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  2. JENKINS-23477

git plugin sparse checkout path field does not expand variables

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    • git client plugin 4.0.0

      I have carefully named my project paths and folders so I can use JOB_NAME substitutions when cloning templates to create new jobs. All I have to do is copy a similar test (selenium/jmeter/junit/etc) and set the name of the job.

      I just started using sparse checkout feature of git-client, to reduce the workspace bloat.

      I want to use variable substitution to checkout the path 'test/${JOB_NAME}'.

      The ${JOB_NAME} is not expanding, I get an error from the git-client, and the checkout fails. When I hardcode the jobname in the sparse checkout path field, it all works beautifully.

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          [JENKINS-23477] git plugin sparse checkout path field does not expand variables

          Charlie Stott created issue -
          Mark Waite made changes -
          Component/s Original: git-client [ 17423 ]
          Thomas Wabner made changes -
          Priority Original: Minor [ 4 ] New: Major [ 3 ]

          Thomas Wabner added a comment -

          We see the same situation:

          we using some maven jobs and prepare the environment with some predefind variables like

          project_rel_path=maven/parents/web-parent

          Then we want to use in sparse-checkout path this variable like ${project_rel_path}. But we get then errors like
          *
          stderr: error: Sparse checkout leaves no entry on working directory*

          We need such "central" point of configuration for our project definitions, because if we sparse checkout such path, the path is checked out as it is. So the workspace contains a folder like

          /maven/parents/web-parent/

          As for a standard maven job, we need to define where to find the pom.xml ... in such way with sparse checkout, we need to configure, that the pom can be found under maven/parents/web-parent/pom.xml (and we cannot rely on default maven job behaviour, that the pom.xml is in root of workspace).

          One possible solution would be to provide a option to sparse checkout to root ... or to honor environment/build variables like ${xyz} and expand them.

          Environment:

          Windows 64, git client 2.7.0, jenkins 1.643, git plugin 2.4.1

          Thomas Wabner added a comment - We see the same situation: we using some maven jobs and prepare the environment with some predefind variables like project_rel_path=maven/parents/web-parent Then we want to use in sparse-checkout path this variable like ${project_rel_path} . But we get then errors like * stderr: error: Sparse checkout leaves no entry on working directory* We need such "central" point of configuration for our project definitions, because if we sparse checkout such path, the path is checked out as it is . So the workspace contains a folder like /maven/parents/web-parent/ As for a standard maven job, we need to define where to find the pom.xml ... in such way with sparse checkout, we need to configure, that the pom can be found under maven/parents/web-parent/pom.xml (and we cannot rely on default maven job behaviour, that the pom.xml is in root of workspace). One possible solution would be to provide a option to sparse checkout to root ... or to honor environment/build variables like ${xyz} and expand them. Environment: Windows 64, git client 2.7.0, jenkins 1.643, git plugin 2.4.1
          Aaron D. Marasco made changes -
          Link New: This issue is related to JENKINS-27508 [ JENKINS-27508 ]

          Aaron D. Marasco added a comment -

          On the remote Jenkins workspace:

          $ cat .git/info/sparse-checkout 
examples/
hdl/platforms/${HDL_PLATFORM}

          Where HDL_PLATFORM is an axis in a matrix project.

          Aaron D. Marasco added a comment - On the remote Jenkins workspace: $ cat .git/info/sparse-checkout examples/ hdl/platforms/${HDL_PLATFORM} Where HDL_PLATFORM is an axis in a matrix project.

          Peter Muryshkin added a comment -

          same issue on Ubuntu 14.04, Jenkins 1.638, git plugin 2.3.4

          Peter Muryshkin added a comment - same issue on Ubuntu 14.04, Jenkins 1.638, git plugin 2.3.4
          R. Tyler Croy made changes -
          Workflow Original: JNJira [ 156106 ] New: JNJira + In-Review [ 179218 ]

          Sagayaraj David added a comment -

          Do we have any resolution for this ?
          We want to use variable in place of Sparse Checkout path

          Sagayaraj David added a comment - Do we have any resolution for this ? We want to use variable in place of Sparse Checkout path
          Monkey Little made changes -
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            yashj21 Yash Amrut Jain
            charlie_ecc Charlie Stott
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