Trigger build in Jenkins/Hudson using hashtag in commit-message

Question

Is it possible to trigger a Hudson/Jenkins build only when a certain string appears in a commit-message?

For instance, I want to trigger a build that rolls out my ap

Answer 1

I don't know of an out of the box way you can parse the SCM message as part of the trigger. You have a couple of options that might achieve what you want though

1. Write your own Hudson SCM plugin
2. Chain your jobs together into a build pipeline. The first job could simply look for that message in the changelog.xml to determine if the next build is triggered or not.

If you are looking at building a pipeline of build jobs, check out the build-pipeline-plugin. http://www.centrumsystems.com.au/blog/?p=121

Anyone got a more elegant solution??

Cheers,

Geoff

Answer 2

There is a plugin called Commit Message Trigger Plugin, but it had just a 0.1 release.

Maybe the easiest way is to use a version control post commit (or push) trigger to start a Hudson Job. You'd one anyway to automatically start your build.