Aha - I have found it.
BTW - I was already expecting it to be the tool name itself in the manner
you're describing (sorry if I wasn't clear about that).
If I do the following:
echo scm.gitTool;
scm.gitTool = 'win-git';
echo scm.gitTool;
The 1st run through I get
Scripts not permitted to use field hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM gitTool
After approving the access, it I get "null" printed out twice.
However, if you do
def myScm = scm;
echo myScm.gitTool;
myScm.gitTool = 'win-git';
echo myScm.gitTool;
It operates as expected! Hurrah!
Clearly scm is *actually* a function that returns a 'new' SCM object
matching the correct criteria and I've just been caught out by the
semantics.
On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 12:12 PM, Mark Waite <mark.earl.wa...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I wonder if the sematnics of scm.gitTool are closer to the GitTool object
> semantics inside the git plugin. GitTool inside the git plugin allows job
> owner to choose which git implementation will be used. It doesn't allow
> the job owner to specify the destination of the git executable.
>
> You might try defining a new git implementation in the "Global Tool
> Configuration" under the "Git installations" section. You can set the git
> location from that spot in the configuration and give that new git
> installation a distinct name ("win-git"). Then assign "win-git" git
> scm.gitTool and see if that has the desired affect.
>
> Mark Waite
>
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 12:48 AM Nigel Magnay <nigel.mag...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> The host it builds on is not under my control.
>>
>> Is manipulating fields in scm not supposed to work?
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, 28 July 2016, nicolas de loof <nicolas.del...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Any reason you don't set git in default path ? Would be so simpler ;)
>>> Le 27 juil. 2016 10:56 PM, "Nigel Magnay" <nigel.mag...@gmail.com> a
>>> écrit :
>>>
>>>> No, as it's not on the path so would not be found.
>>>>
>>>> Oddly, if I do
>>>> scm.gitTool = 'win git'
>>>> echo scm.gitTool
>>>>
>>>> it responds with 'null' - so something is odd in the field setter :-/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 9:53 PM, Mark Waite <mark.earl.wa...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Have you tried configuring your git executable to be "git" rather than
>>>>> "/usr/bin/git"? That's what I've used in multi-platform environments and
>>>>> it has worked well for me.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mark Waite
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 1:57 PM Nigel Magnay <nigel.mag...@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> In a bitbucket-sourced multibranch repository, I need to ensure the
>>>>>> git checkout doesn't occur with /usr/bin/git, but with a tool that
>>>>>> stands a
>>>>>> chance of executing on Windows.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I had rather hoped it would simply be the case of doing
>>>>>>
>>>>>> scm.gitTool = 'win git';
>>>>>>
>>>>>> before my
>>>>>> checkout scm
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But it still seems to insist on using the wrong binary (even though
>>>>>> there appears to be a setter, as I had to approve it in the script
>>>>>> console).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What have I missed?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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