Hello I wanted to know if there is a way that hudson will start a build and stop it if nothing was changed? because i have a script after the build wich i dont want to run if nothing has changed from least build(only if someone checked in a file for example). Thanks Gil.
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A:
In a job configuration, you can select the type of trigger that will start the build. Among them, you can:
- ask Hudson to build periodically (for example every hour, every night...), even if no changes have been commited. This is the option Build periodically.
- ask Hudson to check periodically the CVS/SVN/..., and if there are changes since the last build, then it will start the build. This is the option Pool SCM
The second option is what you are looking for, I suppose...
Edit, regarding the comments...
ClearCase is not supported natively by Hudson. A plugin is therefore needed to use the ClearCase SCM. However, it seems that this plugin does not track - yet - properly the SCM changes of a project, as stated in their todo list:
Add ability to perform difference report between any two builds using baseline
I'm not sure if this is directly related to your problem, but I think that the best solution is to contact the plugin developers team and eventually to create an issue in the Hudson's JIRA system...
romaintaz
2009-09-01 12:12:55
yes the second option is what i need but still i configured it to check every minute,then i changed a file and checked it in at clearcase,still it did not discover any change!?maybe i dont know how to use this option...
2009-09-01 12:28:37
ClearCase is not supported natively by Hudson. A plugin is needed. Maybe something is not correct in this plugin, that's why Hudson does not behave as expected.In the ClearCase plugin page, I see, in the Todolist "Add ability to perform difference report between any two builds using baseline". Maybe this explains why Hudson fails to track changes in your project...
romaintaz
2009-09-01 12:33:27
i have the clear case plugin installed,iv'e did some builds and when i checked in i could see the update in the build,but this option of poll scm ignore this changes,btw i don't change baselines, i just want it to build after a developer checked in a file...
2009-09-01 12:47:15
BTW Thanks alot for the help and wuick response.
2009-09-01 12:47:46
Please mark this question as answered if your question is cleared.
bastianneu
2009-09-01 13:11:33
its not clear yet :-)
2009-09-01 13:15:02