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# Willow
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[![Go report card status][goreportcard-badge]][goreportcard]
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[![REUSE status][reuse-shield]][reuse]
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[![Donate with fosspay][fosspay-shield]][fosspay]
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_Forge-agnostic software release tracker_
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_This UI is Amolith's attempt at something simple and functional, yet still
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friendly and pleasant. Amolith is not a UX professional and would **very** much
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welcome input from one!_
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## What is it?
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_If you'd rather watch a short video, Amolith gave a 5-minute [lightning talk on
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Willow] at the 2023 Ubuntu Summit._
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[lightning talk on Willow]: https://youtu.be/XIGxKyekvBQ?t=29900
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Willow helps developers, sysadmins, and homelabbers keep up with software
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releases across arbitrary forge platforms, including full-featured forges like
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GitHub, GitLab, or [Forgejo] as well as more minimal options like cgit or
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[stagit].
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[Forgejo]: https://forgejo.org/
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[cgit]: https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/
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[stagit]: https://codemadness.org/stagit.html
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It exists because decentralisation, as wonderful as it is, does have some pain
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points. One piece of software is on GitHub, another piece is on GitLab, one on
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Bitbucket, a fourth on [SourceHut], a fifth on the developer's self-hosted
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Forgejo instance. The capabilities of each platform can differ as well, making
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the problem even more difficult to solve. Forgejo and GitHub have RSS feeds that
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notify you of releases as well as APIs. SourceHut has both an API and firehose
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RSS feeds that notify you of _all_ activity in the repo. GitLab only has an API.
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Some release announcements might be on the developer's personal blog. Sometimes
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there's a CVE announcement prior to a release and those get published on a
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different platform entirely. It's a mess to keep up with.
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[SourceHut]: https://sourcehut.org/
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Willow brings some order to that mess by supporting both RSS and one of the
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_very_ few things all the forges have in common: their **V**ersion **C**ontrol
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**S**ystem. At the moment, [Git] is the _only_ supported VCS, but we're
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definitely interested in adding support for [Pijul], [Fossil], [Mercurial], and
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potentially others.
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[Git]: https://git-scm.com/
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[Pijul]: https://pijul.org/
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[Fossil]: https://www.fossil-scm.org/
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[Mercurial]: https://www.mercurial-scm.org/
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Amolith has recorded some of his other ideas, thoughts, and plans in [his wiki].
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[his wiki]: https://wiki.secluded.site/hypha/willow
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## Installation and use
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_**Note:** prebuilt binaries will be available after we release [v0.0.1]_
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[v0.0.1]: https://todo.sr.ht/~amolith/willow?search=status%3Aopen%20label%3A%22v0.0.1%22
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* Clone the repo
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* Build the binary with `CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -ldflags="-s -w" -o willow ./cmd`
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* Upload it to a remote server
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* Execute the binary
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* Edit the `config.toml`
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* Create a user with `./willow -a <username>`
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* Execute the binary again
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* Reverse proxy `http://localhost:1313`
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* Open the web UI
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* Click `Track new project`
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* Fill out the form
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* Indicate which version you're currently on
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* That's it!
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Note that we still consider the project to be in _alpha_ state. There _will_ be
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bugs; please help fix them!
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## Contributing
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Contributions are very much welcome! Please take a look at the [ticket
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tracker][todo] and see if there's anything you're interested in working on. If
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there's specific functionality you'd like to see implemented and it's not
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mentioned in the ticket tracker, please send a description to the [mailing
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list][email] so we can discuss its inclusion. If we don't feel like it fits with
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Willow's goals, you're encouraged to fork the project and make whatever changes
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you like!
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Questions, comments, and patches can always go to the [mailing list][email], but
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there's also an [IRC channel][irc] and an [XMPP MUC][xmpp] for real-time
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interactions.
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- Email: [~amolith/willow@lists.sr.ht][email]
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- IRC: [irc.libera.chat/#willow][irc]
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- XMPP: [willow@muc.secluded.site][xmpp]
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[email]: mailto:~amolith/willow@lists.sr.ht
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[irc]: ircs://irc.libera.chat/#willow
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[xmpp]: xmpp:willow@muc.secluded.site?join
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[todo]: https://todo.sr.ht/~amolith/willow
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_If you haven't used mailing lists before, please take a look at [SourceHut's
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documentation](https://man.sr.ht/lists.sr.ht/), especially the etiquette
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section._
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### Configuring git...
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…for <code>git send-email</code>
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``` shell
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git config sendemail.to "~amolith/willow@lists.sr.ht"
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git config format.subjectPrefix "PATCH willow"
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git send-email [HASH]
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```
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…for signing the [DCO]
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``` shell
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git config format.signOff yes
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```
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[DCO]: https://developercertificate.org/
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### Required tools
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- [Go](https://go.dev/)
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- [gofumpt](https://github.com/mvdan/gofumpt)
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- Stricter formatting rules than the default `go fmt`
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- [golangci-lint](https://golangci-lint.run/)
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- Aggregates various preinstalled Go linters, runs them in parallel, and makes
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heavy use of the Go build cache
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- [Staticcheck](https://staticcheck.dev/)
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- Uses static analysis to find bugs and performance issues, offer
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simplifications, and enforce style rules
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### Suggested tools
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- [just](https://github.com/casey/just)
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- Command runner to simplify use of the required tools
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- [air](https://github.com/cosmtrek/air)
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- Watches source files and rebuilds/executes the project when sources change
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[goreportcard-badge]: https://goreportcard.com/badge/git.sr.ht/~amolith/willow
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[goreportcard]: https://goreportcard.com/report/git.sr.ht/~amolith/willow
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[reuse]: https://api.reuse.software/info/git.sr.ht/~amolith/willow
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[reuse-shield]: https://shields.io/reuse/compliance/git.sr.ht/~amolith/willow
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[fosspay]: https://secluded.site/donate/
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[fosspay-shield]: https://shields.io/badge/donate-fosspay-yellow
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