AWS CodeCommit

Introduction
AWS CodeCommit is a managed source control service that hosts private Git
repositories and is safe and highly scalable. It allows teams to collaborate on code
safely, with contributions encrypted in transit and at rest. You won't have to run your
source control system or worry about scaling its infrastructure using CodeCommit.
CodeCommit can be used to store anything from code to binaries. It works with your
existing Git-based tools because it supports Git's basic capabilities.
You can use CodeCommit to:
●​ Use AWS's fully managed service: CodeCommit ensures high service
availability and reliability while also removing the administrative burden of
managing your hardware and software. There is no server software to install,
configure, or update and no hardware to provision and scale.
●​ Securely store your code: CodeCommit repositories are encrypted in transit
and at rest.
●​ Collaborate on code: CodeCommit repositories offer to pull requests, which
allow users to review and comment on each other's code changes before
merging them to branches, as well as alerts, which send emails to users about
pull requests and comments.
●​ Scale your version control projects with ease: CodeCommit repositories can
grow to suit your development requirements. The service can manage huge
repositories with many files or branches, large file sizes, and long revision
histories.
●​ Anything, at any time: There are no limits to the size of your repositories or the
file types you can save with CodeCommit.
●​ Integrate with other Amazon Web Services (AWS) and third-party services:
CodeCommit maintains your repositories on the AWS Cloud close to your other
production resources, making your development lifecycle faster and more
frequent. It integrates with IAM and can be used with other AWS services and
repositories. See AWS CodeCommit product and service integrations for further
information.
●​ Move files from other remote repositories with ease: Any Git-based
repository can be converted to CodeCommit.
●​ Use the Git tools you're currently familiar with: CodeCommit has its AWS CLI
commands and APIs in addition to Git commands.
Differences and Similarities Between Git and
CodeCommit
Differences
Git CodeCommit

Less Secure than CodeCommit. More Secure than Git because AWS uses
IAM(Amazon Identity and Access
Management) roles for securing
approaches, allowing users to share their
repositories with a limited number of
people in a highly safe environment.

The Git interface is more engaging than Its interface is less engaging than Git.
the AWS CodeCommit interface.

Git is linked to GitHub AWS CodeCommit is controlled and

hosted by AWS, making it a more
trustworthy platform.

Similarities
Differences
Git CodeCommit

It can integrate with AWS cloudbuild, It also can integrate with AWS cloudbuild,
which can import your GitHub. which can import your GitHub and other
Google cloud storage and construct
containers according to your needs.

It uses Git repositories. It also uses Git repositories.

It advocates for code review. It also advocates for code review.

What is the functionality of CodeCommit?

Users of Git-based repositories will be familiar with CodeCommit, but even those who
aren't should find the shift to CodeCommit simple. CodeCommit has a terminal that
allows you to quickly create repositories and see a list of existing repositories and
branches. Users may locate information on a repository and clone it to their computer in
a few simple steps, resulting in a local repo where they can make changes before
pushing them to the CodeCommit repository. Users can use a GUI-based editor or
operate from the command line on their home workstations.
The diagram below explains how to establish and maintain repositories using your
development machine, the AWS CLI or CodeCommit console, and the CodeCommit
service:
 Source: Functionality of CodeCommit
1.​ To create a CodeCommit repository, use the AWS CLI or the CodeCommit
console.
2.​ Run git clone from your development machine, specifying the name of the
CodeCommit repository. This establishes a local repository that is linked to the
CodeCommit repository.
3.​ Modify (add, edit, and delete) files in the local repo on your development
machine, then run git add to stage the changes locally. To commit the files locally,
use git commit and git push to send them to the CodeCommit repository.
4.​ Other users' changes can be downloaded. To synchronise the files in the
CodeCommit repository with your local repo, use git pull. This ensures you're
working with the most recent file version.
To track and manage your repositories, you can use the AWS CLI or the CodeCommit
console.
Advantages of AWS CodeCommit
●​ Highly Scalable: It scales up or down depending on your data and can easily
manage huge repositories and branch counts.
●​ Fully Manageable: As a developer, you should concentrate on developing rather
than managing or maintaining hardware or software. This solution allows you to
focus more on production while managing all of the underlying requirements and
ensuring high availability and durability.
●​ Collaboration: It enables several users to collaborate on the same source code
at various sections simultaneously. After that, the changes and updates are
merged and pushed into the repository.
●​ Security: It offers a secure environment for storing source code, documents,
binary files, and other items. It secures your data by employing encryption
techniques. AWS secures your data via IAM roles, which allow you to share it
with certain persons.
●​ Migration: Its most attractive feature allows users to transition their git
repositories to CodeCommit simply.

