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For the git branch parameter, set Branch Filter to: origin/(.*) I found the parentheses to be counter-intuitive, because if you don't specify a filter you get: .* (No parens.) If you are filteri...
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#2: Post edited
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Monica Cellio
·
2020-10-16T17:14:31Z (over 3 years ago)
updated with info from comments, thanks!
- For the git branch parameter, set Branch Filter to:
- origin/(.*)
- I found the parentheses to be counter-intuitive, because if you don't specify a filter you get:
- .*
- (No parens.) If you are filtering stuff out, you use parens to indicate the part to keep.
- For the git branch parameter, set Branch Filter to:
- origin/(.*)
- I found the parentheses to be counter-intuitive, because if you don't specify a filter you get:
- .*
- (No parens.) If you are filtering stuff out, you use parens to indicate the part to keep.
- The parens indicate a *capture group*, which is general to regular expressions and not specific to this case. Specific to this case is that the branch filter of the git-parameter plug-in takes the matched capture group as value if and only if the regex pattern contains a *single* capture group. If the regex pattern has more than one capture group, the branch name is taken as value -- as if the pattern were defined without capture groups at all. It's not well-documented, but see the [code](https://github.com/jenkinsci/git-parameter-plugin/blob/c40ec6db14f5a5e0abaab143037d3292bbe3fcbb/src/main/java/net/uaznia/lukanus/hudson/plugins/gitparameter/GitParameterDefinition.java#L370-L377). (Thanks to hkotsubo and elgonzo for the information in this paragraph.)
#1: Initial revision
by
Monica Cellio
·
2020-10-15T15:47:51Z (over 3 years ago)
For the git branch parameter, set Branch Filter to:
origin/(.*)
I found the parentheses to be counter-intuitive, because if you don't specify a filter you get:
.*
(No parens.) If you are filtering stuff out, you use parens to indicate the part to keep.