It seems also like there is access to the build cause in the Jenkins API. http://javadoc.jenkins-ci.org/hudson/model/Cause.html
So instead of accessing an environment variable, I could instead access it programmatically in my Groovy build script. Trying to find any groovy script examples using Cause from Jenkins API, no such luck. torsdag 19. februar 2015 14.39.54 UTC+1 skrev rginga følgende: > > Basically, many plugins contribute tokens. I think these come from the > Environment inject plugin: > > > > *Build Causes* > > This plugin also exposes the cause of the current build as an environment > variable. A build can be triggered by multiple causes at the same time e.g. > an SCM Change could have occurred at the same time as a user triggers the > build manually. > > The build cause is exposed as a coma separated list: > > BUILD_CAUSE=USERIDCAUSE, SCMTRIGGER, UPSTREAMTRIGGER > > In addition, each cause is exposed as a single envvariable too: > > BUILD_CAUSE_USERIDCAUSE=true > > BUILD_CAUSE_SCMTRIGGER=true > > BUILD_CAUSE_UPSTREAMTRIGGER=true > > > > It looks like you can get the user id > > > > *From:* jenkins...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> [mailto: > jenkins...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of *Sverre Moe > *Sent:* Thursday, February 19, 2015 6:54 AM > *To:* jenkins...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > *Subject:* Re: Groovy build script: What triggered the build > > > > Excellent. I could not find any documentation about this variable. It is > not listed among the environment variables of Jenkins. Makes me wonder > which other variables are available that could be usefull. > > > > When I trigger the build manually in Jenkins I got BUILD_CASE = > UPSTREAMTRIGGER > > When triggered by SCM change BUILD_CAUSE = SCMTRIGGER. > > When triggered by an downstream project UPSTREAMTRIGGER (a library > triggered a build on the app that uses it. > > > > So it looks like the BUILD_CAUSE is the same for both manually trigger and > triggered by an upstream/downstream project. > > However I think I could work this that since I would have the same build > procedure for both manual and automatic UPSTREAMTRIGGER build. > > Still would be nice to also have BUILD_CAUSE_BY, user or project. > > > > Where do I find a complete list of variables I could use? > > > tirsdag 17. februar 2015 14.21.59 UTC+1 skrev rginga følgende: > > There is a BUILD_CAUSE environment variable that can have values like: > SCMTRIGGER, MANUALTRIGGER, and others > > > > *From:* jenkins...@googlegroups.com [mailto:jenkins...@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Sverre Moe > *Sent:* Monday, February 16, 2015 7:06 AM > *To:* jenkins...@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* Groovy build script: What triggered the build > > > > Is it possible to find out who or what triggered the build from a Groovy > script? Either an SCM change, another project or user. I have just begun > reading a little about Groovy and the Jenkins API. > > > > I want to check for the following conditions and build accordingly. > > > > if (trigger == scm) { > > build_with_automake > > new_version = git tag exist for version > > if (new_version) { > > tag new release candidate in Git > > publish rc > > } > > } > > else if (trigger == "Build other projects") { > > build_with_automake > > } > > > > The project should build on every SCM change, but only tag and publish if > version has been increased. It should also build when a build has been > triggered by another project. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to jenkinsci-use...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/a4a10f09-9846-4c6e-b572-ed5123f0977d%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/a4a10f09-9846-4c6e-b572-ed5123f0977d%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to jenkinsci-use...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/ef08a7f4-380f-40da-bcc3-649188688ee1%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/ef08a7f4-380f-40da-bcc3-649188688ee1%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to jenkinsci-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/f08241c9-98cd-46e9-9c4d-47e80ee84a30%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
