doorstop 0.0.6

Text-based requirements management using version control.

Introduction

Doorstop is a tool to manage the storage of texual requirements alongside source code in version control.

Each requirement item is stored as a YAML file in a designated directory. The items in each designated directory form a document. Document items can be linked to one another to form a document hiearchy. Doorstop provides mechanisms for modifying this hiearchy and checking the tree for consistency.

Note

0.0.x releases are experimental and no functionality is gaurenteed.

Getting Started

Requirements

• Python 3

• Git or Veracity (for requirements storage)

Installation

Doorstop can be installed with pip:

pip install Doorstop

After installation, Doorstop is available on the command-line:

doorstop --help

And the package is available under the name doorstop:

python
>>> import doorstop
>>> doorstop.__version__

Document Creation

Parent Document

After configuring version control, a new parent document can be created:

doorstop new REQ ./reqs

Items can be added to the document and edited:

doorstop add REQ

doorstop edit REQ1

Child Documents

Additional documents can be created that will link to the parent:

doorstop new TST ./reqs/tests --parent REQ

Items can be added and linked to parent items:

doorstop add TST

doorstop link TST1 REQ1

Document Validation

To check a document hiearchy for consistency, run the main command:

doorstop