Configuration

Packit uses a configuration file in the upstream repository. The config file is written in YAML language.

You should place the file in the root of your upstream repo. Packit accepts these names:

• .packit.yaml
• .packit.yml
• .packit.json
• packit.yaml
• packit.yml
• packit.json

Both Packit-as-a-Service and packit tool use this configuration file.

Top level keys

specfile_path

(string) Relative path to a spec file within the upstream repository. If not specified, defaults to:

1. downstream_package_name.spec if downstream_package_name is set.
2. Else recursively search the tree and use the first spec file found.

upstream_project_name

(string) Deprecated since packit-0.7.0, use upstream_package_name instead.

upstream_package_name

(string) Name of the upstream repository (e.g. in PyPI), defaults to the name of the Github repository; this is used in %prep section to generate an archive.

upstream_project_url

(string) URL of the upstream project (e.g. https://github.com/packit/packit).

create_pr

(bool) When doing a new update in Fedora dist-git, should packit create a new pull request (defaults to true) or push directly to dist-git (if set to false).

sync_changelog

(bool) When doing a new update in Fedora dist-git, the spec-file changelog is synchronised when set to true. By default (false), everything but the changelog part is synchronized. Use this only when your changelogs are in sync since this overwrites the changelog in the downstream.

synced_files

(list of strings or dicts) A list of relative paths to files in the upstream repo which are meant to be copied to dist-git during an update (spec file path and config file path are set every time by default).

upstream_ref

(string) Git reference to last upstream git commit (for source-git repos). Can be set to commit hash, tag or a branch name. You can also use globbing pattern to find a tag. In case you want to use globbing pattern for a branch, prefix the pattern with branches/, e.g. for a branch matching *-release set to branches/*-release.

downstream_package_name

(string) Name of the RPM package in Fedora, defaults to the name of the Github repository.

dist_git_namespace

(string) Namespace in dist-git URL (defaults to “rpms”).

dist_git_base_url

(string) URL of dist-git server, defaults to https://src.fedoraproject.org/ (has to end with a slash).

create_tarball_command

(list of strings) A command which generates upstream tarball in the directory with the specfile (defaults to git archive -o "{specfile_dir}/{package_name}-{version}.tar.gz" --prefix "{package_name}-{version}/" HEAD).

current_version_command

(list of strings) A command which prints current upstream version (hint: git describe) (defaults to git describe --abbrev=0 --tags --match '*').

This option affects the behavior of following CLI commands:

• build
• local-build
• copr-build
• srpm

actions

(string) Custom actions/hooks overwriting the default behavior of packit (more in Actions).

jobs

(list of dicts) A list of job definitions for packit service: see below for details.

allowed_gpg_keys

(list of string) A list of gpg-key fingerprints; if specified, one of the configured keys have to sign the last commit when updating in downstream; add GitHub key (5DE3E0509C47EA3CF04A42D34AEE18F83AFDEB23) if you want to use this on code merged via GitHub web interface.

spec_source_id

(int or string) Numeric ID of Source inside spec file which packit should change when setting path to the newly generated tarball, can be also full name of the macro. Defaults to Source0 or Source, whichever is found first in the spec file.

upstream_tag_template

(string) Packit by default expects git tags to match versions (e.g. when doing the propose-update command) - if you are using a different tagging scheme, let’s say v1.2.3 you can then set this parameter to v{version} and packit will fill in the version argument.

archive_root_dir_template

(string) Packit is updating %autosetup -n ... line in a spec file. For this purpose, it requires the name of the archive root directory. If packit is not able to extract it from the archive, it is possible to specify it explicitly with this option.

Default value is {upstream_pkg_name}-{version}.

You can use following tags in string:

• {upstream_pkg_name} - upstream package name
• {version} - package version

patch_generation_ignore_paths

(list of strings) In a source-git repo, when packit is generating patches, it excludes changes to the spec file and packit.yaml by default: with this option you can precisely specify paths to exclude.

notifications

There is only one notifcation configuration you can set up right now: disable the “Congratulations!” comment which packit sends after a successful build of a pull request is done.

