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  2. JENKINS-6659

Record a change message along with the job change history

      It'd be nifty if the jobconfighistory plugin could add a field in the job config form for a "change message" - since we're storing history of job changes, having somewhere to record a comment as to what the reason for the change is.

          [JENKINS-6659] Record a change message along with the job change history

          Andrew Bayer created issue -

          So what would be the preferred UI for this? A textbox at the end of the job/jenkins configuration pages?

          Mirko Friedenhagen added a comment - So what would be the preferred UI for this? A textbox at the end of the job/jenkins configuration pages?

          Dave Hunt added a comment -

          A simple textbox would be fine. Would also be great to have an option to make it a mandatory field.

          Dave Hunt added a comment - A simple textbox would be fine. Would also be great to have an option to make it a mandatory field.
          Mirko Friedenhagen made changes -
          Assignee Original: Mirko Friedenhagen [ mfriedenhagen ] New: Stefan Brausch [ stefanbrausch ]

          David Riley added a comment -

          Also would like this, it would save a lot of time when trying to recall why a change was made. e.g. Why did I switch this job to run against version x instead of y?

          Preferred UI would be a "reason" box at the end of the config (above save/apply) and then ability to add/modify from the job configuration history page.

          Probably unrelated, but can the "Diff" column be moved to the far left or date to the right? When trying to find a change its painful to have to count down each time rather than being able to associate the previously selected diff with the date on the left.

          David Riley added a comment - Also would like this, it would save a lot of time when trying to recall why a change was made. e.g. Why did I switch this job to run against version x instead of y? Preferred UI would be a "reason" box at the end of the config (above save/apply) and then ability to add/modify from the job configuration history page. Probably unrelated, but can the "Diff" column be moved to the far left or date to the right? When trying to find a change its painful to have to count down each time rather than being able to associate the previously selected diff with the date on the left.

          Max Wahler added a comment -

          Great idea! Sometimes, there are lots of changes to a job and if you want to revert something, you have to go through many diffs.

          I'd also love a setting to make the change reason mandatory for specific jobs!

          Max Wahler added a comment - Great idea! Sometimes, there are lots of changes to a job and if you want to revert something, you have to go through many diffs. I'd also love a setting to make the change reason mandatory for specific jobs!
          Jochen A. Fürbacher made changes -
          Link New: This issue is related to JENKINS-36743 [ JENKINS-36743 ]
          R. Tyler Croy made changes -
          Workflow Original: JNJira [ 136754 ] New: JNJira + In-Review [ 174558 ]
          Jochen A. Fürbacher made changes -
          Link New: This issue is related to JENKINS-43274 [ JENKINS-43274 ]

          It would be nice if this could be picked up even though it is old. It's a very useful feature for understanding config changes easier and it should be a relatively small effor.

          Gabriel Rositto added a comment - It would be nice if this could be picked up even though it is old. It's a very useful feature for understanding config changes easier and it should be a relatively small effor.

            stefanbrausch Stefan Brausch
            abayer Andrew Bayer
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