Creating a Repository in CodeCommit

Create a repository in CodeCommit by following these steps:

Step 1
Go to the Amazon Management Console after logging into your AWS account. Look for
AWS CodeCommit in the search field. A window for the CodeCommit service will
appear.
Step 2
In AWS CodeCommit, click Create Repository to create a repository. Then click Create
after giving it a name and a description.

Step 3
A success message will appear on the screen, indicating that the repository was
successfully created.

Step 4
You can join your repository using HTTP or SSH. We're utilising HTTP for this. To
add a file, click Create File.
Step 5
This is where we type a text file. You can save your source code or any other
binary files in this folder.

Step 6
Click Commit Changes after entering the filename, author name, email address,
and commit message.
Step 7
You can now quickly create your repository with only a few clicks.

Adding Files to the CodeCommit Repository

The CodeCommit console can be used to upload files from a local computer.
It can also be uploaded via a Git client, allowing users to clone a repository to their local
computer. Git must first be installed on the local computer, then cloning the
CodeCommit repository. Changes to the files on the local computer can be made, and
these changes can then be pushed to the repository. The terminal can be used to view
files that have been added to the repository.
●​ Click the 'Code' button in the repository's navigation bar.
●​ Select or create the file to be uploaded by clicking on the 'Add file' button.
 ●​ Select the file from the drop-down list if you want to add a file from a different
branch. The user's default branch is chosen automatically.
○​ Fill in the 'Author name' and 'Email address' fields.
○​ 'Commit message' is an optional field.
○​ Select the file you want to upload by clicking on it.
○​ Fill in a 'Filename'.

Exploring the Repository's Contents

●​ The contents of the files can be immediately accessed, or the files can be studied
from the console.
●​ This aids the user in determining which branch of the repository gas should be
verified or a local copy made.

Making Pull Requests and Collaborating on them

The user may want to collaborate on code and review changes while working with other
repository users. Other users can examine and comment on the user's code by creating
a pull request. If the repository's notifications are enabled, the repository's user will
receive emails about events concerning the repository.
A branch containing the code changes that need to be reviewed should be created
before submitting a pull request.
Working with Approval Rule Templates
For pull requests, you can set approval rules. Use approval rule templates to apply
approval rules to some or all of the pull requests made in repositories. Approval rule
templates allow you to adapt your development workflows across repositories so that
various branches have appropriate approval and control levels. Different rules might be
set for the production and development branches. When a pull request meets the rule
conditions, those rules are implemented.
An approval rule template can be associated with one or more repositories in the AWS
Region where it was established. When a template is linked to a repository, it creates
approval rules for pull requests in that repository as part of the pull request creation
process. Like a single approval rule, an approval rule template outlines the structure of
an approval rule, including the number of needed approvals and an optional pool of
users from which approvals must come. You can also define destination references (the
branch or branches), also known as branch filters, in addition to approval rules. Only
pull requests whose destination branch names match the given branch names
(destination references) in the template will have rules defined for them if you define
destination references. If you give refs/heads/main as a destination reference, the
template's approval rule will only be applied to pull requests if the target branch is main.
AWS CodeCommit Security
At AWS, cloud security is a top focus. As an AWS customer, you have access to a data
centre and network architecture designed to fulfil the needs of the most
security-conscious businesses.
AWS and you both share responsibility for security. This is referred to as cloud security
and cloud security under the shared responsibility model:
●​ Security of the Cloud: AWS is in charge of safeguarding the infrastructure that
runs AWS services on the AWS Cloud. AWS also supplies you with services that
are safe to utilise. As part of the AWS Compliance Programs, third-party auditors
examine and certify the effectiveness of our security.
●​ Security in the Cloud: The AWS service that you utilise determines your
obligation. Other considerations, such as the sensitivity of your data, your
company's requirements, and applicable laws and regulations, are also your
responsibility.
When using CodeCommit, this guide will assist you to understand how to implement the
shared responsibility paradigm. Other AWS services that help you monitor and secure
your CodeCommit resources are also covered.

