On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 12:16 PM eric.fetzer <eric.fet...@gmail.com> 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 <mark.earl.wa...@gmail.com> > Date: 4/14/21 1:44 PM (GMT-05:00) > To: Jenkins Users <jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: Git Plugin Checkout From Branch With Tag > > > > On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 10:22 AM Eric Fetzer <eric.fet...@gmail.com> > 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 <mark.earl.wa...@gmail.com> >> 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 <eric.fet...@gmail.com> >>> 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 <eric.fet...@gmail.com> >>>> 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 <mark.earl.wa...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 5:57 PM eric.fetzer <eric.fet...@gmail.com> >>>>>> 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 <mark.earl.wa...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> Date: 4/13/21 7:29 PM (GMT-05:00) >>>>>>> To: Jenkins Users <jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com> >>>>>>> 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 eric....@gmail.com >>>>>>> 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 eric....@gmail.com < >>>>>>>> eric....@gmail.com> 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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