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Changes in App

• add /.travis.yml

  language: ruby sudo: required dist: trusty addons: chrome: stable cache: bundler: true before_install: - gem update bundler - gem install bundler - google-chrome-stable --headless --disable-gpu --no-sandbox --remote-debugging-port=9222 http://localhost & rvm: - 2.5.5 - 2.6.3 env: global: - NOKOGIRI_USE_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES=true # Travis should check every minor version in a range of supported versions, because # rails does not follow sem-ver conventions, see http://guides.rubyonrails.org/maintenance_policy.html # It should be sufficient to test only the latest of the patch versions for a minor version, they # should be compatible across patch versions (only bug fixes are released in patch versions). matrix: - "RAILS_VERSION=5.2.4" services: - redis-server before_script: - jdk_switcher use oraclejdk8

  
  

• add /tasks/_MY_APP_NAME_-dev.rake (e.g. exhibits-dev.rake)

  # frozen_string_literal: true require 'bundler/gem_tasks' require 'rspec/core/rake_task' require 'rubocop/rake_task' RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec) desc 'Run style checker' RuboCop::RakeTask.new(:rubocop) do |task| task.requires << 'rubocop-rspec' task.fail_on_error = true end # desc "Run continuous integration build" # task ci: ['engine_cart:generate'] do # Rake::Task['spec'].invoke # end desc 'Run continuous integration build' task ci: ['rubocop', 'spec'] task default: :spec

  
  

Changes in Github

In the repo settings

Webhooks (left menu)

• Turn off old webhooks
  • click Edit beside webhook
  • uncheck Active
  • click Update webhook button
• Add Travis webhook
  • click Add webhook button (above list)
  • Payload URL: https://notify.travis-ci.org

  • Which events would you like to trigger this webhook?   select Let me select individual events

    There may be reasons to do this different, but this is what I general check... Branch or tag creation Branch or tag deletion Collaborator add, remove, or changed Issue comments Pull requests Pushes Repositories Visibility changes

    
    

  • click Add webhook button

Branches (left menu)

• if Default branch (e.g. main, dev, etc.) is not listed under Branch protection rules, click Add rule button
  • set Branch name pattern: default branch's name
  • check Require status checks to pass before merging
    • check continuous-integration/travis-ci
  • click Save changes button

Changes in Travis

• turn on Travis for the repo
  • login
  • click user icon and select Settings
  • in left menu, select organization
  • in filter, search for repo name
  • click switch button to turn on travis for that repo

Testing that it all works

Travis won't run until the next commit.  To test, change a file (e.g. edit README.md and make a minor change), commit and push to GitHub in a branch.  This will trigger the Travis build.