Does your team need source control but not the overhead or learning curve? Are developers on your team using source control but administrators are not? We have a tool that can help. Join us to learn how Groupon automated source control with a point and click interface that converts standard change sets into GitHub pull requests.

1. GitHopper
Pain-free Source Control for Administrators and Developers
Pedro Dal Col
Software Developer
Groupon Inc.

2. Motivation
Why do we need to automate source control?
• Difficult to integrate SF and git
• Enable admins to contribute
• Need for more open source dev tools

3. What is GitHopper?
Change management system for Salesforce.com that
can complement or replace native change sets
100% native Apex code

4. GitHopper components
1. The GitHopper Objects: Repository of changes to deploy
2. Import/Export Utilities: Tools that provides support to import, export
and deploy to or from
a. Salesforce.com native change sets
b. GitHub
c. Sandbox and Production environments

5. GitHopper object structure
GitHopper
Deployment
Feature
Component
Container for Features that will be deployed
Collection of Deploy Component records
Source XML, parent object, component type,
and API name

6. GitHopper flow
Standard SF
Change Set
SF Production
Deploy and
Undeploy
(Destructive
changes)
GitHopper
Deployment
Feature
Component
Import from
Change Set
Import from
Pull Request
Export
To GitHub
Rollback

7. DEMO

8. Reading change sets
• No API -> Web scraping
• ‘Regex too complicated’ governor limit
• Callout limits

9. Merging XML files
• Non-mergeable components: Apex, Visualforce pages
Sample XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CustomObject xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
<fields>
…
</fields>
<validationRules>
…
</validationRules>
</CustomObject>
• Mergeable components: Fields, Email Alerts

10. GitHub API
• 1 MB limit on commands (ie. commit)
• Git database commands
Branch
3a45b0
Commit
4016a5
Tree
0b0532
Blob
3cb3ff

11. How to get GitHopper
• Follow @pedrodalcol on Twitter to find out
when GitHopper is open sourced

12. Other open source projects
• AintJ: Off-line syntax checker and linter for Apex with Eclipse
and Sublime Text plugins
• Zip Utility: Native zip file support in Apex

13. Contact info
Pedro Dal Col
Groupon Inc.
Email: pedro.dal.col@groupon.com
Twitter: @pedrodalcol