Thanks Robert,
I'm going to go with your solution. Executing this using the groovy
postbuild action works:
manager.hudson.getItemByFullName("Target").getScm().getBranches().get(0).setName("newBranch");
Phil
On Friday, June 12, 2015 at 7:05:22 AM UTC-7, Robert Sandell wrote:
>
> A plugin or groovy script could quite easily change the git branch of a
> job, something like:
>
>
> Jenkins.getInstance().getItemByFullName("Target").getScm().setBranch("newBranch");
>
> But you could also try using the envinject plugin in Target to fetch the
> contents of a stored artifact in the lastSuccessfullBuild of Modifier?
>
> /B
>
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 3:58 PM, Phil C <phil...@gmail.com <javascript:>>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ben,
>>
>> Yes, I looked at the Job DSL plugin a bit. It looks like it currently
>> only provides the ability to create new jobs. I couldn't find a way to
>> modify an existing job. I only read through the documentation, and haven't
>> actually tried messing around with it yet though. Maybe I'm missing
>> something?
>>
>> In any case, if I do end up implementing job modification functionality,
>> I will look into adding this functionality to the Job DSL plugin, rather
>> than creating an entirely new plugin.
>>
>> Phil
>>
>>
>> On Friday, June 12, 2015 at 5:50:05 AM UTC-7, Ben Patterson wrote:
>>>
>>> Phil, have you looked at the Job DSL plugin? It sounds to me like that
>>> might be useful for you here.
>>>
>>> https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Job+DSL+Plugin, and
>>> https://github.com/jenkinsci/job-dsl-plugin/wiki
>>>
>>> On Friday, June 12, 2015 at 1:05:48 AM UTC-4, Phil C wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to be able to modify another job's configuration from a
>>>> build. Specifically, I would like to modify the git branch that is used
>>>> by
>>>> another job.
>>>>
>>>> I'm looking for any ideas on how this would be possible currently. And
>>>> I am considering writing a plugin (or contributing to an appropriate
>>>> plugin) for this.
>>>>
>>>> The only way I can think of how this is possible right now (without a
>>>> plugin) is to have a script (groovy?) access the REST interface to
>>>> retrieve
>>>> and set the config.xml. e.g.:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Get a project's config.xml by issuing an HTTP GET
>>>> /job/jobname/config.xml.
>>>> 2. Modify the config.xml in the script
>>>> 3. HTTP POST the modified config.xml back to the same address
>>>>
>>>> The downside of this approach is that it requires credentials to make
>>>> the POST, and it requires complex logic in the script for step 2.
>>>>
>>>> I'm thinking a plugin could accomplish the same thing easily without
>>>> going through HTTP, but instead using internal apis. The plugin would
>>>> take
>>>> a job name as input, and a set of modifiers to be performed on that job's
>>>> config.xml. Modifiers for common things like git branch can be provided
>>>> out of the box. Also, a generic XSLT modifier can be provided to allow
>>>> modification of ANY part of the config.xml (user would provide the XSLT
>>>> transformation). Extension points could be provided to allow other
>>>> modifiers to be developed.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, let me know your thoughts? Any other ways this can be done?
>>>> Any existing plugins where this logic would be a good fit?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Phil
>>>>
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