AWS CodeCommit Monitoring

Monitoring is a vital component of keeping CodeCommit and your other AWS solutions
reliable, available, and performant. AWS provides the following monitoring tools to keep
an eye on CodeCommit, flag issues, and take automatic measures when necessary:
●​ Amazon EventBridge can be used to automate your AWS services and respond
to system events like application availability concerns or resource changes
automatically. EventBridge receives events from AWS services in near real-time.
Simple rules can be written to specify which events are of interest to you and
which automated actions should be taken when an event matches one of the
criteria.
●​ Amazon CloudWatch Events provides a near-real-time stream of system events
that indicate AWS resource changes. Because you can design rules that watch
for specific events and trigger automated actions in other AWS services when
they occur, CloudWatch Events enables automated event-driven computing.
●​ CloudTrail and other log files can be monitored, stored, and accessed via
Amazon CloudWatch Logs. CloudWatch Logs can monitor data in log files and
provide you notifications when specified thresholds are reached. You can also
store your log data in long-term storage.
●​ AWS CloudTrail logs API calls and related events made by or on behalf of your
Amazon Web Services account to an Amazon S3 bucket you specify. You can
 see which users and accounts phoned AWS, as well as the source IP address
from which the calls were made and when they were made.

AWS CodeCommit Troubleshooting

The following information may assist you in troubleshooting typical AWS CodeCommit
difficulties.

Turn on debugging
Problem: I'd like to enable debugging in order to learn more about my repository and
how Git executes commands.
Possible solutions include: Consider the following:
1. Before using Git commands, run the following commands at the terminal or command
line on your local machine:
On Unix, Linux, or macOS:
export GIT_TRACE_PACKET=1
export GIT_TRACE=1
export GIT_CURL_VERBOSE=1
On Windows:
set GIT_TRACE_PACKET = 1
set GIT_TRACE = 1
set GIT_CURL_VERBOSE = 1

2. Create a shell script similar to the following and run it to gather more information
about your Git repository:
#!/bin/sh

gc_output=`script -q -c 'git gc' | grep Total`

object_count=$(echo $gc_output | awk -F ' |\(|\)' '{print $2}')
delta_count=$(echo $gc_output | awk -F ' |\(|\)' '{print $5}')

verify_pack_output=`git verify-pack -v objects/pack/pack-*.pack

.git/objects/pack/pack-*.pack 2>/dev/null`
largest_object=$(echo "$verify_pack_output" | grep blob | sort -k3nr |
head -n 1 | awk '{print $3/1024" KiB"}')
largest_commit=$(echo "$verify_pack_output" | grep 'tree\|commit\|tag' |
sort -k3nr | head -n 1 | awk '{print $3/1024" KiB"}')
longest_delta_chain=$(echo "$verify_pack_output" | grep chain | tail -n 1
| awk -F ' |:' '{print $4}')
branch_count=`git branch -a | grep remotes/origin | grep -v HEAD | wc -l`
if [ $branch_count -eq 0 ]; then
branch_count=`git branch -l | wc -l`
fi

echo "Size: `git count-objects -v | grep size-pack | awk '{print $2}'`

KiB"
echo "Branches: $branch_count"
echo "Tags: `git show-ref --tags | wc -l`"
echo "Commits: `git rev-list --all | wc -l`"
echo "Objects: $object_count"
echo "Delta objects: $delta_count"
echo "Largest blob: $largest_object"
echo "Largest commit/tag/tree: $largest_commit"
echo "Longest delta chain: $longest_delta_chain"

3. If these methods don't give you enough information to solve the problem on your
own, turn to the AWS CodeCommit forum for assistance.

