On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 7:38 AM Eric Fetzer <[email protected]> wrote:
> So when you turn a tag into a release, does it then act more like a label, > or is it still just a set of changed files? > > Refer to https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Basics-Tagging for more details on the meaning and use of git tags. > On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 12:48 PM Mark Waite <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 12:16 PM eric.fetzer <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Thamks Mark! So how would I go about checking out a branch based on a >>> point in time (a label in most systems)? Is there a way to snap a label >>> and then check out based on that label or are we resigned to only deal in >>> tip revisions? >>> >>> >> You can checkout a point in time by checking out a specific SHA-1 hash >> that is the most recent commit before that point in time. See >> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6990484/how-to-checkout-in-git-by-date >> . >> >> >>> >>> >>> Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device >>> >>> >>> -------- Original message -------- >>> From: Mark Waite <[email protected]> >>> Date: 4/14/21 1:44 PM (GMT-05:00) >>> To: Jenkins Users <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: Git Plugin Checkout From Branch With Tag >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 10:22 AM Eric Fetzer <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Well if I don't tell it what branch to get, how will it get the right >>>> branch? Sorry, Github is a paradigm shift for me. I've been using >>>> StarTeam for 20 years and github for just a few weeks now... >>>> >>>> >>> No problem. Been through that paradigm shift. Took a long time before >>> the key git concepts finally registered. >>> >>> A git tag represents a specific commit. A checkout of a tag does not >>> need a branch. In your case, you're asking for a branch and a tag. The >>> git plugin decided to give you the branch instead of the tag. If you only >>> ask for a tag, it will checkout the commit at that tag. >>> >>> Mark Waite >>> >>> >>>> On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 10:13 AM Mark Waite <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Don't use a branch parameter. Place the tag name in the "Branches to >>>>> build" field. Compare my screen shots and your screen shots. You have >>>>> more things in your job definition than I have in mine. Those extra >>>>> things >>>>> are causing the behavior you're seeing >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 8:32 AM Eric Fetzer <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> So I've tried to incorporate what you've said, Mark, but it still >>>>>> just clones the tip revision (9.9.9.10 in this case). Here are my tags: >>>>>> >>>>>> git show-ref --tags -d >>>>>> 4efbdb878c77557d050abbd228fc377adb9419b0 refs/tags/1.0.0.1 >>>>>> 799eda70c5f052a6f8e757b044b3b60f704a705a refs/tags/1.0.0.1^{} >>>>>> c516e3681d2675d4e407b3c26ddfc7da0404c898 refs/tags/1.0.0.2 >>>>>> 40bf9dd858780d79facfb789921f53d673c08dc9 refs/tags/1.0.0.2^{} >>>>>> 9083515085949bfad75f028194226f5a9b1e5ecf refs/tags/9.9.9.10 >>>>>> 49b0f2cfbf93f36acf6b2124d589a64940eecf18 refs/tags/9.9.9.10^{} >>>>>> 019b3f3c634b9071c43f570a62c1191be05c0f4e refs/tags/9.9.9.9 >>>>>> b2f49473794ad74af0e5943f9292e57e05938fbe refs/tags/9.9.9.9^{} >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm trying to get 9.9.9.9. Here is my setup: >>>>>> >>>>>> [image: image.png] >>>>>> >>>>>> [image: image.png] >>>>>> >>>>>> It is honoring the branch specifier for branch, but not for tag. >>>>>> I've tried it with just ${tag_name} as well as with tags/${tag_name} as >>>>>> well as refs/tags/${tag_name}. What am i doing wrong? Thanks!!! >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 8:06 AM Eric Fetzer <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks for the detailed description Mark! Only one thing confuses >>>>>>> me, I don't see you specifying the branch to build anywhere in there. >>>>>>> Can >>>>>>> you explain that to me because I have to specify the branch as well as >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> tag? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 7:42 PM Mark Waite < >>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 5:57 PM eric.fetzer <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I am SO sorry Mark, I confused this Jenkins thread with a totally >>>>>>>>> unrelated support ticket. I'm not using pipeline, just the git plug >>>>>>>>> in in >>>>>>>>> conjuction with git parameters. What exactly do you mean by fetching >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> tags? