Extend the release script to automatically push a new SyTest branch, rather than having that be a manual process. (#12978)

Co-authored-by: Andrew Morgan <1342360+anoadragon453@users.noreply.github.com>

changelog.d/12978.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Extend the release script to automatically push a new SyTest branch, rather than having that be a manual process.

scripts-dev/release.py

@@ -55,10 +55,13 @@ def run_until_successful(
 def cli() -> None:
     """An interactive script to walk through the parts of creating a release.
 
-    Requires the dev dependencies be installed, which can be done via:
+    Requirements:
+      - The dev dependencies be installed, which can be done via:
 
             pip install -e .[dev]
 
+      - A checkout of the sytest repository at ../sytest
+
     Then to use:
 
         ./scripts-dev/release.py prepare
@@ -89,10 +92,12 @@ def prepare() -> None:
     """
 
     # Make sure we're in a git repo.
-    repo = get_repo_and_check_clean_checkout()
+    synapse_repo = get_repo_and_check_clean_checkout()
+    sytest_repo = get_repo_and_check_clean_checkout("../sytest", "sytest")
 
-    click.secho("Updating git repo...")
-    repo.remote().fetch()
+    click.secho("Updating Synapse and Sytest git repos...")
+    synapse_repo.remote().fetch()
+    sytest_repo.remote().fetch()
 
     # Get the current version and AST from root Synapse module.
     current_version = get_package_version()
@@ -166,12 +171,12 @@ def prepare() -> None:
     assert not parsed_new_version.is_postrelease
 
     release_branch_name = get_release_branch_name(parsed_new_version)
-    release_branch = find_ref(repo, release_branch_name)
+    release_branch = find_ref(synapse_repo, release_branch_name)
     if release_branch:
         if release_branch.is_remote():
             # If the release branch only exists on the remote we check it out
             # locally.
-            repo.git.checkout(release_branch_name)
+            synapse_repo.git.checkout(release_branch_name)
     else:
         # If a branch doesn't exist we create one. We ask which one branch it
         # should be based off, defaulting to sensible values depending on the
@@ -187,13 +192,16 @@ def prepare() -> None:
             "Which branch should the release be based on?", default=default
         )
 
+        for repo_name, repo in {"synapse": synapse_repo, "sytest": sytest_repo}.items():
             base_branch = find_ref(repo, branch_name)
             if not base_branch:
-            print(f"Could not find base branch {branch_name}!")
+                print(f"Could not find base branch {branch_name} for {repo_name}!")
                 click.get_current_context().abort()
 
             # Check out the base branch and ensure it's up to date
-        repo.head.set_reference(base_branch, "check out the base branch")
+            repo.head.set_reference(
+                base_branch, f"check out the base branch for {repo_name}"
+            )
             repo.head.reset(index=True, working_tree=True)
             if not base_branch.is_remote():
                 update_branch(repo)
@@ -203,9 +211,15 @@ def prepare() -> None:
             # See https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/pull/1419
             repo.create_head(release_branch_name, commit=base_branch)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
 
+        # Special-case SyTest: we don't actually prepare any files so we may
+        # as well push it now (and only when we create a release branch;
+        # not on subsequent RCs or full releases).
+        if click.confirm("Push new SyTest branch?", default=True):
+            sytest_repo.git.push("-u", sytest_repo.remote().name, release_branch_name)
+
     # Switch to the release branch and ensure it's up to date.
-    repo.git.checkout(release_branch_name)
-    update_branch(repo)
+    synapse_repo.git.checkout(release_branch_name)
+    update_branch(synapse_repo)
 
     # Update the version specified in pyproject.toml.
     subprocess.check_output(["poetry", "version", new_version])
@@ -230,15 +244,15 @@ def prepare() -> None:
     run_until_successful('dch -M -r -D stable ""', shell=True)
 
     # Show the user the changes and ask if they want to edit the change log.
-    repo.git.add("-u")
+    synapse_repo.git.add("-u")
     subprocess.run("git diff --cached", shell=True)
 
     if click.confirm("Edit changelog?", default=False):
         click.edit(filename="CHANGES.md")
 
     # Commit the changes.
-    repo.git.add("-u")
-    repo.git.commit("-m", new_version)
+    synapse_repo.git.add("-u")
+    synapse_repo.git.commit("-m", new_version)
 
     # We give the option to bail here in case the user wants to make sure things
     # are OK before pushing.
@@ -246,17 +260,21 @@ def prepare() -> None:
         print("")
         print("Run when ready to push:")
         print("")
-        print(f"\tgit push -u {repo.remote().name} {repo.active_branch.name}")
+        print(
+            f"\tgit push -u {synapse_repo.remote().name} {synapse_repo.active_branch.name}"
+        )
         print("")
         sys.exit(0)
 
     # Otherwise, push and open the changelog in the browser.
-    repo.git.push("-u", repo.remote().name, repo.active_branch.name)
+    synapse_repo.git.push(
+        "-u", synapse_repo.remote().name, synapse_repo.active_branch.name
+    )
 
     print("Opening the changelog in your browser...")
     print("Please ask others to give it a check.")
     click.launch(
-        f"https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/{repo.active_branch.name}/CHANGES.md"
+        f"https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/{synapse_repo.active_branch.name}/CHANGES.md"
     )
 
 
@@ -469,14 +487,18 @@ def get_release_branch_name(version_number: version.Version) -> str:
     return f"release-v{version_number.major}.{version_number.minor}"
 
 
-def get_repo_and_check_clean_checkout() -> git.Repo:
+def get_repo_and_check_clean_checkout(
+    path: str = ".", name: str = "synapse"
+) -> git.Repo:
     """Get the project repo and check it's not got any uncommitted changes."""
     try:
-        repo = git.Repo()
+        repo = git.Repo(path=path)
     except git.InvalidGitRepositoryError:
-        raise click.ClickException("Not in Synapse repo.")
+        raise click.ClickException(
+            f"{path} is not a git repository (expecting a {name} repository)."
+        )
     if repo.is_dirty():
-        raise click.ClickException("Uncommitted changes exist.")
+        raise click.ClickException(f"Uncommitted changes exist in {path}.")
     return repo