Trigger Jenkins tests after commits in git submodules

Question

I have a super project that only aggregates multiple git sumodules. I would like to trigger Jenkins for each change in submodules as well as when super project is updated.

/superproject
    /submodule-a
    /submodule-b
    /submodule-c

For each submodule I am using Job DSL plugin and works fine except when some modules require others to compile or run tests -- that is one reason to aggregate all other repos in one super project.

What should I do for testing individual submodules as well as integration as part of a super project?

Answer 1

I think this does not make sense. If git plugin is configured to trigger a job after post-receive hook in remote repository then it should work.

If a new commit is pushed to a submodule the parent project does not noticies. You must have to do:

git submodule update --remote --recursive
git commit
git push

Then, and only then, the job should receive the notification. For more information you could read:

• Polling must die: triggering Jenkins builds from a git hook
• How can I make Jenkins CI with git trigger on pushes to master?