Synchronizing source code objects and software development workflow objects

• US 9,448,791 B1
• Filed: 11/06/2013
• Issued: 09/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: McFarlane, Joshua William, Noble, Matthew Roy, Allen, Nicholas Alexander, Troutman, Andrew Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Aponte, Francisco
• Application Number:
  US14/073,342
• Time in Patent Office: 1,049 Days
• Field of Search: 717101-178
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management

Abstract

Technologies are described herein for synchronization of source code objects and software development workflow objects. Software development workflow objects are identified that are related to source code objects to be synchronized to a development device. The identified software development workflow objects are then stored in a copy of a source control object store that also includes the source code objects to be synchronized. The copy of the source control object store may then be transmitted to the development device for offline use. Tools might also be provided on the development device for utilizing the software development workflow objects stored in the copy of the source control object store maintained by the development device. The copy of a source control object store containing modified source code objects and modified software development workflow objects might also be utilized to synchronize the changes to the objects to an appropriate object store.

Claims

1. A system for synchronizing source code objects and software development workflow objects between a first computing device and a second computing device, the system comprising:

a first computing device configured to;

maintain at least one store for storing a plurality of source code objects and a plurality of software development workflow objects, wherein the plurality of software development workflow objects are associated with one or more software development workflow systems,

in response to receiving a request from the second computing device;

obtain one or more source code objects of the plurality of source code objects from the at least one store,

identify, among one or more software development workflow objects in the at least one store that are related to the one or more source code objects, a subset of the one or more software development workflow objects, wherein the subset comprises one or more software development workflow objects that have changed following a previous request for the one or more source code objects,

obtain the subset of the one or more software development workflow objects from the at least one store,

store the one or more source code objects and the subset of the one or more software development workflow objects in a copy of the at least one store, and

provide the copy of the at least one store to the second computing device,

receive a modified copy of the at least one store containing modified one or more source code objects and modified one or more software development workflow objects from the second computing device,

merge the modified one or more source code objects into the at least one store, and

provide the modified one or more software development workflow objects to the one or more software development workflow systems.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the second computing device is configured to:

receive the copy of the at least one store containing the one or more source code objects and the subset of the one or more software development workflow objects from the first computing device;

execute one or more software tools for modifying the one or more source code objects and the subset of the one or more software development workflow objects contained in the copy of the at least one store to create a modified copy of the at least one store; and

provide the modified copy of the at least one store containing modified source code objects and modified software development workflow objects to the first computing device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein store the subset of the one or more software development workflow objects in the copy of the at least one store comprises encoding the subset of the one or more software development workflow objects as source code objects and storing the encoded software development workflow objects in the copy of the at least one store.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first computing device is further configured to assign a namespace to the subset of the one or more software development workflow objects in the copy of the at least one store to distinguish the subset of the one or more software development workflow objects from the one or more source code objects.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the one or more software tools executed by the second computing device for modifying the one or more source code objects and the subset of the one or more software development workflow objects contained in the copy of the at least one store comprise one or more of an issue tracking system client tool and a software project management system client tool.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein at least one of the one or more software tools executed by the second computing device for modifying the one or more source code objects and the subset of the one or more software development workflow objects contained in the copy of the at least one store comprises a version control system client tool configured for modifying the subset of the one or more software development workflow objects.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the subset of the one or more software development workflow objects comprises at least one issue tracking object and at least one project management object.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

send, to a device, in response to receiving a request from the device, a copy of a source control object store containing one or more source code objects and a subset of one or more software development workflow objects, wherein the subset is identified among a plurality of software development workflow objects that are related to the one or more source code objects, the subset comprising one or more software development workflow objects that have changed following a previous request for the one or more source code objects;

receive, from the device, a modified copy of the source control object store containing modifications to the one or more source code objects and modifications to the one or more software development workflow objects of the subset;

cause the modifications to the one or more source code objects to be merged into the source control object store; and

cause the modifications to the one or more software development workflow objects of the subset to be merged into one or more software development system object data stores maintained by one or more software development workflow systems.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, having further computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to:

in response to the request,

identify, among the plurality of software development workflow objects that are related to the one or more source code objects, the subset of the one or more software development workflow objects,

obtain the subset of the one or more software development workflow objects, and

store one or more source code objects identified in the request and the subset of the one or more software development workflow objects in the copy of the source control object store.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the identify the subset comprises identify one or more software development workflow objects that have been created or modified within a threshold period of time prior to receiving the request.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the identify the subset comprises identify one or more software development workflow objects that have not been previously provided to a development device submitting the request.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein store the requested one or more source code objects and the subset of the one or more software development workflow objects in the copy of the source control object store comprises encoding the subset of the one or more software development workflow objects as source code objects and storing the encoded subset of the one or more software development workflow objects in the copy of the source control object store.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein store the requested one or more source code objects and the subset of the one or more software development workflow objects in the copy of the source control object store further comprises assigning a namespace to the encoded subset of the one or more software development workflow objects in the copy of the source control object store to distinguish the one or more software development workflow objects from the one or more source code objects.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the subset of the one or more software development workflow objects comprises one or more of:

software deployment objects created by a software deployment system, project management objects created by a software project management system, and issue tracking objects created by an issue tracking system.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein obtain the subset of the one or more software development workflow objects comprises selecting software development workflow objects that specify software development activities that may be performed on at least a portion of the requested one or more source code objects from the one or more software development workflow systems.

16. A computer-implemented method for synchronizing source code objects and software development workflow objects, comprising:

receiving, from a device, in response to sending a request to the device, a source control object store containing one or more source code objects and a subset of one or more software development workflow objects among a plurality of software development workflow objects that are related to the one or more source code objects, the subset comprising one or more software development workflow objects that have changed following a previous request for the one or more source code objects;

modifying the one or more source code objects and the one or more software development workflow objects of the subset contained in the source control object store using one or more software tools to create a modified source control object store; and

sending, to the device, the modified source control object store to cause the modified one or more software development workflow objects of the subset contained in the modified source control object store to be synchronized to one or more software development workflow systems.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 16, wherein at least one of the one or more software development workflow systems comprises an issue tracking system, wherein at least one of the software development workflow objects of the subset comprises an issue tracking object created by the issue tracking system, and wherein at least one of the one or more software tools is configured for modifying issue tracking objects created by the issue tracking system.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 16, wherein at least one of the one or more software tools comprises a version control system client tool configured for modifying the source code objects and the software development workflow objects.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 16, wherein at least one of the one or more software development workflow systems comprises a project management system, and wherein at least one of the software development workflow objects of the subset comprises a project management object created by the project management system.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 19, wherein at least one of the one or more software tools is configured for modifying project management objects created by the project management system.

21. The computer-implemented method of claim 16, wherein at least one of the one or more software development workflow systems comprises a software deployment system, wherein at least one of the software development workflow objects of the subset comprises a software deployment object created by the software deployment system, and wherein at least one of the one or more software tools is configured for modifying software deployment objects created by the software deployment system.