BuiScout

BuiScout is an implementation of BCIA, presented in our paper, Understanding the Implications of Changes to Build Systems (ASE'24). BCIA is an approach to detect the locations across a CMake build system that are affected by a change in the build specifications.

README Content

Setup
- Build Docker Image to Run in Container (Recommended)
  - Preparations
  - Building the Image and Running the Container
- Setup Local Environment to Run Locally
  - Preparations
  - Seting up Local Environment for BuiScout
Usage
- Supported Options
- Prepare config.json

Setup

BuiScout relies on 3 components that need to be setup and configured with each other. For ease of use, we have made a docker image of the working environment (at the version used for our ASE'24 paper) available online. Please refer to our replication package to find instrucitons on how to use this image.

If you need to clone this repository for extension and run it locally, you may choose to either run BuiScout in a docker container (recommended) or run it in your local environment.

Build Docker Image to Run in Container (Recommended)

Note: If you intend to extend BuiScout and run it in a contaier, you must rebuild the image after you make changes to the code base.

Note: If your changes lead to adding a new directory in the root directory of the project, you must add this directory to the list of the Allowed files and directories in the .dockerignore file. To do so, simply add a line containing !/[Name_of_the_directory] to the list.

Preparations

Because this project relies on other repositories, you must take the following steps before you start setting up BuiScout:

Create a directory which will be the top-level directory of the setup. You can run the following command in your Bash command line at your prefered working directory to create this directory with the name BCIA:
```
$ mkdir BCIA/
```
Download the gumtree-ASE2024.zip file from this version of this repository and unzip it into the BCIA folder.

Note: Do NOT use the upstream repository. The changes made in this version, although minor, are essential for BuiScout's successful execution.

Note: Alternatively, you can clone the latest version of this repository in the BCIA directory to use the latest versoin. But note that you will have to build this project from source code and unzip the built project in the same directory as the zip file.
Download the tree-sitter-parser-ASE2024.zip file from this version of this repository and unzip it into the BCIA folder.

Note: Do NOT use the upstream repository. This version uses an improved and more robust CMake Tree-Sitter parser.

Note: Alternatively, you can clone the latest version of this repository in the BCIA directory to use the latest versoin. But note that you will have to clone this recursively and then setup the tree-sitter-cmake submodule accordingly.

Building the Image and Running the Container

Make sure you have Docker installed and running.

Note: We used Docker version 27.1.1, build 6312585 in our ASE`24 submission version.
In your Bash command line, change your working directory to the root directory of the BuiScout project by running:
```
$ cd [Path_to_BuiScout_Location]/BuiScout
```
Make sure the files BuiScout_build_image.sh, BuiScout_run_container.sh, process.sh, and convert.sh are executable. To make these files executable, in your Bash command line and in the same working directory, run:
```
$ chmod +x ./*.sh
```
Run the BuiScout_build_image.sh script, located in the root directory of the project by running the following command in your Bash command line and in the same working directory.
```
$ ./BuiScout_build_image.sh [tag]
```
Note: You can pass an optional argument to this script to select a specific tag for the docker image to be build. If tag is passed, the image buiscout:tag is built. By default, it uses the latest tag.

Note: This script first builds the buiscout image and then runs it. Once the script is successfully run, you will be logged into the container.

Note: This script creates a directory named _BuiScout_mountpoint in the parent directory of the BuiScout project, if it does not already exist. You must place your config.json file in this direcotry and, if you choose to analyze a local subject repository, clone it into this directory.

Note: Runing this script from any working directory works fine, as long as you point to the script file. For example, if your peresent working is the parent directory of the BuiScout project, running the following will yield the same outcome:
```
$ ./BuiScout/BuiScout_build_image.sh
```
For future executions, rebuilding the image is not necessary unless changes are made to BuiScout. To run the docker container without rebuilding the image, run the BuiScout_run_container.sh, located in the root directory of the project by running the following command in your Bash command line and in the same working directory.
```
$ ./BuiScout_run_container.sh [tag]
```
Note: You can pass an optional argument to this script to select a specific tag for the docker image to be rin. If tag is passed, the image buiscout:tag is run. By default, it uses the latest tag.

Note: Once the script is successfully run, you will be logged into the container.

Note: This script creates a directory named _BuiScout_mountpoint in the parent directory of the BuiScout project, if it does not already exist. You must place your config.json file in this direcotry and, if you choose to analyze a local subject repository, clone it into this directory.

Note: Runing this script from any working directory works fine, as long as you point to the script file. For example, if your peresent working is the parent directory of the BuiScout project, running the following will yield the same outcome:
```
$ ./BuiScout/BuiScout_run_container.sh
```

Note: When using the scripts BuiScout_build_image.sh and BuiScout_run_container.sh, you can keep your config.json file in the root directory of the BuiScout project for ease of modifications. The scripts first attemt to copy a config.json file from this directory into ../_BuiScout_mountpoint/ directory, which will be mounted as a volume to the container. The scripts will print appropriate messages to remind you of this point.

Setup Local Environment to Run Locally

Note: This options is not recommended. You must setup your local environment for all underlying projects.

