• Jenkins 2.214, workflow-durable-task-step 2.36

      WorkspaceList.createTempDir (JENKINS-27152) is used by various plugins, and from Pipeline builds you can even use pwd tmp: true to use this location for custom purposes, but this is awkward. In practice many scripts wind up just binding this to a variable (example). We should define it out of the box.

      $WORKSPACE is used for the main workspace (though not frequently needed as this is also the default working directory). $WORKSPACE_TMP seems like an intuitive name for the new property and matches the style of the @tmp suffix. Standard practice in Linux is to allow $TMPDIR to define a temporary directory, but using this variable name would result in a behavioral change for some existing scripts that may be unwanted, for example if /tmp is a RAM filesystem while the Jenkins workspace is persistent; we would like to offer a facility that users can opt in to where it makes sense (for example for project-specific caches) but not where it does not make sense (temporary files that are soon after deleted).

          [JENKINS-60634] Define WORKSPACE_TMP=.../workspace/jobname@tmp

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          Link New: This issue relates to JENKINS-27152 [ JENKINS-27152 ]
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          Description Original: {{WorkspaceList.createTempDir}} (JENKINS-27152) is used by various plugins, and from Pipeline builds you can even use {{pwd tmp: true}} to use this location for custom purposes, but this is awkward. In practice many scripts wind up just binding this to a variable ([example|https://github.com/jenkinsci/kubernetes-plugin/blob/281d296f9a5945094a59b0f6f7362cbceede762a/Jenkinsfile#L10]). We should define it out of the box. New: {{WorkspaceList.createTempDir}} (JENKINS-27152) is used by various plugins, and from Pipeline builds you can even use {{pwd tmp: true}} to use this location for custom purposes, but this is awkward. In practice many scripts wind up just binding this to a variable ([example|https://github.com/jenkinsci/kubernetes-plugin/blob/281d296f9a5945094a59b0f6f7362cbceede762a/Jenkinsfile#L10]). We should define it out of the box.

          {{$WORKSPACE}} is used for the main workspace (though not frequently needed as this is also the default working directory). {{$WORKSPACE_TMP}} seems like an intuitive name for the new property and matches the style of the {{@tmp}} suffix. [Standard practice in Linux|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TMPDIR] is to allow {{$TMPDIR}} to define a temporary directory, but using this variable name would result in a behavioral change for some existing scripts that may be unwanted, for example if {{/tmp}} is a RAM filesystem while the Jenkins workspace is persistent; we would like to offer a facility that users can opt in to where it makes sense (for example for project-specific caches) but not where it does not make sense (temporary files that are soon after deleted).
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          Remote Link New: This issue links to "jenkins #4414 (Web Link)" [ 24229 ]
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          Remote Link New: This issue links to "workflow-durable-task-step #128 (Web Link)" [ 24230 ]
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          Status Original: In Progress [ 3 ] New: In Review [ 10005 ]
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          Released As New: Jenkins 2.214
          Resolution New: Fixed [ 1 ]
          Status Original: In Review [ 10005 ] New: Resolved [ 5 ]
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          Resolution Original: Fixed [ 1 ]
          Status Original: Resolved [ 5 ] New: In Review [ 10005 ]

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          Resolved in core for freestyle and similar builds; PR remains open for Pipeline.

          Jesse Glick added a comment - Resolved in core for freestyle and similar builds; PR remains open for Pipeline.

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