```bash
 $ test-patch --plugins=all https://github.com/apache/pig/pulls/99.patch
 ```

 ... will process PR #99 on the apache/pig repo.

 ## GITLAB

 `test-patch` has support for Gitlab via the `gitlab` plug-in.  `test-patch` supports many forms of providing merge requests to work on:

 ```bash
 $ test-patch --plugins=all --gitlab-repo=_a__w_/yetus GL:1
 ```

 or

 ```bash
 $ test-patch --plugins=all https://gitlab.com/_a__w_/yetus/merge_requests/3
 ```

 or

 ```bash
 $ test-patch --plugins=all https://gitlab.com/_a__w_/yetus/merge_requests/3.patch
 ```

 ... will process MR #3 on the \_a\_\_w\_/yetus repo.

 ## Generic URLs

 Luckily, `test-patch` supports ways to provide unified diffs via URLs.

 For example:

 ```bash
 $ test-patch --plugins=all https://example.com/webserver/file.patch
 ```

 process the file.patch from the example.com webserver.

 ## Excluding Files

 Some repositories have content that is either imported from other sources (aka "vendored") or in some
 other way have files that are known to break tests. By default, `.yetus/excludes.txt` will be read for any
 file, directory, or regular expression as the list to remove from test results.  The file to read
 may be overwritten by using the `--excludes` flag:

 ```bash
 $ test-patch --plugins=all --excludes=(filename) (other options)
 ```

     NOTE: Do not confuse file globs for regular expressions.  With regular expressions, `a*` will match `aaaaaaaa`
     but not `ab`.  To match all characters any number of times, you need `.*` as your wildcard expression.

 ## "Warn-only" Test Results

 In some cases, test plug-ins may always generate fail results in ways that cannot be avoided or are so
 monumental to fix that you just want to keep track of the results without ever failing the run.  `test-patch`
 provides the `--tests-filter` option to do just that; print the results but don't fail the job.  For example:

 ```bash
 $ test-patch --plugins=all --tests-filter=checkstyle,javadoc (other options)
 ```

 ... will always force the `checkstyle` and `javadoc` tests to never vote -1.

 ## Project-specific Capabilities

 Due to the extensible nature of the system, `test-patch` allows for projects to define project-specific rules which we call personalities.  (How to build those rules is covered elsewhere.) There are two ways to specify which personality to use:

 ## Direct Method

 ```bash
 $ test-patch --plugins=all --personality=(filename)
 ```

 This tells `test-patch` to use the personality in the given file.

 ## Project Method

 However, `test-patch` can detect if it is a personality that is in its "personality" directory based upon the project name:

 ```bash
 $ test-patch --plugins=all --project=(project)
 ```

 ## Fork Bomb Protection

 By default, `test-patch` will set the user soft limit (`ulimit -Su`) to a relatively low 1,000 processes (and, on some operating systems with some languages such as Java, threads!). This is to prevent errant processes from eating up all system resources.  If this limit is too low, it may be necessary to use the `--proclimit` option.  For example:

 ```bash
 $ test-patch --plugins=all --proclimit=10000
 ```

 ... will set it to be 10,000 processes.

   NOTE: The actual implementation of this feature is dependent upon the version of Bash.  For bash v4 and higher (most operating systems), the fork bomb protection is generally only used for the build and QA tools.  This means Apache Yetus should continue to function. For earlier versions of bash (e.g., OS X), the limit is applied to all of test-patch. If the limit is hit, Apache Yetus will itself likely crash.

 ## MultiJDK

 For many projects, it is useful to test Java code against multiple versions of JDKs at the same time.  In combination with the `java` plug-in, `test-patch` can do this with the `--multijdkdirs` option:

 ```bash
 $ test-patch --plugins=all --multijdkdirs="/j/d/k/1,/j/d/k/2"
 ```

 Not all Java tests support this mode, but those that do will now run their tests with all of the given versions of Java consecutively (e.g., `javac`--the Java compilation test).  Tests that do not support MultiJDK mode (e.g., checkstyle, mvn install) will use JAVA\_HOME.

 NOTE: JAVA\_HOME is always appended to the list of JDKs in MultiJDK mode.  If JAVA\_HOME is in the list, it will be moved to the end.

