Chat commands

Harold has a few commands that can be used in chat. To access them, you must start out with Harold's nickname e.g. for harold running with the nickname "harold": harold: status.

general

• help: give a link to this wiki

deploys

• status: get detailed information on the current status of deploys.
• acquire: request the deploy conch.
• release: release your hold on the conch.
• notready: drop back one place in the queue to get more time to get ready
• jump: jump the queue and take the conch immediately. (don't be a jerk)
• kick <user>: forcibly remove the specified user from the queue. (don't be a jerk)
• enqueue <user> [<user>...]: add users to the queue (don't be a jerk)
• hold: put a hold on deploys in this salon. (for ops use during site emergencies)
• hold_all: put a hold on deploys across all salons. (for ops use during site emergencies)
• unhold: release the hold on deploys.
• refresh: force an update of the channel topic.
• forget <id of deploy get from salon>: if a deploy was interrupted, allow new deploy to begin.
• announce <message>: broadcast a message to every deploy channel. (don't be a jerk)

salons

• salonify :emoji_name: turn this channel into a salon with the specified lock emoji
• desalonify stop saloning in this channel
• set_deploy_hours: Set the deploy hours of the current salon.
  • e.g. set_deploy_hours 0900 1700 America/Los_Angeles
• get_deploy_hours: Print the deploy hours of the current salon.

moved to harold2

• claim_github_username <github_username> -> go to your settings page
• disclaim_github_username -> go to your settings page
• repository: this allows management of which repositories are announced in which salon. for all of them, use the full repository name e.g. reddit/rollingpin. it has several subcommands:
  • repository where <repository-name>: search for the repository in harold2 and the channel will show at the top of the page
  • repository list: search for this channel in harold2 and you can see all of the associated repos.
  • repository add <repository-name>: search for the repository in harold2 and go to its settings tab.
  • repository remove <repository-name>: search for the repository in harold2 and go to its settings tab.