Re: How does Jenkins know tests history

2012-11-23 Thread Yaron Naveh
Hi Check this image. Jenkins says this test failure is a regression (e.g. fails this build, passed previous build). How does Jenkins know to match the result from both builds - after all Jenkins know about the test results only the xunit xml. So I guess Jenkins compare test names from the Xml? In

How does Jenkins know tests history

2012-11-22 Thread Yaron Naveh
When a test fails Jenkins writes something like "Failing for the past 4 build (Since #12)". How does Jenkins know the test history - is it by string matching the class/test name to previous results? If so and the class name changes does it mean that all history context for its tests is also los