How to install delete-project plugin in gerrit?

Question

I want to install delete-project plugin to my gerrit server. As per the latest version, I should clone it from google source and use buck build.

I cloned it and my buck is also ready.

What are the steps to be followed to build the delete project plugin and add it to my gerrit server.

I tried

buck build .

in the cloned source of delete-project. But, I am getting the following error

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/gerrit/buck/src/com/facebook/buck/parser/buck.py", line 872, in <module>
    main()
  File "/home/gerrit/buck/src/com/facebook/buck/parser/buck.py", line 867, in main
    buildFileProcessor.process(build_file.rstrip())
  File "/home/gerrit/buck/src/com/facebook/buck/parser/buck.py", line 800, in process
    build_env['BUILD_FILE_SYMBOL_TABLE'])
  File "/home/gerrit/delete-project/././BUCK", line 1, in <module>
    gerrit_plugin(
NameError: name 'gerrit_plugin' is not defined
BUILD FAILED: Parse error for BUCK file ././BUCK: End of input at line 1 column 1

Please help

Answer 1

I managed to install delete-project plugin after following this thread:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/repo-discuss/hbBc2TUhl7s

and then install according to:

https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/Documentation/cmd-plugin-install.html

P.S. I build the jar following the below steps:

1. git clone --recursive https://gerrit.googlesource.com/gerrit
2. cd gerrit
3. git clone --recursive https://gerrit.googlesource.com/plugins/delete-project
4. buck build delete-project:delete-project

You should then find the delete-project.jar in buck-out/gen/delete-project/delete-project.jar

Answer 2

1. Download the delete-project.jar from the build that matches your Gerrit version on https://gerrit-ci.gerritforge.com
2. Copy it to gerrit/plugins directory.
3. Restart Gerrit.

Answer 3

I managed to successfully build delete-project plugin with a slight modification on @DavidCheung answer:

1. git clone https://gerrit.googlesource.com/gerrit
2. cd gerrit/plugins
3. git clone https://gerrit.googlesource.com/plugins/delete-project
4. buck build delete-project:delete-project

You should then find the delete-project.jar in ../buck-out/gen/delete-project/delete-project.jar

Answer 4

I struggled with the answers above, maybe due to having a new version of Gerrit (2.11.2). The steps in this document all worked for me, with one addition - you need to add the --recursive flag when you clone the Gerrit source code so that it includes the source for the standard plugins:

git clone --recursive https://gerrit.googlesource.com/gerrit

Also, make sure to check out the correct Git branch for your Gerrit version,e.g.

git fetch origin stable-2.11:stable-2.11
git checkout stable-2.11

Answer 5

This is how to build a delete-project.jar for gerrit 3.x.

1. Install bazel.
2. Download gerrit source code with git clone --recursive https://gerrit.googlesource.com/gerrit
3. cd gerrit
4. bazel build plugins/delete-project:delete-project

The last step will generate bazel-bin/plugins/delete-project/delete-project.jar which then can be installed as described in the official documentation.