The default behaviour is to send the comment with instructions how to install a package with the change implemented in the pull request:

notifications:
  pull_request:
    successful_build: true

You can disable the commenting by setting successful_build to false.

copy_upstream_release_description

(bool) When doing a new update in Fedora dist-git, the Github upstream release description is copied to the spec-file changelog when set to true. By default (false), commit message titles (first line of a commit message) are copied. e.g.

• copy_upstream_release_description = True:

%changelog
* Thu Oct 15 2020 Packit Service <user-cont-team+packit-service@redhat.com> - 0.18.0-1
Packit got new archive_root_dir_template config option to get custom archive root dir. 
You can find more info in the documentation.

• copy_upstream_release_description = False (default):

%changelog
* Thu Oct 15 2020 Packit Service <user-cont-team+packit-service@redhat.com> - 0.18.0-1
- Use inner archive directory in %setup macro 
- Use archive_root_dir_template 

Minimal sample config

This is a sample config which is meant for packit itself.

# packit is named packitos on PyPI b/c packit name was already taken
upstream_package_name: packitos

More examples of synced_files

synced_files:
  # copy a file from root of the upstream repo to dist-git
  - packit.spec

  # if you copy packit.yaml downstream, you can then take advantage of
  # `sync-from-downstream` command
  - .packit.yaml

  # src: a file in root of the upstream repository
  # dest: path within the downstream repository
  - src: packit.spec
    dest: redhat/packit.spec

  # also supports globbing: copy everything from fedora-packaging folder and
  # put it to the root of the dist-git repo
  - src: fedora-packaging/*
    dest: .

  # you can specify multiple source files as well:
  - src:
    - package.spec
    - some-file
    dest: .

Packit-as-a-Service

As of July 2019, packit service doesn’t have any web interface, so the only way to change its behaviour is via the config file you just read about.

When you open a pull request against your upstream repository, packit service picks up configuration file from your pull request, not from the branch against the PR is opened. This way, you can polish your .packit.yaml and see the results right away. (for more info, please see packit-service#48)

Packit service jobs

Once the service starts handling events of your repository, it needs to have a clear definition of what it should do.

The tasks the packit service should do are defined in section jobs. The section is a list of dicts:

jobs:
- {key: value}
- {}

If there is no jobs section in the configuration file, jobs default to:

jobs:
- job: copr_build
  trigger: pull_request
  metadata:
    targets: fedora-stable

- job: tests
  trigger: pull_request
  metadata:
    targets: fedora-stable

- job: propose_downstream
  trigger: release
  metadata:
    dist_git_branches: fedora-all

If you do not want to use the jobs then the jobs section in the configuration file should be empty:

jobs: []

Every job has two mandatory keys:

1. job - name of the job (you can imagine this as a CLI command)
2. trigger - what is the trigger for the job?

Every job only supports a specific set of triggers.

Jobs can also accept additional configuration in a key metadata which has dict as a value:

jobs:
- job: some-job
  trigger: ran-out-of-beer
  metadata:
    key: value

Overriding global parameters

You are able to override your global parameters (such as specfile_path, downstream_package_name, actions…) for every job. This is very useful when you want to set up a build or a test matrix using different parameters or configuration. It’s also useful when your release workflow differs between Fedora and EPEL.

In order to do such a thing, just set a value you want to override in the respective job.

Example:

specfile_path: package.spec
jobs:
- job: some-job
  trigger: ran-out-of-beer
  metadata:
    key: value
  specfile_path: somewhere/else/package.spec

In this example, the job some-job would override specfile_path to somewhere/else/package.spec instead of using ./package.spec.

Supported jobs

copr_build

Create a SRPM and submit an RPM build to Fedora COPR build system.

Supported triggers:

• pull_request – check out content of the pull request
• commit – reacts to new commits to the specified branch
• release – check out content of the tag associated with the release

Required metadata:

• targets - a (list of) mock chroot(s) where to build (if you navigate to settings of your COPR project, you’ll be able able to see the list of available values, alternatively you can install package copr-cli in Fedora and see the list via copr-cli list-chroots. You can use fedora-development, fedora-stable and fedora-all aliases as a target. By default, the x86_64 architecture will be used, but you can use e.g. fedora-stable-aarch64 if you need.
• branch - the name of the branch we want to build for when using commit trigger

Optional metadata:

• timeout - (seconds) give up watching a build after timeout, defaults to 7200s, i.e. 2 hours
• owner - a namespace in Copr where the build should happen (defaults to packit)
• project - a name of the Copr project (defaults to "{github_namespace}-{repository_name}-{pr_id}")
• additional_repos - a list of additional buildroot repositories
• list_on_homepage – The project will be shown on Copr frontend homepage if set to True. Defaults to False. The value is represented as unlisted_on_hp in Copr project settings.
• preserve_project – The project will not be removed after 60 days if set to True. Defaults to False. The value is represented as delete_after_days in Copr project settings (True is -1 and False is 60).