 ## Docker

 `test-patch` also has a built-in mode (i.e., no plug-in required) to utilize Docker:

 ```diff
 $ test-patch --docker
 ```

 This command will do some preliminary setup and then re-execute itself inside a Docker container.  For more information on how to provide a custom Dockerfile and other Docker-specific features, see the specific [precommit Docker support](../docker) page and the [Apache Yetus Docker Hub Images](../../../../yetus-docker-image) page for more information on the convenience Docker images.

 ## Upgrading

 Currently, Apache Yetus is still undergoing incompatible changes from time to time.  Despite that, in many cases
 the upgrade process for `test-patch` and friends is usually just verifying what flags are being passed. To help out,
 there is an option to `--ignore-unknown-options` so that `test-patch` does not error out if it is given flags it no
 longer understands.  It will print a list of those unknown options in the end report.  In situations where that is
 also undesirable, the `--report-unknown-options` may also be set simultaneously to remove the list from the report.

 ## In Closing

 `test-patch` has many other features and command line options for the basic user.  Many of these are self-explanatory.  To see the list of options, run `test-patch` without any options or with `--help`.
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	# Basic Precommit

	<!-- MarkdownTOC levels="1,2" autolink="true" indent=" " bullets="*" bracket="round" -->

	* [First Steps](#first-steps)
	* [First Steps Output](#first-steps-output)
	* [Resetting the Repository](#resetting-the-repository)
	* [--restrepo Output](#--restrepo-output)
	* [Dirty Workspaces](#dirty-workspaces)
	* [Enabling Features](#enabling-features)
	* [Unit Tests](#unit-tests)
	* [Output Directory](#output-directory)
	* [Build Tool](#build-tool)
	* [Providing Patch Files](#providing-patch-files)
	* [JIRA](#jira)
	* [GITHUB](#github)
	* [GITLAB](#gitlab)
	* [Generic URLs](#generic-urls)
	* [Excluding Files](#excluding-files)
	* ["Warn-only" Test Results](#warn-only-test-results)
	* [Project-specific Capabilities](#project-specific-capabilities)
	* [Direct Method](#direct-method)
	* [Project Method](#project-method)
	* [Fork Bomb Protection](#fork-bomb-protection)
	* [MultiJDK](#multijdk)
	* [Docker](#docker)
	* [Upgrading](#upgrading)
	* [In Closing](#in-closing)

	<!-- /MarkdownTOC -->

	## First Steps

	A typical local configuration is to have two repositories. One with the code you are working on and another, clean repository. The workflow looks similar to the following:

	```bash
	$ cd <workrepo>
	$ git format-patch master > /tmp/patchfile
	$ test-patch --basedir=/some/path/testrepo --build-tool=nobuild /tmp/patchfile
	```

	1. In your work repo, generate a patch.
	2. Run your patch against the test repository.

	`--basedir` sets the location of the repository to use for testing. The `/tmp/patchfile` is the patch file that is generated by `git format-patch` or `git diff` or any number of other types of input.

	## First Steps Output

	When you run it, you should see something similar to this:

	```bash
	$ test-patch --basedir=/tmp/yetus.test --build-tool=nobuild /tmp/patchfile
	/tmp/yetus-14497.22984 has been created
	Modes:
	Processing: /tmp/patchfile
	Patch file /tmp/patchfile copied to /private/tmp/yetus-14497.22984


	============================================================================
	============================================================================
	Confirming git environment
	============================================================================
	============================================================================



	Testing patch on master.


	============================================================================
	============================================================================
	Determining needed tests
	============================================================================
	============================================================================


	(Depending upon input size and number of plug-ins, this may take a while)


	============================================================================
	============================================================================
	Cleaning the source tree
	============================================================================
	============================================================================


	cd /tmp/yetus.test
	true > /private/tmp/yetus-14497.22984/branch-distclean-root.txt 2>&1
	Elapsed: 0m 00s


	============================================================================
	============================================================================
	Applying patch to master
	============================================================================
	============================================================================


	Applying the changes:
	Sun Jun 9 10:17:17 PDT 2019
	cd /tmp/yetus.test
	git apply --binary -v --stat --apply -p1 /private/tmp/yetus-14497.22984/input.patch
	Applied patch README.md cleanly.
	README.md \| 1 +
	1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

	Total Elapsed time: 0m 01s


	+1 overall

	____ _
	/ ___\| _ _ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___\| \|
	\___ \\| \| \| \|/ __/ __/ _ \/ __/ __\| \|
	___) \| \|_\| \| (_\| (_\| __/\__ \__ \_\|
	\|____/ \__,_\|\___\___\___\|\|___/___(_)



	\| Vote \| Subsystem \| Runtime \| Comment
	============================================================================
	\| \| \| \| Prechecks
	\| \| \| \| master Compile Tests
	\| \| \| \| Patch Compile Tests
	\| \| \| \| Other Tests
	\| \| \| 0m 01s \|


	\|\| Subsystem \|\| Report/Notes \|\|
	============================================================================
	\| Optional Tests \| \|
	\| uname \| Darwin hostname 18.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 18.6.0: Thu Apr 25 23:16:27 PDT 2019; root:xnu-4903.261.4~2/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64 \|
	\| Build tool \| nobuild \|
	\| git revision \| master / 6b94d9df \|
	\| modules \| C: . U: . \|
	\| versions \| git=2.21.0 \|
	\| Powered by \| Apache Yetus 0.11.0 https://yetus.apache.org \|


	============================================================================
	============================================================================
	Finished build.
	============================================================================
	============================================================================
	```

