Master comment non existing branches

[gfcapalbo]

depends on #41 , removes dead merges and puts them in a comment at the end of the yaml.
Could not do comment in place because of PyYaml limitations.
would have to do indepth mod of the DUmper, and may not even be possible.

rualmel seems to make it possible if this solution is not okay
https://copyprogramming.com/howto/how-to-insert-a-comment-line-to-yaml-in-python-using-ruamel-yaml

currently given input:

odoo:                                                                                   
  defaults:                                                                             
    depth: ${WAFT_DEPTH_DEFAULT}                                                        
  remotes:                                                                              
    - origin: https://github.com/odoo/odoo.git  
    - origin: felafel
                                               
  target: origin ${ODOO_VERSION}                                                        
  merges:                                                                               
    - origin ${ODOO_VERSION}                                                            
                                                                                        
OCA/product-attribute:                                                                  
  defaults:                                                                             
    depth: ${WAFT_DEPTH_DEFAULT}                                                        
  remotes:                                                                              
    origin: https://github.com/OCA/product-attribute.git                                
  target: origin ${ODOO_VERSION}                                                        
  merges:                                                                               
    - origin ${ODOO_VERSION}                                                            
                                 

Where "origin felafel" is a branch that does not exist:

odoo:                                                                                   
  defaults:                                                                             
    depth: ${WAFT_DEPTH_DEFAULT}                                                        
  remotes:                                                                              
    origin: https://github.com/odoo/odoo.git                                            
  target: origin ${ODOO_VERSION}                                                        
  merges:                                                                               
    - origin ${ODOO_VERSION}                                                            
                                                                                        
OCA/product-attribute:                                                                  
  defaults:                                                                             
    depth: ${WAFT_DEPTH_DEFAULT}                                                        
  remotes:                                                                              
    origin: https://github.com/OCA/product-attribute.git                                
  target: origin ${ODOO_VERSION}                                                        
  merges:                                                                               
    - origin ${ODOO_VERSION}      

# dumped in comment section non-existing merge:  - origin felafel    from repo  odoo , remote: origin:https://github.com/odoo/odoo.git   

      

Don't know if this addition is useful , but i had an issue so i did it.

Possible problems:

•          Resiliance: Not set up to consider connection problems. may remove branches if connection check fails
  

•          Wrong  Remote:  in case of mispelled or non-existing remote name, it has not been tested.
  

•          Duplicates:   HAs been tested for duplicate merges (works) , but not for duplicate remotes.
  

[gfcapalbo]

@thomaspaulb @Hussam-Suleiman let me know if :

1. this function is a worthwhile one, if i should spend another hour or two hardening the three problem points i found in description.
2. if i should spend another hour implementing in-place comments instead of "end-of-file dump" by re-implementing with ruamel and dropping YAML
3. If i should extend this by not only identifying branches that do not exist. But also by identifying branches that have no extra commits if compared to target.
4. if i should rename script from update_depths to a more generic name, now that it does multiple things.

[Hussam-Suleiman]

In my opinion, if this script can't support all Odoo installation versions we can freeze it until the next waft version.

[gfcapalbo]

In my opinion, if this script can't support all Odoo installation versions we can freeze it until the next waft version.

this message refers to #41 ? this is just an addition to that.
I respond in that MR.

[thomaspaulb]

I think:

• This functionality is very nice to have
• The functionality in Master depth calculation #41 is also very nice to have
• So, by all means, let's keep pursuing this
• But, let's make it part of Waft 2.0, which Hussam has been working on for a while now
• @ddejong-therp Could you make a priority out of reviewing @Hussam-Suleiman 's work in Waft 2.0?

[thomaspaulb]

Meanwhile, @gfcapalbo I would let this rest, and #41 as well, until we make a decision on Waft 2.0

[thomaspaulb]

PS. Also, Waft 2.0 has a separate Python3 for tools, so there, we can also use it for Odoo <=10.0

[ddejong-therp]

Sure, last week ended up being quite filled nevertheless though.

[gfcapalbo]

@thomaspaulb Added a connection check before looking to remove non-existing branches.
if the repo cannot be reached, nothing will be done to change the yaml.