| I have a repository which is setup to perform git polling, and it always triggers, suggesting there are changes, even though there are not. In this case, the job has multiple checkouts using a pipeline, but I think it would only happen in the case of a single checkout as well. Specifically, the branch name is master, and it checks first all the "remote/branch" combinations, (in this case, "origin/master") and then fails to find anything new (as origin/master was already built). Then, it checks the branch name on its own, thinking that maybe it's a tag or some other ref. This results in reporting a separate commit (likely whatever master happens to be at when the polling was created), and thus reports a new commit to build. This causes the build to trigger every polling timeout, even though there aren't any real new changes. Here's a subset of the actual output with repository names and paths redacted. I have the VERBOSE logging enabled for more information.
Started on Apr 3, 2018 4:01:00 PM
Using strategy: Default
[poll] Last Built Revision: Revision 72c4cea985bb5ff14813d27dac94f34887cbd841 (refs/remotes/origin/master)
using GIT_SSH to set credentials
> git ls-remote -h <groovyLibURL> # timeout=10
Found 1 remote heads on <groovyLibURL>
[poll] Latest remote head revision on refs/heads/master is: 72c4cea985bb5ff14813d27dac94f34887cbd841 - already built by 1738
Using strategy: Default
[poll] Last Built Revision: Revision cc24044526e9d460c74a59fcdeb12e43a446cb7d (origin/master)
> git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree # timeout=10
Fetching changes from the remote Git repositories
> git config remote.origin.url <mainRepositoryURL> # timeout=10
Fetching upstream changes from <mainRepositoryURL>
> git --version # timeout=10
using GIT_SSH to set credentials
> git fetch --no-tags --progress <mainRepositoryURL> +refs/heads/:refs/remotes/origin/
Polling for changes in
getCandidateRevisions(true,master,,,hudson.plugins.git.util.BuildData@3fcd3164[scmName=<mainRepositoryName>,remoteUrls=[<mainRepositoryURL>],buildsByBranchName=
Unknown macro: {origin/master=Build #1738 of Revision cc24044526e9d460c74a59fcdeb12e43a446cb7d (origin/master)}
,lastBuild=Build #1738 of Revision cc24044526e9d460c74a59fcdeb12e43a446cb7d (origin/master)]) considering branches to build
Qualifying master as a branch in repository origin -> origin/master
> git rev-parse origin/master^
Unknown macro: {commit}
- timeout=10
rev-parse origin/master -> AnyObjectId[cc24044526e9d460c74a59fcdeb12e43a446cb7d]
AnyObjectId[cc24044526e9d460c74a59fcdeb12e43a446cb7d] has already been built
> git rev-parse master^
# timeout=10
Failed to rev-parse: master
Using strategy: Default
[poll] Last Built Revision: Revision d24e49e865522042434be7b1a46f592aae2608dc (origin/master)
> git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree # timeout=10
Fetching changes from the remote Git repositories
> git config remote.origin.url <firstRepositoryURL> # timeout=10
Fetching upstream changes from <firstRepositoryURL>
> git --version # timeout=10
using GIT_SSH to set credentials
> git fetch --no-tags --progress <firstRepositoryURL> +refs/heads/:refs/remotes/origin/
Polling for changes in
getCandidateRevisions(true,master,,,hudson.plugins.git.util.BuildData@857d3e89[scmName=<firstRepositoryName>,remoteUrls=[<firstRepositoryURL>],buildsByBranchName=
Unknown macro: {origin/master=Build #1738 of Revision d24e49e865522042434be7b1a46f592aae2608dc (origin/master)}
,lastBuild=Build #1738 of Revision d24e49e865522042434be7b1a46f592aae2608dc (origin/master)]) considering branches to build
Qualifying master as a branch in repository origin -> origin/master
> git rev-parse origin/master^
Unknown macro: {commit}
- timeout=10
rev-parse origin/master -> AnyObjectId[d24e49e865522042434be7b1a46f592aae2608dc]
AnyObjectId[d24e49e865522042434be7b1a46f592aae2608dc] has already been built
> git rev-parse master^
# timeout=10
rev-parse master -> AnyObjectId[d24e49e865522042434be7b1a46f592aae2608dc]
AnyObjectId[d24e49e865522042434be7b1a46f592aae2608dc] has already been built
Using strategy: Default
[poll] Last Built Revision: Revision 93a6d3510777096a6fbd7f16ac22c28ef4bd872e (origin/master)
> git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree # timeout=10
Fetching changes from the remote Git repositories
> git config remote.origin.url <secondRepositoryURL> # timeout=10
Fetching upstream changes from <secondRepositoryURL>
> git --version # timeout=10
using GIT_SSH to set credentials
> git fetch --no-tags --progress <secondRepositoryURL> +refs/heads/:refs/remotes/origin/
Polling for changes in
getCandidateRevisions(true,master,,,hudson.plugins.git.util.BuildData@2e191547[scmName=<secondRepositoryName>,remoteUrls=[<secondRepositoryURL>],buildsByBranchName=
Unknown macro: {origin/master=Build #1738 of Revision 93a6d3510777096a6fbd7f16ac22c28ef4bd872e (origin/master)}
,lastBuild=Build #1738 of Revision 93a6d3510777096a6fbd7f16ac22c28ef4bd872e (origin/master)]) considering branches to build
Qualifying master as a branch in repository origin -> origin/master
> git rev-parse origin/master^
Unknown macro: {commit}
- timeout=10
rev-parse origin/master -> AnyObjectId[93a6d3510777096a6fbd7f16ac22c28ef4bd872e]
AnyObjectId[93a6d3510777096a6fbd7f16ac22c28ef4bd872e] has already been built
> git rev-parse master^
# timeout=10
rev-parse master -> AnyObjectId[4bf94e5146026ba4e3bebef3b2ebf8a795d0d0f8]
Found a new commit AnyObjectId[4bf94e5146026ba4e3bebef3b2ebf8a795d0d0f8] to be built on master
Unknown macro: {0}
seems to be a non-branch reference (tag?)