Preparations

Note: The commands on this page were tested on Ubuntu 22.04. You will need to follow different instructions on different operating systems/architectures.

Make sure you have python3 and pip installed. It is recommended to create a python environment for the project.
Run the following commands to install openjdk-11-jre and graphviz.
- System updates:
```
$ apt update -y
$ apt upgrade -y
```
- Installations:
```
$ apt install -y openjdk-11-jre graphviz graphviz-dev
```
Download the gumtree-ASE2024.zip file from this version of this repository and follow the instructions on the page to install gumtree.

Note: Do NOT use the upstream repository. The changes made in this version, although minor, are essential for BuiScout's successful execution.

Note: Alternatively, you can clone the latest version of this repository to use the latest versoin. But note that you will have to build this project from source code, unzip the built project, and add the /bin directory in the unzipped directory to your path.

Note: The location of GumTree on your system does not matter for a local run.

Run the following commands to install Node.js and NPM.

Preparing your system:

$ apt install -y curl
$ curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x

Intallation:

$ apt install -y nodejs
$ apt install -y npm
  ```

Download the tree-sitter-parser-ASE2024.zip file from this version of this repository and follow the instructions on the page to install prepare the parser.

Note: Do NOT use the upstream repository. This version uses an improved and more robust CMake Tree-Sitter parser.

Note: Alternatively, you can clone the latest version of this repository in the BCIA directory to use the latest versoin. But note that you will have to clone this recursively and then install this tool AND the tree-sitter-cmake submodule accordingly.

Seting up Local Environment for BuiScout

Download this version of BuiScout or clone its latest version.
In your Bash command line at the root directory of BuiScout, run the following command:
```
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
```
Make sure the files process.sh, and convert.sh are executable. To make these files executable, in your Bash command line and in the same working directory, run:
```
$ chmod +x ./*.sh
```
[Optional] Run the following command to create a persistent alias for BuiScout:
```
$ echo 'alias scout="python3 <absolute path to the directory BuiScout is cloned into>/BuiScout/scout.py"' >> $HOME/.bashrc
$ source $HOME/.bashrc
```
Note: By running this command, you will be to run BuiScout from any working directory by simply running the command scout in your terminal. If you choose to skip this step, you can run BuiScout by running the following command in your terminal instead of scout:
```
$ python3 <absolute or relative path to the directory BuiScout is cloned into>/BuiScout/scout.py
```

Usage

Note: If you skipped Setup > Setup Local Environment to Run Locally > Setin Up Local Environment for BuiScout > step 4. , you must replace scout command with `python3 <path to BuiScout/scout.py>.

Once you have the you complete the setup of your choice, you will be in a command line where you can access BuiScout using the scout command. Running sout how-to will print out detailed instructions on initializing, testing, and running BuiScout.

Supported Options

The scout command supports the following options:

scout --help: Prints supported options.
scout how-to: Prints instructions to successfully run/test BuiScout.
scout init: Initializes the environment by creating the <BuiScout_ROOT_DIR_PARENT>/_BuiScout_mountpoint/ directory.
scout test: Runs BuiScout on the configurations in the <BuiScout_ROOT_DIR/test/> directory.
scout run: Runs BuiScout on the configurations and repositories available to it in the <BuiScout_ROOT_DIR_PARENT/_BuiScout_mountpoint> directory. This will be the volume you mount on the container if you are running BuiScout in a Docker container.

Prepare config.json

This section is a manual to setup your config.json file.

Note: <BuiScout_ROOT_DIR>/test/config.json provides and example.

The json object in your config.json file must include the following configurations:

OPTIONS (Dictionary(Boolean), Required)

To enable any option, set its value to true, and to disable it, set its value to false. The options are:
- O1: RESOURCE_CONTROL
  
  If enabled, assigns each commit to a process thread so that once the commit is processed, all resources are released before moving to the next commit.
  
  Note: No parallelization is provided, therefore this can be used together with COMMIT_SERIES (not mutually exclusive).
  
  Note: This is under test and is not compatible with arm architecures.
  
  Hint: Disable if maximum recursion errors encountered.
- O2: COMMIT_SERIES
  
  If enabled, the commits listed in COMMITS are treated as a series of conscutive build commits and the source code and AST differencing information is cached from each previous commit for the next commit. In this case, only the modified files in the next commit are re-processed.
  
  If disabled, computes AST differences for all files in each commit independently.
  
  Note: This is mutually exclusive with AST_DIFFS_REUSE and overwrites this option if both are selected.
- Opt3: AST_DIFFS_REUSE
  
  If enabled, uses the the pre-existing GumTree output. Assumes that there was a GumTree error if data does not exist.
  
  Note: This can only be used if BuiScout has previously analyzed a commit wihtout COMMIT_SERIES being enabled and STORE is the same path for both runs.
  
  Note: This is incompatible with COMMIT_SERIES and will be disabled if COMMIT_SERIES is enabled.
- Opt4: PROGRESS_RESET
  
  If enabled, clears the progress into the list COMMITS and re-processes all listed commits.
