How to customize Jenkins build name?

Question

When I run a job in Jenkins, each build is given a name that shows in the UI in Build History that\'s basically the current date and time.

I\'d like to be able to put in

Answer 1

Sounds like the Build Name Setter plugin.

But if you're using Pipeline, you can do something like this:

currentBuild.description = "#${BUILD_NUMBER}, branch ${BRANCH}"