Scripts Directory

Various scripts for CI/CD, release automation, and development tasks.

Python Scripts

Setup

Install direct dependencies (hashed, no transitive deps):

python3 -m pip install -r scripts/requirements.txt

Available Scripts

CI Scripts (ci/)

• render-notes.py - Fetches and renders release notes from thunderbird-notes
• setup_release_automation - Sets up GitHub release automation environments
• merges/merge_gradle.py - Custom git merge driver for Gradle files

CLI Wrappers

• autodiscovery, html-cleaner, resource-mover, translation - Gradle CLI tool wrappers

Virtual Environment

It's recommended to use a virtual environment:

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On macOS/Linux
python3 -m pip install -r scripts/requirements.txt

To deactivate: deactivate

Testing

To verify everything works:

./scripts/test_python_scripts.sh

This creates a temporary environment, installs dependencies, runs tests, and cleans up automatically.

Dependencies

The requirements.txt includes 4 direct dependencies (all pinned to specific versions):

• PyNaCl - Cryptography for GitHub secret encryption
• PyYAML - YAML parsing for release notes
• Jinja2 - Template rendering for changelog files
• requests - HTTP client for GitHub API interactions