> git log --full-history --no-abbrev --format=raw -M -m 93a6d3510777096a6fbd7f16ac22c28ef4bd872e..4bf94e5146026ba4e3bebef3b2ebf8a795d0d0f8 # timeout=10
Using strategy: Default
[poll] Last Built Revision: Revision a4db49e3433ef3304c7956e81369c2ed5fa69b5d (origin/master)
> git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree # timeout=10
Fetching changes from the remote Git repositories
> git config remote.origin.url <thirdRepositoryURL> # timeout=10
Fetching upstream changes from <thirdRepositoryURL>
> git --version # timeout=10
using GIT_SSH to set credentials
> git fetch --no-tags --progress <thirdRepositoryURL> +refs/heads/:refs/remotes/origin/
Polling for changes in
getCandidateRevisions(true,master,,,hudson.plugins.git.util.BuildData@49f3b5e7[scmName=<thirdRepositoryName>,remoteUrls=[<thirdRepositoryURL>],buildsByBranchName=
Unknown macro: {origin/master=Build #1738 of Revision a4db49e3433ef3304c7956e81369c2ed5fa69b5d (origin/master)}
,lastBuild=Build #1738 of Revision a4db49e3433ef3304c7956e81369c2ed5fa69b5d (origin/master)]) considering branches to build
Qualifying master as a branch in repository origin -> origin/master
> git rev-parse origin/master^
Unknown macro: {commit}
- timeout=10
rev-parse origin/master -> AnyObjectId[a4db49e3433ef3304c7956e81369c2ed5fa69b5d]
AnyObjectId[a4db49e3433ef3304c7956e81369c2ed5fa69b5d] has already been built
> git rev-parse master^
# timeout=10
rev-parse master -> AnyObjectId[00f059f63e272c44fb3f754be4e2f4a1b474c416]
Found a new commit AnyObjectId[00f059f63e272c44fb3f754be4e2f4a1b474c416] to be built on master
seems to be a non-branch reference (tag?)
> git log --full-history --no-abbrev --format=raw -M -m a4db49e3433ef3304c7956e81369c2ed5fa69b5d..00f059f63e272c44fb3f754be4e2f4a1b474c416 # timeout=10
Using strategy: Default
[poll] Last Built Revision: Revision 06188df26697ef38293a8533ce601934762c7d6c (origin/master)
> git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree # timeout=10
Fetching changes from the remote Git repositories
> git config remote.origin.url <fourthRepositoryURL> # timeout=10
Fetching upstream changes from <fourthRepositoryURL>
> git --version # timeout=10
using GIT_SSH to set credentials
> git fetch --no-tags --progress <fourthRepositoryURL> +refs/heads/:refs/remotes/origin/
Polling for changes in
getCandidateRevisions(true,master,,,hudson.plugins.git.util.BuildData@dff532d1[scmName=<fourthRepositoryName>,remoteUrls=[<fourthRepositoryURL>],buildsByBranchName=
Unknown macro: {origin/master=Build #1738 of Revision 06188df26697ef38293a8533ce601934762c7d6c (origin/master)}
,lastBuild=Build #1738 of Revision 06188df26697ef38293a8533ce601934762c7d6c (origin/master)]) considering branches to build
Qualifying master as a branch in repository origin -> origin/master
> git rev-parse origin/master^
Unknown macro: {commit}
- timeout=10
rev-parse origin/master -> AnyObjectId[06188df26697ef38293a8533ce601934762c7d6c]
AnyObjectId[06188df26697ef38293a8533ce601934762c7d6c] has already been built
> git rev-parse master^
# timeout=10
Failed to rev-parse: master
Done. Took 6.5 sec
Changes found
I am highly suspect that the relevant commit related to why this breaks is: c7dae80b85c1 ("JENKINS-21952 Resolve tags with slashes", 2014-02-27) I believe what is happening is that the "remote/branch" output is failing to find any new changes, so we fall back to attempting to resolve the name like a tag, but it so happens that the polling setup actually does end up with the branch checked out, and it results in us finding the local master name and reporting it. I don't really know how to resolve this yet. |