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I defined a Jenkins Freestyle job that fetches a specific tag and >>>>>>>> verifies within the job that the specific tag was fetched. You can >>>>>>>> read >>>>>>>> the job definition >>>>>>>> <https://github.com/MarkEWaite/docker-lfs/blob/lts-with-plugins/ref/jobs/Bugs-Individual/jobs/Bugs-10-000-to-19-999/jobs/JENKINS-15259-publisher-tags-wrong-commit/config.xml> >>>>>>>> if that helps. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Crucial portions of the job definition included: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> *Define the parameter for the tag to checkout* >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [image: parameterized-job-definition.png] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> *Use the parameter in the checkout as the local branch name* >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [image: repository-definition.png] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I believe the default behavior is to fetch tags, but I included it >>>>>>>> in the job definition as part of "Advanced clone behaviors" to be >>>>>>>> certain. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I enabled "Honor refspec on initial clone" because that test >>>>>>>> repository is very large and I only wanted a specific branch in the >>>>>>>> clone. >>>>>>>> You probably won't need that option, though it does no harm to enable >>>>>>>> it. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Mark Waite >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -------- Original message -------- >>>>>>>>> From: Mark Waite <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> Date: 4/13/21 7:29 PM (GMT-05:00) >>>>>>>>> To: Jenkins Users <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Git Plugin Checkout From Branch With Tag >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> As far as I can tell, you didn't provide the context of the old >>>>>>>>> conversation. The steps you've attempted and the context where you're >>>>>>>>> trying those steps are not clear to me. The comments that follow are >>>>>>>>> my >>>>>>>>> guesses of things that might help you. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> If you're using Jenkins Pipeline and want to checkout a tag in >>>>>>>>> your parameterized job, you must use the 'checkout scm' step >>>>>>>>> <https://www.jenkins.io/doc/pipeline/steps/workflow-scm-step/> >>>>>>>>> rather than the 'git' step >>>>>>>>> <https://www.jenkins.io/doc/pipeline/steps/git/>. The Pipeline >>>>>>>>> snippet generator >>>>>>>>> <http://jenkins.io/redirect/pipeline-snippet-generator> will help >>>>>>>>> you generate the correct syntax for your desired checkout. There is >>>>>>>>> a brief >>>>>>>>> video <https://youtu.be/ai1kf4ihZUo> included in the git plugin >>>>>>>>> documentation <https://plugins.jenkins.io/git/#pipelines> that >>>>>>>>> shows how to use the Pipeline snippet generator. The git >>>>>>>>> step documentation >>>>>>>>> <https://www.jenkins.io/doc/pipeline/steps/git/> warns that >>>>>>>>> 'checkout' is the preferred step and that tag checkout is not >>>>>>>>> supported >>>>>>>>> with the git step. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> If you're using a Freestyle job, then you may need to check that >>>>>>>>> you're fetching the tags and that the tag parameter you're providing >>>>>>>>> is >>>>>>>>> being placed in the "Branch to build" as a variable to be expanded. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Mark Waite >>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 1:21:39 PM UTC-6 [email protected] >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Tried a bunch more stuff using Git Parameters: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> https://plugins.jenkins.io/git-parameter/ >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Again, I can checkout from the branch, but not using the tag. I >>>>>>>>>> set a git parameter for branch and then put it in the branch >>>>>>>>>> specifier and >>>>>>>>>> that worked. I added another for tag, then put that in the same >>>>>>>>>> branch >>>>>>>>>> specifier after a space and got an error. If I put it in an >>>>>>>>>> additional >>>>>>>>>> branch specifier, it seems to have gotten ignored. Just got the tip >>>>>>>>>> revision from that branch. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 12:57 PM [email protected] < >>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> OK, I think I've tried everything in this OLD conversation, but >>>>>>>>>>> none of them work. I have no issues checking out from a branch >>>>>>>>>>> using >>>>>>>>>>> branch specifier. I've tried adding on to the specifier: >>>>>>>>>>> ${my_branch} >>>>>>>>>>> tags/${my_tag}. Have also added another branch and used this sort >>>>>>>>>>> of thing >>>>>>>>>>> (as well as every other way they said to do it in that thread). >>>>>>>>>>> Every way >>>>>>>>>>> seems to just get the tip revision of all the files in that branch. >>>>>>>>>>> Does >>>>>>>>>>> anyone have guidance of how to get this done? Thanks! 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