Troubleshooting AWS CodeCommit Git credentials and HTTPS

connections
The following information may assist you in troubleshooting typical issues while
connecting to AWS CodeCommit repositories using Git credentials and HTTPS.
AWS CodeCommit git credentials: When I connect to my CodeCommit repository
using the terminal or command line, I keep getting a prompt for credentials.

Problem: When using the terminal or command line to push, pull, or otherwise interact
with a CodeCommit repository, you are prompted for a user name and password, as
well as the Git credentials for your IAM(Identity and Access Management) user.
Possible solutions include: The most common causes of this error are that your local
computer is running an operating system that doesn't support credential management,
that it doesn't have a credential management utility installed, or that your IAM user's Git
credentials haven't been saved to one of these credential management systems. You
may need to install a credential manager, configure the credential manager that comes
with your operating system, or tailor your local environment to use credential storage,
depending on your operating system and local environment. If your computer runs
macOS, for example, you can store your credentials in the Keychain Access program.
You can use the Git Credential Manager that comes with Git for Windows if your
machine runs Windows.
AWS CodeCommit Git credentials: I put up Git credentials, but my system isn't using
them.
Problem: When using CodeCommit with a Git client, the client does not appear to use
your IAM user's Git credentials.
Possible solutions: The most likely cause of this problem is that you previously
configured your machine to use the AWS CLI's credential helper. Remove any
configuration lines similar to the ones below from [Link] file:
[credential "[Link]
helper = !aws codecommit credential-helper $@
UseHttpPath = true

Before attempting to connect again, save the file and then create a new command line
or terminal session.
You may also have numerous credential helpers or managers installed on your
computer, and your system may be set to a different configuration by default. When
using the git config command, instead of --global or --local, use the --system option to
change the default credential helper.

FAQs
1. What is AWS CodeCommit, exactly?
AWS CodeCommit is a managed source control service that makes it easier for teams
to collaborate on code. It is safe, highly scalable, and easy to use. You won't have to
manage your own source control system or worry about scaling its infrastructure using
AWS CodeCommit. AWS CodeCommit allows you to store everything from code to
binaries and integrates with your existing Git tools.

2. What is the difference between AWS CodeCommit and a versioned S3 bucket?

AWS CodeCommit is a collaborative software development platform. It allows you to
handle changes in batches across several files, branch in parallel, and compare
versions ("diffing"). Amazon S3 versioning, on the other hand, allows you to recover
previous versions of individual files but not batch changes across several files or other
features required for collaborative software development.

3. Who should use Amazon Web Services CodeCommit?

AWS CodeCommit is a source control system for software developers who need a
secure, dependable, and scalable way to store and version their code. Additionally,
anyone searching for an easy-to-use, fully managed, version-controlled data repository
can use AWS CodeCommit. IT administrators, for example, can use AWS CodeCommit
to store scripts and configurations. AWS CodeCommit allows web designers to save
HTML pages and images.

4. What exactly is Git?

Git is a distributed version management system that is open-source. You can use the
Git command-line interface (CLI) or any of the available Git clients to work with AWS
CodeCommit repositories.

5. How can I start building a repository?

The AWS Management Console, the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI), the
AWS SDKs, and the AWS CodeCommit APIs can all be used to build a repository.

Key Takeaways
In this article, we have discussed AWS CodeCommit. We have also discussed its
benefits and its usage. So basically, AWS CodeCommit is a managed source control
service that makes it easier for teams to collaborate on code. It is safe, highly scalable,
and easy to use.