Managing ports of software projects

A computer system for managing software project ports, the computer system comprising:

• a communication fabric;
• a set of computer-readable storage media connected to the communication fabric, wherein the set of computer-readable storage media collectively stores program instructions;
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• a set of processors connected to the communication fabric, wherein the set of processors executes the program instructions to:
• determine that a downstream platform-specific file corresponding to a heterogeneous computing platform is related to an upstream file corresponding to a computing platform of a parent software project based on a number of functions and constant variables in common between the downstream platform-specific file and the upstream file exceeding a defined minimum commonality threshold level;
• generate, using a hashing algorithm, a first hash of content in the upstream file corresponding to the computing platform of the parent software project based on determining that the downstream platform-specific file corresponding to the heterogeneous computing platform is related to the upstream file;
• insert a hash-based comment in the downstream platform-specific file corresponding to the heterogeneous computing platform in response to generating the first hash of the content in the upstream file corresponding to the computing platform of the parent software project, the hash-based comment includes the first hash of the content in the upstream file;
• generate, using the hashing algorithm, a second hash of the content in the upstream file corresponding to the computing platform of the parent software project in response to determining that a set of changes has been committed to a centralized source code control repository based on monitoring the centralized source code control repository for any changes;
• retrieve the first hash of the content in the upstream file corresponding to the computing platform of the parent software project from the hash-based comment inserted in the downstream platform-specific file corresponding to the heterogeneous computing platform;
• perform a comparison of the second hash of the content in the upstream file corresponding to the computing platform of the parent software project to the first hash of the content in the upstream file retrieved from the hash-based comment inserted in the downstream platform-specific file corresponding to the heterogeneous computing platform;
• determine that the set of changes made to the upstream file corresponding to the computing platform of the parent software project applies to the downstream platform-specific file corresponding to the heterogeneous computing platform based on the comparison of the second hash of the content in the upstream file to the first hash of the content in the upstream file retrieved from the hash-based comment inserted in the downstream platform-specific file;
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• implement the set of changes made to the upstream file corresponding to the computing platform of the parent software project in the downstream platform-specific file corresponding to the heterogeneous computing platform automatically.

A computer program product for managing software project ports, the computer program product comprising a set of computer-readable storage media having program instructions collectively stored therein, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to:

• determine that a downstream platform-specific file corresponding to a heterogeneous computing platform is related to an upstream file corresponding to a computing platform of a parent software project based on a number of functions and constant variables in common between the downstream platform-specific file and the upstream file exceeding a defined minimum commonality threshold level;
• generate, using a hashing algorithm, a first hash of content in the upstream file corresponding to the computing platform of the parent software project based on determining that the downstream platform-specific file corresponding to the heterogeneous computing platform is related to the upstream file;
• insert a hash-based comment in the downstream platform-specific file corresponding to the heterogeneous computing platform in response to generating the first hash of the content in the upstream file corresponding to the computing platform of the parent software project, the hash-based comment includes the first hash of the content in the upstream file;
• generate, using the hashing algorithm, a second hash of the content in the upstream file corresponding to the computing platform of the parent software project in response to determining that a set of changes has been committed to a centralized source code control repository based on monitoring the centralized source code control repository for any changes;
• retrieve the first hash of the content in the upstream file corresponding to the computing platform of the parent software project from the hash-based comment inserted in the downstream platform-specific file corresponding to the heterogeneous computing platform;
• perform a comparison of the second hash of the content in the upstream file corresponding to the computing platform of the parent software project to the first hash of the content in the upstream file retrieved from the hash-based comment inserted in the downstream platform-specific file corresponding to the heterogeneous computing platform;
• determine that the set of changes made to the upstream file corresponding to the computing platform of the parent software project applies to the downstream platform-specific file corresponding to the heterogeneous computing platform based on the comparison of the second hash of the content in the upstream file to the first hash of the content in the upstream file retrieved from the hash-based comment inserted in the downstream platform-specific file;
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• implement the set of changes made to the upstream file corresponding to the computing platform of the parent software project in the downstream platform-specific file corresponding to the heterogeneous computing platform automatically.