I'm not 100% sure how git does tagging, but you could use branches to do something similar. After all, the difference between a branch and a tag in Subversion is that one is written to a directory called "tags" and one is written to a directory called "branches". Just create a release branch and copy the files to there. When the branch is updated, you get a build.
However the power of Jenkins is continuous builds where you build and test each change. That way, you find problems early. What we do is a continuous build, and we actually release from one of Jenkins' builds — no special release build needed, so we can release immediately without doing a new build. If you only build upon release, how do you test your changes? -- David Weintraub da...@weintraub.name Sent from my iPhone while riding in my Ferrari. (Jealous?) On Feb 5, 2012, at 6:49 PM, Jon Schewe <jpsch...@mtu.net> wrote: > I too would like to do this, except for git. I suspect he's not ONLY building > when the tag is applied, but rather doing like I do and use Jenkins to create > releases. So when a tag is applied I'd like Jenkins to build a new release to > ship to the customer. > > On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 2:22 PM, David Weintraub <qazw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes. You can if you're building Subversion. You can have a tag that's > constant like BUILD. When that tag changes, Jenkins will build based upon > that tag. > > However the purpose of Jenkins is a continuous build server. Building only > occasionally only when you tag seems to defeat the purpose > > On Sunday, February 5, 2012, ziggy <zigg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Is it possible to create a new job that is triggered if a new tag is > > applied? For example if i apply a tag called PROJA-0.0.1-LIVE i would > > like jenkins to automatically check out and build. The version number > > changes everytime a tag is applied so if possible i would like to use > > something like a regular expression. i.e. any tag that contains the > > string %LIVE% should trigger a build. Is this possible with CVS > > or Subversion CM? > > -- > David Weintraub > qazw...@gmail.com > > > > -- > Jon Schewe | http://mtu.net/~jpschewe > >