	`test-patch` gives extensive information about what it is doing at run time and then provides a report at the end to give a summary about what happened. In this particular case, this output just shows that the patch was applied and that no tests were actually run.

	## Resetting the Repository

	After running that command, the test repository will contain the remnants of the build for later debugging. It is inconvenient to instead use:

	```bash
	$ cd <workrepo>
	$ git format-patch main > /tmp/patchfile
	$ test-patch --basedir=/some/path/testrepo --resetrepo --build-tool=nobuild /tmp/patchfile
	```

	`--resetrepo` tells test patch that it can go into destructive mode. Destructive mode will wipe out any changes made to that repository, so use it with care!

	## --restrepo Output

	In this particular case, the output will look nearly identical expect for one change:

	```bash
	Modes: ResetRepo
	```

	Some features are mostly invisible or auto-detected during runtime. The `Modes` line provides hints about those features.

	## Dirty Workspaces

	An alternative to `--resetrepo` is the `--dirty-workspace` flag. It tells test-patch that the repository is not clean and it is ok to continue. This is especially useful on a repository that is in some way 'live,' such as a repository that is actively being used for development.

	## Enabling Features

	In general, almost all features are enabled via the plug-in framework. To see what has been enabled, use the `--list-plugins` option:

	```bash
	$ test-patch --list-plugins
	```

	You should see output similar to this:

	```text
	BUILDTOOLS:
	nobuild ant autoconf cmake gradle make maven
	TESTTYPES:
	asflicense author blanks buf cc checkmake checkstyle dupname golang golangcilint hadolint javac javadoc jshint markdownlint mvnsite pathlen perlcritic pylint revive rubocop scalac scaladoc shellcheck shelldocs test4tests unitveto xml yamllint
	BUGSYSTEMS:
	briefreport bugzilla github gitlab htmlout jira junit slack
	TESTFORMATS:
	ctest junit tap
	```

	This output shows all of the plug-ins that are available as well as what type of plug-in they are.

	* BUILDTOOLS - These drive the actual compiling of the source tree.
	* TESTTYPES - Various kinds of tests that precommit can apply to the source, patches, and generated output (object files, etc).
	* BUGSYSTEMS - Integration support for input of patches or output of reports.
	* TESTFORMATS - Types of unit test output that precommit reads.

	From this list, the specific plug-ins can be enabled:

	```bash
	$ test-patch --plugins="ant,maven,shellcheck,xml" <other options>
	```

	As a short-cut, every plug-in may be enabled via the special 'all' type:

	```bash
	$ test-patch --plugins="all" <other options>
	```

	`--plugins` also allows some basic "arithmetic":

	```bash
	$ test-patch --plugins="all,-checkstyle,-spotbugs" <other options>
	```

	This will enable all plug-ins for potential usage, except for `checkstyle` and `spotbugs`.

	NOTE: Many examples in this section will use `--plugins=all`. Users should set the `--plugins` option as appropriate.

