[Bioc-devel] Automate package check workflow + Dockers for devel-vs-release

[Shraddha Pai]

Hi everyone,

Answering my own question in case it's useful for anyone else (and someone
please correct if any errors here).

Looks like the current best practice is to use Github Actions for
automating package test with every git push.
I came across Leonardo Collado-Torres' helpful package "biocthis" which
sets up the basic BioC workflow in one command, along with a link to Jim
Hester's talk on Github Actions at Rstudio Conf 2020.
https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/biocthis.html
https://www.jimhester.com/talk/2020-rsc-github-actions/

I'm now setting up my package so that a github push triggers a Github
Action to build and test the package on bioc-devel, followed by
building and pushing a Docker image with the package installed.

SO looking forward to not having to do this manually anymore!

Best,Shraddha

On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 12:17 PM Shraddha Pai <shraddha.pai using utoronto.ca>
wrote:

> Hello BioC community,
>
> Is there a recommended set of tools / workflow for automating build and
> check of a package update? I'm currently manually doing this. I've seen
> some discussion from 2015 around Travis CI (which I've yet to use) but not
> sure if that's current.
>
> If there's a workshop that covers this or notes from one, would
> appreciate knowing.
>
> Separately, I use two Docker builds - one release, one devel version of
> BioC - and manually launch each to run my tests. Is there an easier
> workflow for checking the package in both release and devel branches or
> setting up triggers for each?
>
> Thanks very much,
> Shraddha
>
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