1 Overview

Ways to delete project in gerrit:

    a.delete git repositories in gerrit server

    b.delete-project plugin

2. Delete git repositories

check gerrit repositories path in gerrit /etc/gerrit.config

cd the basePath and find the project you want to delete, delete it.

3  delete-project plugin

3.1 Build delete-project plugin

3.1.1 Build tools

# install ant

sudo apt-get install ant

# install buck

git clone https://gerrit.googlesource.com/buck

cd buck

ant

# update bash setup script to make buck and buckd available

ln -s /home1/Gama/local/buck/bin/buck /home1/Gama/bin/buck

ln -s /home1/Gama/local/buck/bin/buckd /home1/Gama/bin/buckd

export PATH=$PATH:/home1/Gama/bin

3.1.2 Prepare the source code

# Check out Gerrit source code

git clone https://gerrit.googlesource.com/gerrit

cd gerrit

# Switch to the tag matching your Gerrit server.

# You must use the same version to build plugins compatible to the server.

git checkout v2.12.2

#Check out the source code of delete-project

cd plugins

git clone https://gerrit.googlesource.com/plugins/delete-project

cd delete-project

# Switch to the most recent, possible commit matching the version of the server.

# Things are better with 2.9, but there's no tag or branch for 2.8.

# From https://gerrit.googlesource.com/plugins/delete-project/+/stable-2.12 we know　commit id is 5647220a84382d30a1dd7d66e9dc20a7411c9a4d

git checkout 5647220a84382d30a1dd7d66e9dc20a7411c9a4d

3.1.3 Build plugin

# At the root directory of the gerrit repository

buck build plugins/delete-project:delete-project

After building, there isdelete-project.jarinbuck-out/gen/plugins/delete-project/.

3.2 Install plugin

# ssh command install if gerrit plugin install enabled 

$ssh -p ${GERRIT_PORT} ${GERRIT_USER}@${GERRIT_HOST} gerrit plugin install -n delete-project.jar - < delete-project.jar

# if gerrit disable plugin install remote, just cp plugins to gerrit plugins directly

$scp ./buck-out/gen/plugins/delete-project/delete-project.jar gerrit2@10.80.98.62:/data/gerrit2/review_site/plugins

# stop and start gerrit service the enable new install plugins available

$./data/gerrit2/review_site/bin/gerrit.sh restart

after gerrit service restart, you can check the plugin status in web.

3.3 Use plugin

3.3.1 ssh command

# Find the project name we want to delete

$ ssh -p 29418 10.80.98.62 gerrit ls-projects --all

# the deleteproject command default to dry-run, not really delete

$ ssh -p ${GERRIT_PORT} ${GERRIT_USER}@${GERRIT_HOST} deleteproject delete $PROJECT

# add --yes-really-delete after ensure to delete

$ ssh -p ${GERRIT_PORT} ${GERRIT_USER}@${GERRIT_HOST} deleteproject delete $PROJECT --yes-really-delete

3.3.2 WebUI

Document:http://10.80.98.62:8089/Documentation/intro-project-owner.html#project-deletion

4 Suggestion

You can use other ways to get the samepurpose as delete the project, change the project state to Read Only or Hidden for example.

5 Refer to

Gerrit Code Review - Building with Buck

Gerrit Source Code

delete-project

java - How to install delete-project plugin in gerrit? - Stack Overflow

plugin install

https://gerrit.googlesource.com/plugins/delete-project/

http://sychen.logdown.com/posts/2014/12/28/delete-project-in-gerrit