Zeek Build Process

What It Does

This package helps to set up a project with the following tools:

• Composer Packages
  • PHP CS Fixer (for automatic code styling fixes)
  • PHP Linter (for syntax checking)
  • PHP Mess Detector (detect code smells and possible errors within the analyzed source code)
  • PHPStan (static analyzer that examines code and looks for issues)
  • Pest (unit/feature testing framework)
• a .node-version file which sets the base node version for your project (useful for fnm)
• GitHub action workflow for automatic scanning on pushes/pull requests
• a Makefile to assist in running build and scanning commands in a consistent and simple manner
• installation to a git pre-commit hook that will automatically run the cs-fixer, linter and phpstan

Demo

Zeek.Build.Process.-.Demo.mp4

Requirements

This works with both Laravel and WordPress projects*.

WordPress project structure must follow the Zeek project structure (mu-plugins/app/).

Setup

Require this package as a dev dependency:

composer require --dev zeek/zeek-build-process

Install

Install by running (assuming your vendor path is /vendor):

./vendor/bin/zbp install

This performs a safe, no-clobber installation into an existing project. It does so in an idempotent manner: if you run the installation, make some changes to one of the configuration files and then run the installation again, it will not overwrite your changes.

Reinstall

If you need to forcefully reinstall and start everything over from scratch you can run:

./vendor/bin/zbp reinstall

Be warned this will overwrite any changes you've made as well as any baselines you've created.

Uninstall

If you'd like to completely remove all the tools, files and packages that this installs, you can run

./vendor/bin/zbp uninstall

Git Hook Installation

If you just need to set up your own local git pre-commit hook, you can simply run:

./vendor/bin/zbp precommit

This will create a .git/hooks/pre-commit file that runs the make precommit command immediately before the actual git commit happens.

Usage

A Makefile is installed that defines the commands (with configured flags/parameters) to utilize the tools in an easy and repeatable manner.

You can examine the Makefile source to really see what it's doing.

Normal Usage

Make Commands

Useful aliases:

Runs cs-fixer and lint:

make precommit

---

Runs cs-fixer, lint, phpstan and phpmd:

make scan

---

Useful individual commands:

make cs-fixer

make lint

make phpmd

make phpstan

make pest

Generating Baselines

If you've just installed and need to baseline your project so that the build system only looks at new code:

make baseline

If you want to run a specific tool baseline

make phpmd-baseline

make phpstan-baseline

Git Hook

Upon installation, a pre-commit hook is created in .git/hooks/pre-commit. This hook runs immediately before you commit code.

It runs the make precommit alias, and will cause the commit to error out if any major problems are detected.

You should run make scan on your own, as it includes the phpmd tool which attempts to give you guidance on good practices.

You can bypass the pre-commit hook by passing --no-verify to the commit command. This should be used sparingly and only when necessary.

GitHub Action

A standardized GitHub action build.yml file is included which will do all the steps necessary to run the scan commands on every push to GitHub.

This build file will automatically review your code and pull requests and give feedback. You should attempt to fix whatever issues are reported, however this system is still in an experimental stage and it may report things that be irrelevant. If you have any questions please contact Aaron Holbrook.

Customizing Configuration Files

It is completely possible to tweak the tool configurations for your individual project. A build folder is created upon the initial installation.

Each tool has its own directory and configuration file. To tweak the individual file you will have to read the appropriate tool's documentation and see what works best.