Text-based requirements management using version control.
Project description
Doorstop
Doorstop is a tool to manage the storage of textual requirements alongside source code in version control.
Each linkable item (requirement, test case, etc.) 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 tree hierarchy. Doorstop provides mechanisms for modifying this hierarchy, checking the tree for consistency, and publishing documents in several formats.
Additional reading:
sample: Generated HTML
publication: JSEA Paper
conference: GRDevDay Talk
Getting Started
Requirements
Python 3.3+
A version control system for requirements storage
Installation
Doorstop can be installed with ‘pip’:
$ pip install Doorstop
Or directly from source:
$ git clone https://github.com/jacebrowning/doorstop.git $ cd doorstop $ python setup.py install
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__
Basic Usage
Document Creation
Parent Document
After configuring version control, a new parent document can be created:
$ doorstop new REQ ./reqs created document: REQ (@/reqs)
Items can be added to the document and edited:
$ doorstop add REQ added item: REQ001 (@/reqs/REQ001.yml) $ doorstop edit REQ1 opened item: REQ001 (@/reqs/REQ001.yml)
Child Documents
Additional documents can be created that link to other documents:
$ doorstop new TST ./reqs/tests --parent REQ created document: TST (@/reqs/tests)
Items can be added and linked to parent items:
$ doorstop add TST added item: TST001 (@/reqs/tests/TST001.yml) $ doorstop link TST1 REQ1 linked item: TST001 (@/reqs/tests/TST001.yml) -> REQ001 (@/reqs/REQ001.yml)
Document Validation
To check a document hierarchy for consistency, run the main command:
$ doorstop valid tree: REQ <- [ TST ]
Document Publishing
A text report of a document can be displayed:
$ doorstop publish TST
1 TST001
Verify the foobar will foo and bar.
Links: REQ001
Other formats are also supported:
$ doorstop publish TST --html <!DOCTYPE html> ... <body> <h1>1 (TST001)</h1> <p>Verify the foobar will foo and bar.</p> <p><em>Links: REQ001</em></p> </body> </html>
Or a file can be created using one of the supported extensions:
$ doorstop publish TST path/to/tst.md publishing TST to path/to/tst.md...
Supported formats:
Text: .txt
Markdown: .md
HTML: .html
For Contributors
Requirements
GNU Make:
Windows: http://cygwin.com/install.html
Linux: http://www.gnu.org/software/make (likely already installed)
virtualenv: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv#installation
Graphviz: http://www.graphviz.org/Download.php
Installation
Create a virtualenv:
make env
Run the tests:
make test make tests # includes integration tests
Build the documentation:
make doc
Run static analysis:
make pep8 make pep257 make pylint make check # includes all checks
Prepare a release:
make dist # dry run make upload
Changelog
0.6 (2014/5/15)
Refactored Item levels into a Level class
Refactored Item identifiers into an ID class
Refactored Item text into a Text class (behaves like str)
Methods no longer require nore accept ‘document’ and ‘tree’ arguments
Renamed Item.find_rlinks() to Item.find_child_links()
Changed ‘–no-rlink-check’ to ‘–no-child-check’
Added Item.find_child_items() and Item.find_child_documents()
Added aliases to Item: parent_links, child_links/items/documents
Added ‘–with-child-links’ to ‘doorstop publish’ to publish child links
Added ‘doorstop import’ CLI to import documents and items.
