How can I access the last built revision according to jenkins?

Question

Near the top of my build console I see a \"Last Built Revision:\" w/ a revision #. How can I access this last built rev # in my build script? I\'m using Gradle, but I don\'t t

Answer 1

You can directly access the Jenkins BUILD_NUMBER as system environment variable.

task getBuildNumber << {
    ext.env = System.getenv()
    ext.buildNumber = env.BUILD_NUMBER?.toInteger()
    println "Build Number: $buildNumber"
}