4.7.6 BonsaiPoller

The BonsaiPoller periodically polls a Bonsai server. This is a CGI script accessed through a web server that provides information about a CVS tree, for example the Mozilla bonsai server at http://bonsai.mozilla.org. Bonsai servers are usable by both humans and machines. In this case, the buildbot's change source forms a query which asks about any files in the specified branch which have changed since the last query.

BonsaiPoller accepts the following arguments:

bonsaiURL

The base URL of the Bonsai server, e.g., http://bonsai.mozilla.org

module

The module to look for changes in. Commonly this is all.

branch

The branch to look for changes in. This will appear in the branch field of the resulting change objects.

tree

The tree to look for changes in. Commonly this is all.

cvsroot

The CVS root of the repository. Usually this is /cvsroot.

pollInterval

The time (in seconds) between queries for changes.

project

The project name to attach to all change objects produced by this change source.