Generate common files accross Taipy repositories

[FabienLelaquais]

What would that feature address

A few files are identical across public repositories have to be duplicated, and maintained which is quite a burden. We're looking for a way to generate these files so a single source location could propagate changes at least semi-automatically.

The list of common files candidate for this propagation is:

• .flake8
• .gitattributes
• .isort.cfg
• .license-header
• CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
• CONTRIBUTING.md
• LICENSE
• mypy.ini
• pyproject.toml
• src/__init__.py
• src/taipy/__init__.py

Description of the ideal solution

Any push or any change in any of these files would automatically be pushed across the relevant repositories (namely taipy-config, taipy-core, taipy-gui).

Acceptance Criteria

• Common files are the same in all relevant repositories after any push in taipy.

[jrobinAV]

Don't forget taipy-rest. Plus some of the files are common in all repositories, including the many demo repos...

[jrobinAV]

Here is a script to manually push a file $source_file from a repo $source_repo to all repositories in $taipy_community_repos

#!/bin/bash
ticket_number="core496"
source_repo="taipy-core"
source_file=$source_repo"/src/taipy/__init__.py"
taipy_community_repos=("taipy-config" "taipy-core" "taipy-rest" "taipy-gui" "taipy")
taipy_enterprise_repos=("taipy-auth" "taipy-enterprise")

if [[ ! -f $source_file ]]
then
    echo $source_file " does not exists on your filesystem."
    exit 1
fi

for repo in ${taipy_community_repos[@]};
do
  echo ""
  echo "----->  processing repository: $repo"
  if [[ ! -d $repo ]]
  then
    echo $repo " does not exists on your filesystem."
    exit 1
  fi
  if [[ $source_repo == $repo ]]
  then
    echo "Skipping source repository: " $repo
    continue
  fi

  echo "Moving to " $repo
  cd $repo || exit 1
  git checkout develop
  git pull

  dest_file="src/taipy/__init__.py"
  echo "Copying " $source_file " to " $dest_file
  cp -f ../$source_file $dest_file || { echo "cannot copy file"; cd ..; continue; };

  echo "Committing file"
  git add .
  git commit -m"propagate changes on shared file."

  echo "Pushing commits"
  git push
  cd ..
done

[AaryaZ]

@FabienLelaquais @jrobinAV Hello i am working on this issue. Basically i am creating a github workflow file that copies all the common files. For the same purpose i need to provide the path to given common files. However i couldn't find .isort.cfg file. Please provide its path. Also can you assign me this issue.

[AaryaZ]

The PR needs few changes for the tests to be carried out. The only purpose of raising the PR was to convey my approach. Also I request the issue be assigned to me.

[AaryaZ]

@FabienLelaquais @jrobinAV please review the updated PR #358 . The created yaml file successfully handles the task of semi-automizing copying of common files. For a new repo, this yaml file needs to be added in the github workflow and it will automatically copy all the common files in it. PS: (Jobs to be done from your end) Need to add github token as a secret for the yml file.

Also I request you to merge the PR with "hacktoberfest-accepted" label.