#thoughtworks go

Why Would You Have a Go.cd Pipeline with No Materials?

So, I need to run a Go pipeline that isn’t dependent on a material, meaning Go’s out the box implementation of a material. What I’m talking about is a dumb hack to get a production deployment working in an environment with stringent security policies. We have two Go servers. One orchestrates pipelines in our pre-production environments. Because of the security concerns we have a second Go server…

GoCD: Integrating Bug Tracking

Go.cd allows you to integrate with your tracking tools. You can define how to handle ticket numbers in your source control commit messages. Go.cd parses the message looking for a specific pattern and transforms matches into links to your tracking tool.

We use AxSoft OnTime and integration wasn’t as straight forward as I envisioned. OnTime uses two query strings to identify the ticket number and…

I am currently getting a Go Continuous Delivery Server stood up and I am reusing scripts from our CCNET Continuous Integration server to save time getting the new server up. In doing this, I am also reviewing the scripts for improvements.When defining builds for my shinny new Go server I noticed that I have duplicate properties across tasks when calling Nant targets.

I have a property that…

ThoughtWorks Go Continuous Delivery, Now In Open Source Flavor

If you haven’t heard the ThoughtWorks Go Continuous Delivery server is now open source. The source code is located on GitHub, https://github.com/gocd/gocd. I decided to give it a test drive and I was pleased. Since I am primarily a Windows developer my point of reference is CCNET (which is based on ThoughtWorks Cruise Control Continuous Build server), TFS Team Build and TeamCity. I don’t have a…