Using build history information to optimize a software build process

摘要

Methods and systems for optimizing a build order of component source modules comprises creating a dependency graph based on dependency information. Historical build information associated with previous build failures is then used to calculate relative failure factors for paths of the dependency graph; and the relative failure factors are used to determine an order of traversal of the dependency graph during a build process in which component binary modules are built from the component source modules.

主权项

1. A method for optimizing a build order of component source modules, comprising:
creating a dependency graph based on dependency information; calculating, using historical build information associated with previous build failures, relative failure factors for paths of the dependency graph; and determining, using the relative failure factors, an order of traversal of the dependency graph during a build process, wherein component binary modules are built from the component source modules during the build process, and the historical build information includes at least one of:
a history of which respective component source modules have failed most often as a percentage of total attempts to build the respective component source modules,a history of a developer's contributions to build failures as a percentage of a total contribution of the developer, anda total number of file changes since a last successful build.