[JIRA] (JENKINS-21942) Unreliable defaulting of Jenkins.workspaceDir

[keller_j...@gmx.de (JIRA)]

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 Jens Keller commented on  JENKINS-21942  
 

  
 
 
 
 

 
 
  
 
 
 
 

 
  Re: Unreliable defaulting of Jenkins.workspaceDir   
 

  
 
 
 
 

 
 this seems to be open for quite a long time - any updates?  
 

  
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
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[JIRA] (JENKINS-39670) Jenkins changes workspace layout on 2nd startup

[keller_j...@gmx.de (JIRA)]

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 Jens Keller created an issue  
 

  
 
 
 
 

 
 
  
 
 
 
 

 
 Jenkins /  JENKINS-39670  
 
 
  Jenkins changes workspace layout on 2nd startup   
 

  
 
 
 
 

 
Issue Type: 
  Bug  
 
 
Assignee: 
 Unassigned  
 
 
Components: 
 core  
 
 
Created: 
 2016/Nov/11 12:22 PM  
 
 
Priority: 
  Major  
 
 
Reporter: 
 Jens Keller  
 

  
 
 
 
 

 
 Used Jenkins version: 2.19.1, but I'm pretty sure this behavior is also present in older jenkins versions Steps to reproduce: 
 
Download the jenkins.war file 
Make sure you have an empty/not existing ~/.jenkins (or whatever JENKINS_HOME directory is used) 
From the directory where you downloaded the .war file, run `java -Djenkins.install.runSetupWizard=false -jar jenkins.war` 
When Jenkins is started, go to Manage Jenkins -> Configure System and click the "Advanced" button underneath the home directory setting at the top of the page 
Observation: the workspace root directory is specified as`$ {JENKINS_HOME}/workspace/${ITEM_FULLNAME}`, as it is documented on https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Administering+Jenkins - Cancel the process - Restart Jenkins and again, go to the central configuration - Observation: the workspace root directory suddenly changed to `${ITEM_ROOTDIR}/workspace`  This behavior is extremely odd and creates a lot of confusion and wastes people's time, as some Jenkins servers/jobs have the one layout, and some have the other layout, depending on when the jobs where created and whether Jenkins was re-started in between or not.  Also I want to raise that the documentation is contradicting: - in the built-in documentation of the config option, it says `The default value is ${ITEM_ROOTDIR}/workspace.` - in the above mentioned wiki page it indicates that the