Refactored Document prefixes in a Prefix class (also used in the ID class)
Added ‘–no-level-check’ to disable document level validation
Added ‘–reorder’ option to ‘doorstop’ to enable reording
0.5 (2014/04/25)
Converted Item.issues() to a property and added Item.get_issues()
Added ‘–level’ option to ‘doorstop add’ to force an Item level
Added warnings for duplicate Item levels in a Document
Added warnings for skipped Item levels in a Document
- Renamed Item methods:
add_link -> link
remove_link -> unlink
valid -> validate
- Renamed Document methods:
add -> add_item
remove -> remove_item
valid -> validate
- Renamed Tree methods:
new -> new_document
add -> add_item
remove -> remove_item
link -> link_items
unlink -> unlink_items
edit -> edit_item
valid -> validate
Added doorstop.importer functions to add exiting Documents and Items
0.4.3 (2014/03/18)
Fixed storage of 2-part levels ending in a multiple of 10
0.4.2 (2014/03/17)
Fixed a case where Item.root was not set
0.4.1 (2014/03/16)
Fixed auto save/load decorator order
0.4 (2014/03/16)
Added Tree.delete() to delete all Documents and Items
Added ‘doorstop publish all <directory>’ to publish Trees and index.html
0.3 (2014/03/12)
Added find_document and find_item convenience functions
Added Document.delete() to delete a Document and its Items
0.2 (2014/03/05)
All Item text attributes are now be split by sentences and line-wrapped
Added Tree.load() for cases when lazy loading is too slow
Added caching to Tree.find_item() and Tree.find_document()
0.1 (2014/02/17)
Top-level Items are no longer required to have a level ending in zero
Added Item/Document.extended to get a list of extended attribute names
0.0.21 (2014/02/14)
Documents can now have Item files in sub-folders
0.0.20 (2014/02/13)
Updated doorstop.core.report to support lists of Items
0.0.19 (2014/02/13)
Updated doorstop.core.report to support Items or Documents
Removed the ‘iter_’ prefix from all generators
0.0.18 (2014/02/12)
Fixed CSS bullets indent
0.0.17 (2014/01/31)
Added caching of Items in the Document class
Added Document.remove() to delete an item by its ID
Item.find_rlinks() will now search the entire tree for links
0.0.16 (2014/01/28)
Added Item.find_rlinks() to return reverse links and child documents
Changed the logging format
Added a ‘–project’ argument to provide a path to the root of the project
0.0.15 (2014/01/27)
Fixed a mutable default argument bug in Item creation
0.0.14 (2014/01/27)
Added Tree/Document/Item.iter_issues() method to yield all issues
Tree/Document/Item.check() now logs all issues rather than failing fast
Renamed Tree/Document/Item.check() to valid()
0.0.13 (2014/01/25)
Added Document.sep to separate prefix and item numbers.
0.0.12 (2014/01/24)
Fixed missing package data.
0.0.11 (2014/01/23)
Added Item.active property to disable certain items.
Added Item.dervied property to disable link checking on certain items.
0.0.10 (2014/01/22)
Switched to embedded CSS in generated HTML.
Shorted default Item and Document string formatting.
0.0.9 (2014/01/21)
Added top-down link checking.
Non-normative items with a zero-ended level are now headings.
Added a CSS for generated HTML.
The ‘publish’ command now accepts an output file path.
0.0.8 (2014/01/16)
Searching for ‘ref’ will now also find filenames.
Item files can now contain arbitrary fields.
Document prefixes can now contain numbers, dashes, and periods.
Added a ‘normative’ attribute to the Item class.
0.0.7 (2013/12/09)
Always showing ‘ref’ in items.
Reloading item attributes after a save.
Inserting lines breaks after sentences in item ‘text’.
0.0.6 (2013/12/04)
Added basic report creation via ‘doorstop publish’.
0.0.5 (2013/11/20)
Added item link and reference validation.
Added cached of loaded items.
Added preliminary VCS support for Git and Veracity.
0.0.4 (2013/11/04)
Implemented ‘add’, ‘remove’, ‘link’, and ‘unlink’ commands.
Added basic tree validation.
0.0.3 (2013/10/17)
Added the initial Document class.
Items can now be ordered by ‘level’ in a Document.
Initial tutorial created.
0.0.2 (2013/09/25)
Changed ‘doorstop init’ to ‘doorstop new’.
Added the initial Item class.
Added stubs for the Document class.
0.0.1 (2013/09/11)
Initial release of Doorstop.
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