Hudson build fails with Git repository & Grails

Question

I recently configured Hudson to build a Grails project using Git as the repository. However, I am getting this error when running the build:

Compilation error: srcdir "/home/matthew/.hudson/jobs/qotd-idea/workspace/src/groovy" does not exist

This is because src/groovy is not copied into the Hudson workspace, so Hudson can't find the files. However, this directory is empty anyway. All the valid source files are under the grails-app folder.

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On the flip-side, if I specify the project directory as a full path to my source, JUnit tests are not copied over because I am not using the Hudson workspace:

'test/results/TESTS-*.xml' doesn't match anything: even 'test' doesn't exist

How do I get both working together?

Answer 1

Hudson looks under the workspace directory for the unit test files. But the base directory of

/home/matthew/dev/source/qotd-idea

does not look like a standard Hudson workspace. Have you set the custom workspace feature for this project?

Answer 2

To get around the empty folder issue, we normally commit .gitignore to src/grovvy and src/java

I'd recommend doing that instead of pointing Hudson at non-default location.

Have you tried using a full path in the test report location field?

e.g. /home/somedir/qotd-idea/test/results/TESTS-*.xml

cheers

Lee