Rapise 8.0: how to use Rapise with Git and Spira

If your team has only one or two test automation engineers, the best option for storing files of a testing framework is within SpiraTest. This approach is straightforward to implement and does not require specific configuration of test sets. However, if your testing framework is expected to grow significantly and you have multiple automation engineers, it is recommended to incorporate Git into your set of tools. Using Git offers several important benefits:

Improved file loading speed: By integrating Git with RapiseLauncher, the process of loading files from a repository is significantly faster. This can save valuable time, especially when dealing with larger frameworks or complex test suites.

Comprehensive source control features: Git provides a wide range of source control capabilities, including branching and merging. These features are essential for managing changes and collaborating effectively when multiple team members are working on the same codebase. It allows for better organization, tracking, and merging of code changes, ensuring a streamlined development process.

Enhanced teamwork: Git simplifies collaboration in a team environment. It allows team members to work on different branches or even different features concurrently, while providing mechanisms to merge and synchronize their work seamlessly. This enables better coordination and reduces the risk of conflicts when integrating changes made by multiple developers.

By incorporating Git into your testing workflow, you can optimize file loading speed, leverage powerful source control features, and foster a more efficient and collaborative team environment.

Let's see how to use Rapise, Git and Spira together. We will start with a testing framework created in another KB article, click here to download, then unzip the file. You will have the following files on disk:

Prerequisites

Git for Windows is installed
You can run git command from the command line

Workflow

Initialize the Repository

Navigate to the PageObjectsDemo folder in Windows Explorer and open the command line. You may do right click with Shift key pressed and choose Open PowerShell window here.

Run commands:

git init
git add .
git commit -m "Initial Commit"

You will see the output:

We just initialized new git repository, added all files to it and made the very first commit.

Save To Spira

Open the test framework in Rapise, select a project in Spira Dashboard and click Sync with Spira button.

Confirm creation of the Test Case folder.

Click Yes in the Git Integration prompt.

Confirm creation of the file repository in Spira.

The repository won't contain test files, it will just store a few metadata files of the framework.

Once synchronization is completed notice assigned test set and test case IDs.

Set checkboxes against the test case to include them into the Default test set and click Sync with Spira button again.

Commit and Push Changes

Commit local changes. In the command line window run

 git commit -m "Saved to Spira"

Important: Your git repository needs to be pushed to a git server (e.g. GitHub). Once done you should know the remote Git repository URL, user name and access token or password. For example:

URL: https://github.com/Inflectra/pageobjectdemo.git
User: gituser
Password: KJHSD@314Ssds

Configure the Test Set

Switch to the Test Sets page and click on the Git Credentials button.

In the Git Credentials dialog click Add button, specify the connection properties and Test them. Once connection is successful click Save button.

Find the new credentials listed in the table and close the dialog.

Now expand the test set by clicking on it's ID, scroll down to the Git Credentials property, double click it's empty value and select PageObjectDemo credentials.

You are now ready to run the test set via RapiseLauncher. Run it from the Test Sets page using Actions menu:

Also you may run it from the Framework page:

Or you may configure scheduled runs.

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