When using a custom owner, Packit Service asks for builder permission the first time it tries to build in the project. In case the configuration of the Copr project (e.g. adding new targets) need to be updated, Packit Service asks for admin permission. You need to approve these requests in the Copr project settings.

If you do not want to give us admin permission, you can update the project settings manually in Copr based on the guidance Packit Service gives.

Boolean values (list_on_homepage and preserve_project) are not updated when you use custom owner.

Example

jobs:
- job: copr_build
  trigger: pull_request
  metadata:
    targets:
      - fedora-stable
      - centos-stream-x86_64

With this configuration, you’ll get builds in all stable fedora releases (excluding rawhide) and the CentOS stream.

production_build (in preview, no reporting yet)

Create a SRPM and submit an RPM build to Fedora Koji build system.

At the moment it is not possible to run non-scratch production builds from upstream. For more info, please see the following issue. However, it is still possible to run scratch builds.

Supported triggers:

• pull_request – check out content of the pull request
• commit – reacts to new commits to the specified branch
• release – check out content of the tag associated with the release

Required metadata:

• branch – the name of the branch we want to build for when using commit trigger

Optional metadata:

• targets – a (list of) targets we want to build for, list of supported targets can be listed using with koji list-targets
• scratch – defaults to false, use to create scratch (test) builds instead of the real production builds

sync_from_downstream

Pick up a change (mass rebuild, proven packager rebuild or a fix) from Fedora dist-git and send it to upstream repository.

Supported triggers: commit.

Example

jobs:
- job: sync_from_downstream
  trigger: commit

propose_downstream

Land a new upstream release in Fedora. This job only makes sure the changes happen in Fedora dist-git - no builds. The global key create_pr controls whether a pull request is created or changes are pushed directly.

Supported triggers: release.

Optional metadata:

• dist-git-branches - a (list of) branch(es) in dist-git where packit should work (defaults to master). You can also use fedora-development, fedora-stable and fedora-all aliases to not need to change the config file when the new system version is released.

Example

jobs:
- job: propose_downstream
  trigger: release
- job: propose_downstream
  trigger: release
  metadata:
    dist_git_branches: f32

This config would update Fedora Rawhide and Fedora 32 dist-git branches.

tests

See more about tests here.

User configuration file

When running packit as a tool locally, it is convenient to use a configuration file to provide data such as API tokens. Packit respects XDG_CONFIG_HOME environment variable. If not set, it looks inside ~/.config/ directory.

The acceptable names are the same as for the package config:

• .packit.yaml
• .packit.yml
• .packit.json
• packit.yaml
• packit.yml
• packit.json

Values

The authentication is a dictionary where:

• key is a hostname, url or name that can be mapped to a service-type, for example github.com or pagure
• value is a dictionary with keys: token and instance_url (optional)

e.g.:

authentication:
    github.com:
        token: mnbvcxz123456
    pagure:
        token: qwertyuiop098765
        instance_url: https://src.fedoraproject.org

The GitHub token is needed when packit interacts with Github API, get it at https://github.com/settings/tokens (getting full read & write repo scope should be enough). The Pagure token needed to access REST API, get it at https://src.fedoraproject.org/settings#nav-api-tab

Specifying tokens as direct keys github_token and pagure_user_token has been deprecated and will be removed in future versions.

Since API tokens are a very sensitive information, please do NOT ever store them in a public (such as a GitHub repository). The configuration file here is located on your workstation, please do NOT confuse it with a config file for your project - that one is described above in the first section of this document.

Server-side configuration

These values are used to configure packit service. No need to bother with them, they serve as a documentation for us, packit service developers.