X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/etc/vim.git/blobdiff_plain/a57ab326b20b720518ab6f513bd0f8ba357d8d86..213cb655188fd56c548be3f0d9191c30595407ca:/docs/contributing/gauging_changes.md?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/docs/contributing/gauging_changes.md b/docs/contributing/gauging_changes.md index f28e811..8562a83 100644 --- a/docs/contributing/gauging_changes.md +++ b/docs/contributing/gauging_changes.md @@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ enough to cause frustration to projects that are already "black formatted". ## diff-shades -diff-shades is a tool that runs _Black_ across a list of Git cloneable OSS projects -recording the results. The main highlight feature of diff-shades is being able to -compare two revisions of _Black_. This is incredibly useful as it allows us to see what -exact changes will occur, say merging a certain PR. +diff-shades is a tool that runs _Black_ across a list of open-source projects recording +the results. The main highlight feature of diff-shades is being able to compare two +revisions of _Black_. This is incredibly useful as it allows us to see what exact +changes will occur, say merging a certain PR. For more information, please see the [diff-shades documentation][diff-shades]. @@ -20,35 +20,39 @@ For more information, please see the [diff-shades documentation][diff-shades]. diff-shades is also the tool behind the "diff-shades results comparing ..." / "diff-shades reports zero changes ..." comments on PRs. The project has a GitHub Actions -workflow which runs diff-shades twice against two revisions of _Black_ according to -these rules: +workflow that analyzes and compares two revisions of _Black_ according to these rules: | | Baseline revision | Target revision | | --------------------- | ----------------------- | ---------------------------- | | On PRs | latest commit on `main` | PR commit with `main` merged | | On pushes (main only) | latest PyPI version | the pushed commit | -Once finished, a PR comment will be posted embedding a summary of the changes and links -to further information. If there's a pre-existing diff-shades comment, it'll be updated -instead the next time the workflow is triggered on the same PR. +For pushes to main, there's only one analysis job named `preview-changes` where the +preview style is used for all projects. -The workflow uploads 3-4 artifacts upon completion: the two generated analyses (they -have the .json file extension), `diff.html`, and `.pr-comment.json` if triggered by a -PR. The last one is downloaded by the `diff-shades-comment` workflow and shouldn't be -downloaded locally. `diff.html` comes in handy for push-based or manually triggered -runs. And the analyses exist just in case you want to do further analysis using the -collected data locally. +For PRs they get one more analysis job: `assert-no-changes`. It's similar to +`preview-changes` but runs with the stable code style. It will fail if changes were +made. This makes sure code won't be reformatted again and again within the same year in +accordance to Black's stability policy. -Note that the workflow will only fail intentionally if while analyzing a file failed to +Additionally for PRs, a PR comment will be posted embedding a summary of the preview +changes and links to further information. If there's a pre-existing diff-shades comment, +it'll be updated instead the next time the workflow is triggered on the same PR. + +```{note} +The `preview-changes` job will only fail intentionally if while analyzing a file failed to format. Otherwise a failure indicates a bug in the workflow. +``` -```{tip} -Maintainers with write access or higher can trigger the workflow manually from the -Actions tab using the `workflow_dispatch` event. Simply select "diff-shades" -from the workflows list on the left, press "Run workflow", and fill in which revisions -and command line arguments to use. +The workflow uploads several artifacts upon completion: -Once finished, check the logs or download the artifacts for local use. -``` +- The raw analyses (.json) +- HTML diffs (.html) +- `.pr-comment.json` (if triggered by a PR) + +The last one is downloaded by the `diff-shades-comment` workflow and shouldn't be +downloaded locally. The HTML diffs come in handy for push-based where there's no PR to +post a comment. And the analyses exist just in case you want to do further analysis +using the collected data locally. [diff-shades]: https://github.com/ichard26/diff-shades#readme