Backstroke Worker

The Backstroke Worker eats off of a rsmq queue, performing a link update. In order, here's roughly what happens:

• A new operation is pulled off the queue.
• The link's type is checked:
  • If the type is repo:
    • Check to make sure the fork didn't opt out of Backstroke pull requests.
      • If so, return an error.
    • Create a pull request to propose the new changes.
  • If the type is fork-all:
    • Get all forks of the upstream.
    • Loop through each:
      • Check to make sure the fork didn't opt out of Backstroke pull requests.
        • If so, return an error.
      • Create a pull request to propose the new changes.
• Add the response back into the Redis instance under the operation id, so it can be fetched by the main server.

Usage

GITHUB_TOKEN=XXX REDIS_URL=redis://XXX yarn start

Environment variables

• GITHUB_TOKEN (required): The Github token for the user that creates pull requests. When deployed, this is a token for backstroke-bot.
• REDIS_URL (required): A url to a redis instance with a rsmq queue inside. Takes the form of redis://user:password@host:port.
• THROTTLE: Provide an optional delay between handling each webhook operation. This is potentially handy to keep a worker from exhausing the rate limit on a token.
• GITHUB_BOT_USERNAME: The username of the bot user that creates pull requests (defaults to backstroke-bot). Used to grant permissions to the bot user on private repositories.

Arguments

• --pr mock: Tell the worker not to actually make pull requests, but only log out when it is about to make a pull request. This is handy for repeated testing or for testing against repositories that you don't own. This option is off by default.

Running tests

yarn test