+1  A: 

Looking at the Hudson source code, it seems as if artifact archiving is meant to only match against files.

You might want to file a feature request or send an email to the USERS list, the Hudson team is pretty good about replying to requests and/or adding features in new releases.

matt b  2009-10-09 18:42:45
sigh... Thanks Matt, I had hoped this wasn't the case but you're right
Allen  2009-10-09 19:11:38
I think the better feature request would be a browser that lets you traverse the contents of a zip file artifact.
Michael Donohue  2009-10-09 22:03:14
Thats not a bad idea Michael, it would help cut down on artifact size
Allen  2009-10-10 17:26:37
+2  A: 

You should create the artifact that you want in your build scripts, and then have hudson archive that file. So if you want a zip file that contains empty folders, do the appripriate zip command in your batch file or ant script. Then archive the output file.

Michael Donohue  2009-10-09 19:03:05
certainly a workable idea and i'll upvote it for that, but we prefer to have hudson zip up the files on demand via "Download these files as a zip". That way we have the ability to browse the contents of the artifacts and download a single file or two if we choose to.
Allen  2009-10-09 19:12:43

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