- Opt5: VERBOSE
  
  If enabled, the verbose logs will be printed to the terminal.
- Opt6: CHANGE_LOCATION_ONLY
  
  If enabled, instead of considering the build system globally, only the modified files get analyzed and the impact detected will be contained to the modified files.
- Opt7: SNAPSHOT_MODE
  
  If enabled, no differencing is applied and the build system in the updated version will be analyzed (data-flow and IKG construction, IKG in this mode is currently invalid).
- Opt8: EXECUTE_CALLABLES
  
  If enabled, the body of each user-defined callable entity will be imported to each call site.
- Opt9: PROJECT_MODEL
  
  If enabled, looks for a folder named PROJECT in the project_specific_support folder where an extension of BuiScout is implemented to support specific features for the subject project.
- Opt10: INITIALIZE_WITH_BUILD_COMMITS
  
  Warning: Not recommended due to errors in underlying libraries.
  
  If enabled, only commits with build specifications are selected from the repository. This might throw an error as we access parent commits and they might be excluded.
RELATIVE_RESULT_PATH (String(Path), Required)

The path to where the results must be stored. Must be inside the docker's mountpoint and relative to the mountpoint.
PROJECT (String, Required)

The name of the subject project.
REPOSITORY (String(Path) or String(URL), Required)

The local path or url pointing to the subject repository. If a local path is provided, it must be inside the docker's mountpoint and relative to the mountpoint.

Note: A path to a local clone of the repository is recommended for faster analysis.
BRANCH (String, Required)

The branch to consider the commits from. Use the keyword ALL to consider all branches.

Note: Use of the default branch is recommended.
COMMITS (List[String(Commit Hash)] or keyword ALL, Required)

List of commit hashes to analyze. Use the keyword 'ALL' to analyze all commits.
EXCLUDED_COMMITS (List[String(Commit Hash)], Required)

List of commit hashes to analyze. Pass an empty list to exclude no commits.
BUILD_TECHNOLOGY (String, Required)

The build technology supporting the build system, e.g., CMake or Maven.
ENTRY_FILES (List[String(Path)], Required)

The list of paths to the build system's entry point. Must be relative the the root directory of the subject project, and at least one path is required.

PROJECT_SPECIFIC_INCLUDES (Dictionary(Dictionary(List[String])), Required)

Use the following template and fill the lists as needed. Simply pass an empty dictionary to skip this configuration.

{"include": {
  "starts_with": [
      "List of the begining of the paths (relative to root
      directory in the subject project, no / at the beginning)
      to include (added to the default patterns for naming
      conventions in a given build technology) in the analysis."
    ],
  "ends_with": [
      "List of the ending of the paths (treated similar to a
      file extension) to include (added to the default patterns
      for naming conventions in a given build technology)
      in the analysis."
    ]
  }
}

PROJECT_SPECIFIC_EXCLUDES (Dictionary(Dictionary(Dictionary(List[String]))), Required)

Use the following template and fill the lists as needed. Simply pass an empty dictionary to skip this configuration.

{<INSERT_LANGUAGE_LOWER_CASE>: {
    "exclude": {
      "starts_with": [
          "List of the begining of the paths (relative to root
          directory in the subject project, no / at the beginning)
          to exclude (even if the qualify based on default
          patterns for naming conventions in a given build
          technology) from the analysis."
        ],
      "ends_with": [
          "List of the ending of the paths (treated similar to a
          file extension) to exclude (even if the qualify
          based on default patterns for naming conventions
          in a given build technology) from the analysis."
        ]
      }
    }
}

PROJECT_SPECIFIC_PATH_RESOLUTION (List[Dictionary], Required)

Use the following template and populate the list as needed. Simply pass an empty lists to skip this configuration.

Note: The specified resolutions overwrite the default file resolution techniques.

[
  {
    "caller_file_path": "Path to the file in which the caller
    command resides. Use '*' to apply the same resolutions for
    everywhere in code.",
    "callee_file_path": "Path specified in the caller command to
    refer to the callee file.",
    "callee_resolved_path": [
      "A list of relative paths to the callee file (relative to the
      root directory of the subject project). List can have >= 1
      path. Use keyword 'SKIP' (without list) to skip."
    ]
  }
]

Name		Name	Last commit message	Last commit date
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command_options		command_options
data_flow_analysis		data_flow_analysis
diff_model		diff_model
language_supports		language_supports
project_specific_support		project_specific_support
system_commit_model		system_commit_model
test		test
utils		utils
.dockerignore		.dockerignore
.gitignore		.gitignore
BuiScout_build_image.sh		BuiScout_build_image.sh
BuiScout_run_container.sh		BuiScout_run_container.sh
Dockerfile		Dockerfile
LICENSE		LICENSE
README.md		README.md
convert.sh		convert.sh
process.sh		process.sh
requirements.txt		requirements.txt
scout.py		scout.py

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Build Docker Image to Run in Container (Recommended)

Preparations

Building the Image and Running the Container

Setup Local Environment to Run Locally

Preparations

Seting up Local Environment for BuiScout

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Prepare config.json

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