Jenkins build outside of workspace

Question

I am new to Jenkins/Hudson and am trying to migrate a C make-based project from buildbot. For legacy reasons, the build system is hard-coded to build outside of the versione

Answer 1

To answer my own question: there is indeed an option in Jenkins git plugin to check out to a local subdirectory instead of the root of the workspace. With the git plugin, click on the Advanced button and fill in the field "Local subdirectory for repo (optional)".

Answer 2

I don't find the option that djs mentioned, but you can specify a different work directory:

1. Configure job
2. Extended Project settings
3. Use custom work space

This can be set to everywhere you want, also the workspace of a different job.