Unity CCD Locker

A git-based locking mechanism for Unity CCD bucket operations. Can be used to prevent simultaneous operations.

Requirements

• Node.js version 8.0.0 or higher (not needed for executable binaries).
• You have Git installed and it is in your PATH.

Installation

Install via npm

npm i -g unity-ccd-locker

You can use yarn etc. as well.

Download an executable binary

Executable binaries are available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. You don't anything except git installed on your system to use them.

You can download them from the assets section of a Github release.

Usage

unity-ccd-locker <command> <arguments>

You can also call ucl instead of unity-ccd-locker.

Setup a locks repository

unity-ccd-locker requires a git reposiory to store the locks. :

1. Create an empty repository.
2. Run unity-ccd-locker init --repoUrl <REPO URL>.
3. (Optional) Set up a config file to prevent providing all arguments in the command line every time.

Notes:

• You only need to perform the setup once per locks repository.
• You can use the same locks repository for everything. You can also have multiple locks repositories for different purposes.
• Do not use the locks repositories for any purpose other than unity-ccd-locker usage.
• It is highly recommended to use brand new empty repositories for setup. However, you can use existing repositories as well. If you are using an existing repository, run unity-ccd-locker clean-init instead of unity-ccd-locker init.

Working with locks

After you have a repo set up, then you can work with locks. This is the recommended workflow:

1. Acquire the lock on a bucket.
2. Perform any CCD operations you wish.
3. Release the lock on the bucket.

Cleaning a locks repository

If your locks repository got corrupted, or if for some reason you want to start over, you can clean it by running unity-ccd-locker clean --repoUrl <REPO URL>. This will delete everything in the repository except the main branch and the initial commit.

Notes:

• After cleaning, a locks repository needs to be setup again before usage.
• If you want to clean and re-setup the repository in one go, you can use unity-ccd-locker clean-init instead of running unity-ccd-locker clean followed by unity-ccd-locker init.

Commands

Name	Aliases	Description
init	i	Initialize the repository as a locks repository.
clean	x	Delete everything in a locks repository.
clean-init	xi	Perform a clean, followed by an init.
acquire	a	Acquire the lock for a bucket.
release	r	Release the lock on a bucket.
show	s	Print the lock status of a bucket.

Arguments

Name	Aliases	Type	Required	Description
--help	-h, -?	flag	No	Print help.
--version	-v	flag	No	Print version info.
--config	-c	string	No	Path to a JSON config file.
--repoUrl	-u	string	Yes	The URL of the locks repository.
--projectId	-p	string	For lock commands	CCD project ID.
--envId	-e	string	For lock commands	CCD environment ID.
--bucketId	-b	string	For lock commands	CCD bucket ID.
--message	-m	string	For lock commands	The message to associate with the operation.
--force	-f	flag	No	Bypass safety checks.

Lock commands = acquire, release, show

Config Files

You can optionally have a JSON config file that you can pass with the --config argument that defines some of the arguments in it, so you don't have to write them all the time.

Keys should correspond to argument names without the dashes. This is how it should look like:

{
	"repoUrl": "<URL OF THE LOCKS REPO>",
	"projectId": "<YOUR PROJECT ID>",
	"envId": "<YOUR ENVIRONMENT ID>"
}

Notes:

• Arguments provided in the CLI have a higher priority than the arguments provided in the config file. This means that if the same argument is provided in both, then the CLI argument will be used.

Motivation

CCD misbehaves when doing simultaneous operations on the same bucket. If you have ever seen one of these errors, then you very well know what I am talking about:

Error! The state of the bucket changed unexpectedly. Please retry this operation.

You have an entry specified, but the matching file has not been uploaded, or the file size, or md5 hash of what was uploaded does not match

Sometimes simply retrying works. Other times however, the bucket state gets corrupted and no further operations work properly.

This tool provides a way for you to have locks on buckets, just like how some source control software allows you to lock files to prevent other people from changing them, or how an OS provides file locks to prevent files being altered by multiple processes.

License

MIT License. Refer to the LICENSE.md file.

Copyright (c) 2023 S. Tarık Çetin