This represents the location from which modules can be obtained.
Attribute
Description
Required?
name
Name by which this repository will be referenced by module
definitions.
Yes
type
Type of repository.
cvs, svn, jars,
p4, git, darcs,
bzr, hg currently
supported.
compress
Set the compression level. Some CVS client/server combinations
will not work with compression.
No, defaults to -z3.
Entity
Description
Required?
title
Descriptive name for the repository
No
home-page
Where to find out more information about the repository
No
cvsweb
Web interface to the repository. To be deprecated, see <web.
No
web
Web interface to the repository. (More appropriate for multiple types).
No
redistributable
Are the outputs of this build redistributable?
No
CVS UsagerootThis is for type='cvs' only.
This specifies all of the elements which are combined to form
a CVSROOT. They are split out into separate entities so that each
can be individually overridden in a workspace definition. When an
entity is listed as required below, it means that when all of the
definitions are combined the entity must have a value - a workspace
or profile, for example, only needs to contain the values which it
overrides.
Entity
Description
Required?
method
Yes
user
No
password
No
hostname
No
path
Yes
SVN UsageThis is for type='svn' only.
This specifies all of the elements which are combined to form
an SVN command line They are split out into separate entities so that each
can be individually overridden in a workspace definition. When an
entity is listed as required below, it means that when all of the
definitions are combined the entity must have a value - a workspace
or profile, for example, only needs to contain the values which it
overrides.
Entity
Description
Required?
url
This is the base URL for all modules that reside within this repository.
The module's <svn dir attribute
if appended to this base url.
Yes
user
The username for this SVN repository. If blank, defaults to 'anonymous' access.
No
password
The password (in plain text, use cautiously!). If blank, defaults to 'anonymous' access.
No
Perforce UsagerootThis is for type='p4' only.
This specifies all of the elements which are combined to communicate
with a Perforce server. They are split out into separate entities
so that each can be individually overridden in a workspace definition.
When an entity is listed as required below, it means that when all of
the definitions are combined the entity must have a value - a workspace
or profile, for example, only needs to contain the values which it
overrides.
Entity
Description
Required?
clientspec
A Perforce clientspec is a set of mappings from server paths to local paths. The Perforce server keeps track of what files are "current" in a particular clientspec; as a result, a clientspec cannot be shared across Apache Gump instances. It is recommended to set the <samp>allwrite</samp> option in the clientspec.
Yes
user
Defaults to user running Gump
No
password
No
hostname
Defaults to perforce:1666
No
GIT/darcs/Bazaar/Mercurial UsageThis is for type='git', type='darcs', type='bzr' and
type='hg'.
This specifies all of the elements which are combined to
form a command line. They are split out into separate
entities so that each can be individually overridden in a
workspace definition. When an entity is listed as required
below, it means that when all of the definitions are combined
the entity must have a value - a workspace or profile, for
example, only needs to contain the values which it
overrides.
Entity
Description
Required?
url
This is the base URL for all modules that reside
within this repository.
The module's
<git|darcs|bzr|hg dir attribute is
appended to this base url if present.