Which part of HUDSON_HOME should I put under source control?

Question

I\'d like to manage Hudson\'s configuration files with subversion for backup. The Hudson Wiki lists the directory structure of $HUDSON_HOME like so:

HUDSON_HOME
         


        

Answer 1

I found a good cookbook for setting up SVN backup for Hudson: http://javaadventure.blogspot.com/2010/07/keeping-hudson-configuration-and-data.html

I've adapted it for my own needs, but the things you should backup from Hudson home directory are:

• config.xml for each job (jobs/*/config.xml)
• everything in the users directory
• a listing of what plugins you have installed

The link also has some extra SVN goodness, like removing non-existent job configs, etc.