Thanks Joan. That helps!
Thanks,
Meghna Baijal
> On Sep 19, 2017, at 2:02 PM, Joan Touzet <woh...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> Multibranch pipeline builds always use the Jenkinsfile in a specific branch
> when testing that branch. So, your changes to the Jenkinsfile pre-merge will
> only affect builds on that branch. Hopefully this is enough?
>
> You can always create a new multibranch pipeline build that has a filter on
> which branches it will build on, and have that job use the new Jenkinsfile.
> You can then test it out on any branch prefixed with jenkins- (for example).
>
> -Joan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Meghna Baijal" <meghnabaijal2...@gmail.com>
> To: builds@apache.org
> Sent: Tuesday, 19 September, 2017 4:45:51 PM
> Subject: (MXNet) Testing changes to the Jenkinsfile without merging to the
> repo.
>
> Hi All,
> I want to make some changes to the way PR builds are triggered on MXNet as
> discussed in another email thread ("Run PR builds on Apache Jenkins only
> after the commit is reviewed”)
>
> Currently, there is a “Multibranch Pipeline" job in Jenkins that is
> responsible for these MXNet builds. This job uses the jenkinsfile located in
> the source code to build the project.
> In order to make changes to the PR build triggers, I need to add some
> properties to the Jenkinsfile script (as indicated here -
> https://jenkins.io/doc/pipeline/steps/workflow-multibranch/#properties-set-job-properties
>
> <https://jenkins.io/doc/pipeline/steps/workflow-multibranch/#properties-set-job-properties>)
>
> My question is - How do I test these changes without merging them? Any
> untested experiments with this jenkinsfile might lead to all the MXNet builds
> breaking.
> Would it be ok to create a separate job in Apache Jenkins that points to a
> private repo? Or is there a better way that I am unaware of?
>
> Here is what I want to change and test -
> 1. Add a property to the Jenkinsfile so that if a new build is started for a
> PR, any running or queued builds for the *same* PR are terminated.
> 2. Trigger PR builds based on comments in Github.
>
> Any help or re-direction would be appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
> Meghna Baijal
