yes, leaving it blank and letting it default to ** works just fine for snapshot builds. Then when I attempt to do a release build it complains of a detached head. I suppose I can add pre-steps to the build to do the correct git commands to make this work, but didn't think I'd need to do that. We're switching from perforce to git, and I assumed the build steps would be similar... perhaps not.. Don
*07:55:26* Caused by: org.apache.maven.scm.ScmException: Detecting the current branch failed: fatal: ref HEAD is not a symbolic ref *07:55:26* *07:55:26* at org.apache.maven.scm.provider.git.gitexe.command.branch.GitBranchCommand.getCurrentBranch(GitBranchCommand.java:144) *07:55:26* at org.apache.maven.scm.provider.git.gitexe.command.checkin.GitCheckInCommand.createPushCommandLine(GitCheckInCommand.java:185) *07:55:26* at org.apache.maven.scm.provider.git.gitexe.command.checkin.GitCheckInCommand.executeCheckInCommand(GitCheckInCommand.java:125) *07:55:26* at org.apache.maven.scm.command.checkin.AbstractCheckInCommand.executeCommand(AbstractCheckInCommand.java:53) *07:55:26* at org.apache.maven.scm.command.AbstractCommand.execute(AbstractCommand.java:59) *07:55:26* ... 39 more On Monday, April 23, 2012 11:27:29 PM UTC-7, sebasti...@softwareag.com wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:jenkinsci- > > us...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of dwalling > > Sent: Dienstag, 24. April 2012 01:45 > > To: jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com > > Subject: Re: how to build a specific git branch with jenkins > > > > Jenkins console output is below (except that I've replaced actual host > > names with dummy values. The error appears whether I use origin/master > > or just master in the branch specifier field (instead of the **) > > Does it work if you don't specify a branch and keep **? > > Sebastian > > Software AG – Group Executive Board: Karl-Heinz Streibich > (Vorsitzender/Chairman), Arnd Zinnhardt, Mark Edwards, Dr. Wolfram Jost, > Kamyar Niroumand, Paul Orme-Smith, Darren Roos, Ivo Totev > > Sitz/Registered office: Uhlandstraße 12, 64297 Darmstadt, Germany – > Registergericht/Commercial register: Darmstadt HRB 1562 - Vorstand/ > Management Board: Karl-Heinz Streibich (Vorsitzender/Chairman), Dr. Wolfram > Jost, Arnd Zinnhardt; - Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender/ Chairman of the > Supervisory Board: Dr. Andreas Bereczky - http://www.softwareag.com > >
