Since ArtifactArchiver preserves symlinks, it is natural for CopyArtifact to do so as well.

FingerprintingCopyMethod is what traverses them. FilePathCopyMethod would not have this bug.

Code changed in jenkins
User: Jesse Glick
Path:
src/main/java/hudson/plugins/copyartifact/FingerprintingCopyMethod.java
src/test/java/hudson/plugins/copyartifact/CopyArtifactTest.java
http://jenkins-ci.org/commit/copyartifact-plugin/085c4c9f1860df993a4617741b6b36fe9441b3a0
Log:
[FIXED JENKINS-20546] Preserve symlinks when copying artifacts.

Code changed in jenkins
User: ikedam
Path:
src/main/java/hudson/plugins/copyartifact/FingerprintingCopyMethod.java
src/test/java/hudson/plugins/copyartifact/CopyArtifactTest.java
http://jenkins-ci.org/commit/copyartifact-plugin/5cfa07b8bac9caeb664b9c99c1891e206a89fd3d
Log:
Merge pull request #57 from jglick/symlinks-JENKINS-20546

JENKINS-20546 Preserve symlinks when copying artifacts

Compare: https://github.com/jenkinsci/copyartifact-plugin/compare/68a64c09a744...5cfa07b8bac9

The fix is released in copyartifact-1.35.
It will be available in a day.

This is still broken in 1.36.1 if fingerprinting of artifacts is not enabled.

Just unchecking "Fingerprint Artifacts" should never affect handling symlinks.
It looks another issue, and please create a new ticket with details, such as environments, steps to reproduce and console outputs.

jglick ikedam
Sorry for reopening the bug. My problem turned out to have nothing to do with Copy Artifacts Plugin.

This issue is not resolved in Copy Artifact Plugin 1.37. Symlink are not copied.

panjinjing
Please report more details (e.g. environments, steps to reproduce the problem).

My problem is not related with this plugin. Sorry for reopening.

I am still seeing this issue on my two jenkins sites. One jenkins setup is Jenkins 1.651.3 + Copy Artifact Plugin 1.38, and the other jenkins setup is Jenkins 2.7.1 + Copy Aritifact Plugin 1.38. The OS of both setups is Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

Below are repro steps:
1. One project P1 archives one file plus one symlink as its build artifacts like:
directory1/file1, directory2/symlink2 where symlink2 is a link to ../directory1/file1.

2. Another project P2 copies P1's artifacts to its workspace at the beginning of its build.

Expected: both file1 and symlink2 are copied to P2's workspace.

Actual: only file1 is copied to P2's workspace.

Please let me know if you need more information.

renwei
Your problem sounds rather link JENKINS-32832.
Please check that.

Thank ikedam for the info. I will paste my issue there.