From 1e1b5429ca537469c90f916bc3cfef9b2246b55b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 18:01:08 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] More about testing. --- install.txt | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/install.txt b/install.txt index d4db585..d0c1d33 100644 --- a/install.txt +++ b/install.txt @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ humans watching irkerd's output, are mere spam). See the security.txt document for a detailed discussion of security and DoS vulnerabilities related to irker. -== Installing irker == +== Installing irkerd == irker needs to run constantly, watching for TCP and UDP traffic on port 6659. Install it accordingly. @@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ ways to install it. See the irkerhook manual page for details. == Testing == -Go to a project repo and call irkerhook.py as indicated above while -watching the freenode #commits channel. - +To verify that your repo produces well-formed JSON notifications, +you can run irkerhook.py in the repo directory using the -n switch, +which emits JSON to standard output rather than attempting to ship +to an irkerd instance. + +Then, start irkerd and call irkerhook.py while watching the freenode +#commits channel. -- 2.26.2