try to install file

.gitignore

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Sphinx documentation
 docs/_build/
 docs/_autosummary/
+build/
+dist/
+*.egg-info
 
 __pycache__/
 *.pyc

.travis.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ env:
   #  github_token
   - secure: "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"
 
-install: pip install -r requirements.txt
+install:
+  - pip install -r requirements.txt
+  - python setup.py install
 
 script:
   - nose2 -v

templates/plugins.xml.template → qgispluginci/plugins.xml.template

@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 	    <update_date>__RELEASE_DATE__</update_date>
         <experimental>__EXPERIMENTAL__</experimental>
         <deprecated>__DEPRECATED__</deprecated>
-        <tracker>https://github.com/__ORG__/__REPO__/issues</tracker>
-        <repository>https://github.com/__ORG__/__REPO__</repository>
+        <tracker>__ISSUE_TRACKER__</tracker>
+        <repository>__REPO__</repository>
         <tags>__TAGS__</tags>
     </pyqgis_plugin>
 </plugins>

qgispluginci/release.py

@@ -10,16 +10,18 @@
 from github import Github, GithubException
 import xmlrpc.client
 import re
+import pkg_resources
 
 from qgispluginci.parameters import Parameters
 from qgispluginci.translation import Translation
-from qgispluginci.utils import replace_in_file
+from qgispluginci.utils import replace_in_file, configure_file
 from qgispluginci.exceptions import GithubReleaseNotFound, GithubReleaseCouldNotUploadAsset
 
 
 def release(parameters: Parameters,
             release_version: str,
             github_token: str = None,
+            upload_plugin_repo_github: str = False,
             transifex_token: str = None,
             osgeo_username: str = None,
             osgeo_password: str = None):
@@ -42,8 +44,11 @@ def release(parameters: Parameters,
     output = '{project_slug}-{release_version}.zip'.format(project_slug=parameters.project_slug,
                                                            release_version=release_version)
     create_archive(parameters, output=output, add_translations=transifex_token is not None)
-    if github_token:
+    if github_token is not None:
         upload_asset_to_github_release(parameters, archive=output, release_tag=release_version, github_token=github_token)
+        if upload_plugin_repo_github:
+            xml_repo = create_plugin_repo()
+
     if osgeo_username is not None:
         assert osgeo_password is not None
         upload_plugin_to_osgeo(username=osgeo_username, password=osgeo_password, archive=output)
@@ -133,6 +138,16 @@ def upload_asset_to_github_release(parameters: Parameters,
         raise GithubReleaseCouldNotUploadAsset('Could not upload asset for release {}.'.format(release_tag))
 
 
+def create_plugin_repo() -> str:
+    """
+    Creates the plugin repo as an XML file
+    """
+    xml_template = pkg_resources.resource_filename('qgispluginci', 'plugins.xml.template')
+    _, xml_repo = mkstemp(suffix='.xml')
+    configure_file(xml_template, xml_repo, {})
+    return xml_repo
+
+
 def upload_plugin_to_osgeo(username: str, password: str, archive: str):
     """
     Upload the plugin to QGIS repository

qgispluginci/utils.py

@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ def replace_in_file(file_path: str, pattern: str, new: str, encoding = "utf8"):
         f.write(content)
 
 
+def configure_file(source_file: str, dest_file: str, replace: dict):
+    with open(source_file, 'r') as f:
+        content = f.read()
+    for pattern, new in replace.items():
+        content = re.sub(pattern, new, content, flags=re.M)
+    with open(dest_file, 'w') as f:
+        f.write(content)
+
+
 def touch_file(path, update_time: bool = False, create_dir: bool = True):
     basedir = os.path.dirname(path)
     if create_dir and not os.path.exists(basedir):

scripts/qgis-plugin-ci

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     release_parser.add_argument('--github-token', help='The Github API token. '
                                                        'If specified, the archive will be pushed to an already '
                                                        'existing release.')
+    release_parser.add_argument('--create-plugin-repo', action='store_true',
+                                help='Will create a XML repo as a Github release asset. Github token is required.')
 
 
     # pull-translation
@@ -56,19 +58,18 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         success = release(parameters,
                           release_version=args.release_version,
                           transifex_token=args.transifex_token,
-                          github_token=args.github_token)
+                          github_token=args.github_token,
+                          upload_plugin_repo_github=args.create_plugin_repo)
         if not success:
             exit_val = 1
     elif args.command == 'pull-translation':
-            success = Translation(parameters, args.transifex_token).pull()
-            if not success:
-                exit_val = 1
+        success = Translation(parameters, args.transifex_token).pull()
+        if not success:
+            exit_val = 1
     elif args.command == 'push-translation':
         t = Translation(parameters, args.transifex_token)
         t.update_strings()
         t.push()
-        if not success:
-            exit_val = 1
 
     exit(exit_val)
 

setup.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 import sys
 
-python_min_version = (3, 7)
+python_min_version=(3, 7)
 
 if sys.version_info < python_min_version:
     sys.exit('qgis-plugin-ci requires at least Python version {vmaj}.{vmin}.\n'
@@ -11,28 +11,30 @@
         curver=sys.version))
 
 setup(
-    name = 'qgis-plugin-ci',
-    packages = [
+    name='qgis-plugin-ci',
+    packages=[
         'qgispluginci'
     ],
-    scripts = [
+    scripts=[
         'scripts/qgis-plugin-ci'
     ],
-    version = '[VERSION]',
-    description = 'Let QGIS-plugin-ci package and release your QGIS plugins for you.',
-    author = 'Denis Rouzaud',
-    author_email = 'denis.rouzaud@gmail.com',
-    url = 'https://github.com/opengisch/qgis-plugin-ci',
-    download_url = 'https://github.com/opengisch/qgis-plugin-ci/archive/[VERSION].tar.gz', # I'll explain this in a second
-    keywords = ['QGIS'],
-    classifiers = [
+    package_data={'': ['plugins.xml.template']},
+    include_package_data=True,  # required for files in MANIFEST.in
+    version='[VERSION]',
+    description='Let QGIS-plugin-ci package and release your QGIS plugins for you. Have a tea or go skiing meanwhile.',
+    author='Denis Rouzaud',
+    author_email='denis.rouzaud@gmail.com',
+    url='https://github.com/opengisch/qgis-plugin-ci',
+    download_url='https://github.com/opengisch/qgis-plugin-ci/archive/[VERSION].tar.gz',
+    keywords=['QGIS'],
+    classifiers=[
         'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: GIS',
         'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 or later (GPLv3+)',
         'Intended Audience :: System Administrators',
         'Intended Audience :: Information Technology',
         'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha'
     ],
-    install_requires = [
+    install_requires=[
         'python-slugify',
         'pyyaml',
         'pytransifex',

test/test_release.py

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def test_release_with_transifex(self):
         release(self.parameters, RELEASE_VERSION_TEST, transifex_token=self.transifex_token)
 
     def test_release_upload_github(self):
-        release(self.parameters, RELEASE_VERSION_TEST, github_token=self.github_token)
+        release(self.parameters, RELEASE_VERSION_TEST, github_token=self.github_token, upload_plugin_repo_github=True)
 
         gh_release = self.repo.get_release(id=RELEASE_VERSION_TEST)
         archive_name = 'qgis-plugin-ci-{}.zip'.format(RELEASE_VERSION_TEST)
@@ -63,5 +63,6 @@ def test_release_upload_github(self):
             self.assertTrue(False, 'asset not found')
 
 
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()