	This command will execute basic patch testing using every available plug-in against a patch file stored in "filename":

	```bash
	$ cd <your repo>
	$ test-patch --plugins=all <other options> <filename>
	```

	## Unit Tests

	By default, unit tests are not run since they may take a significant amount of time.

	To turn them on, we need to provide the --run-tests option:

	```bash
	$ cd <your repo>
	$ test-patch --plugins=all --dirty-workspace --run-tests <filename>
	```

	This is the same command, but now runs the unit tests.

	## Output Directory

	After the tests have run, there is a directory that contains all of the `test-patch` related artifacts. This is generally referred to as the patch directory. By default, `test-patch` tries to make something off of `/tmp` to contain this content. Using the `--patch-dir` option, one can specify exactly which directory to use. This is helpful for automated precommit testing so that [continuous integration systems](../robots) knows where to look to gather up the output.

	For example:

	```bash
	$ test-patch --plugins=all --patch-dir=${WORKSPACE}/patchdir --basedir=${WORKSPACE}/source ${WORKSPACE}/patchfile
	```

	... will trigger `test-patch` to run in fully automated mode, using `${WORKSPACE}/patchdir` as its scratch space, `${WORKSPACE}/source` as the source repository, and `${WORKSPACE}/patchfile` as the name of the patch to test against. This will always run the unit tests, write answers back to bug systems, remove old, stopped/exited Docker containers after 24 hours and images after 1 week, forcibly use `--resetrepo`, and more.

	NOTE: Make sure to add the patch directory to `.gitignore` if the directory is inside the source tree to avoid deleting it, as `test-patch` does a `git clean` to remove untracked files from previous runs.

	## Build Tool

	Out of the box, `test-patch` will try to figure out which build tool the project uses. But what if you want to override it? The `--build-tool` option allows a manual setting:

	```bash
	$ test-patch --plugins=all --build-tool=ant (other options)
	```

	will tell `test-patch` to use `ant` instead of maven to drive the project.

	To disable the build tool entirely, use the `nobuild` setting:

	```bash
	$ test-patch --plugins=all --build-tool=nobuild (other options)
	```

	## Providing Patch Files

	NOTE: More in-depth information may be found in the [bugsystems](../bugsystems/) section.

	## JIRA

	It is a fairly common practice within the Apache community to use Apache's JIRA instance to store potential patches. As a result, `test-patch` supports providing just a JIRA issue number via the `jira` plug-in. `test-patch` will find the last attachment, download it, then process it.

	**NOTE: `test-patch` expects the patch files to follow a particular naming convention. For complete details
	on the naming convention please refer to [patch-naming-conventions](../patchnames/)**

	For example:

	```bash
	$ test-patch --plugins=all HADOOP-9905 (other options)
	```

	... will process the patch file associated with this JIRA issue.

	If the Apache JIRA system is not in use, then override options may be provided on the command line to point to a different JIRA instance.

	```bash
	$ test-patch --plugins=all --jira-issue-re='^PROJECT-[0-9]+$' --jira-base-url='https://example.com/jira' PROJECT-90
	```

	... will process the patch file attached to PROJECT-90 on the JIRA instance located on the example.com server.

	## GITHUB

	`test-patch` has built-in support for Github via the `github` plug-in. `test-patch` supports many forms of providing pull requests to work on:

	```bash
	$ test-patch --plugins=all --github-repo=apache/pig GH:99
	```

	or

	```bash
	$ test-patch --plugins=all https://github.com/apache/pig/pulls/99
	```

	or

	```bash
	$ test-patch --plugins=all https://github.com/apache/pig/pulls/99.patch
	```

	... will process PR #99 on the apache/pig repo.

	## GITLAB

	`test-patch` has support for Gitlab via the `gitlab` plug-in. `test-patch` supports many forms of providing merge requests to work on:

	```bash
	$ test-patch --plugins=all --gitlab-repo=_a__w_/yetus GL:1
	```

	or

	```bash
	$ test-patch --plugins=all https://gitlab.com/_a__w_/yetus/merge_requests/3
	```

	or

	```bash
	$ test-patch --plugins=all https://gitlab.com/_a__w_/yetus/merge_requests/3.patch
	```

	... will process MR #3 on the \_a\_\_w\_/yetus repo.

	## Generic URLs

	Luckily, `test-patch` supports ways to provide unified diffs via URLs.

	For example:

	```bash
	$ test-patch --plugins=all https://example.com/webserver/file.patch
	```

	process the file.patch from the example.com webserver.

	## Excluding Files

	Some repositories have content that is either imported from other sources (aka "vendored") or in some
	other way have files that are known to break tests. By default, `.yetus/excludes.txt` will be read for any
	file, directory, or regular expression as the list to remove from test results. The file to read
	may be overwritten by using the `--excludes` flag:

	```bash
	$ test-patch --plugins=all --excludes=(filename) (other options)
	```

	NOTE: Do not confuse file globs for regular expressions. With regular expressions, `a*` will match `aaaaaaaa`
	but not `ab`. To match all characters any number of times, you need `.*` as your wildcard expression.

	## "Warn-only" Test Results

	In some cases, test plug-ins may always generate fail results in ways that cannot be avoided or are so
	monumental to fix that you just want to keep track of the results without ever failing the run. `test-patch`
	provides the `--tests-filter` option to do just that; print the results but don't fail the job. For example:

	```bash
	$ test-patch --plugins=all --tests-filter=checkstyle,javadoc (other options)
	```

	... will always force the `checkstyle` and `javadoc` tests to never vote -1.

	## Project-specific Capabilities

	Due to the extensible nature of the system, `test-patch` allows for projects to define project-specific rules which we call personalities. (How to build those rules is covered elsewhere.) There are two ways to specify which personality to use:

	## Direct Method

	```bash
	$ test-patch --plugins=all --personality=(filename)
	```

	This tells `test-patch` to use the personality in the given file.

	## Project Method

	However, `test-patch` can detect if it is a personality that is in its "personality" directory based upon the project name:

	```bash
	$ test-patch --plugins=all --project=(project)
	```

	## Fork Bomb Protection

	By default, `test-patch` will set the user soft limit (`ulimit -Su`) to a relatively low 1,000 processes (and, on some operating systems with some languages such as Java, threads!). This is to prevent errant processes from eating up all system resources. If this limit is too low, it may be necessary to use the `--proclimit` option. For example:

	```bash
	$ test-patch --plugins=all --proclimit=10000
	```

	... will set it to be 10,000 processes.

	NOTE: The actual implementation of this feature is dependent upon the version of Bash. For bash v4 and higher (most operating systems), the fork bomb protection is generally only used for the build and QA tools. This means Apache Yetus should continue to function. For earlier versions of bash (e.g., OS X), the limit is applied to all of test-patch. If the limit is hit, Apache Yetus will itself likely crash.

	## MultiJDK

	For many projects, it is useful to test Java code against multiple versions of JDKs at the same time. In combination with the `java` plug-in, `test-patch` can do this with the `--multijdkdirs` option:

	```bash
	$ test-patch --plugins=all --multijdkdirs="/j/d/k/1,/j/d/k/2"
	```

	Not all Java tests support this mode, but those that do will now run their tests with all of the given versions of Java consecutively (e.g., `javac`--the Java compilation test). Tests that do not support MultiJDK mode (e.g., checkstyle, mvn install) will use JAVA\_HOME.

	NOTE: JAVA\_HOME is always appended to the list of JDKs in MultiJDK mode. If JAVA\_HOME is in the list, it will be moved to the end.

	## Docker

	`test-patch` also has a built-in mode (i.e., no plug-in required) to utilize Docker:

	```diff
	$ test-patch --docker
	```

	This command will do some preliminary setup and then re-execute itself inside a Docker container. For more information on how to provide a custom Dockerfile and other Docker-specific features, see the specific [precommit Docker support](../docker) page and the [Apache Yetus Docker Hub Images](../../../../yetus-docker-image) page for more information on the convenience Docker images.

	## Upgrading

	Currently, Apache Yetus is still undergoing incompatible changes from time to time. Despite that, in many cases
	the upgrade process for `test-patch` and friends is usually just verifying what flags are being passed. To help out,
	there is an option to `--ignore-unknown-options` so that `test-patch` does not error out if it is given flags it no
	longer understands. It will print a list of those unknown options in the end report. In situations where that is
	also undesirable, the `--report-unknown-options` may also be set simultaneously to remove the list from the report.

	## In Closing

	`test-patch` has many other features and command line options for the basic user. Many of these are self-explanatory. To see the list of options, run `test-patch` without any options or with `--help`.