Preventing build on changes in a VCS
Hi,
I have a build template which has a VCS trigger set up; each configuration that uses the template always has one particular VCS root and another one unique to that subproject. I would like the build to trigger (by polling) only when changes are detected in the unique project, not the "shared" VCS. I have tried adding trigger rules to the template with the following syntax, to try and prevent builds on that VCS, but it continues to trigger:
-:root=vcs_name:**
where vcs_name is the "VCS root id" as specified in the VCS Root. The documentation is slightly confusing (https://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/TCD9/Configuring+VCS+Triggers#ConfiguringVCSTriggers-buildTriggerRules) because the example it provides is :
-:user=techwriter;root=Internal SVN:/misc/doc/*.xml
and as far as I can tell, the id is not allowed to include space characters, unless the vcs_name is supposed to be the name and not the id, the documentation says it should be the id:
"VCS_root_id - if specified, limits the rule only to the changes from the corresponding VCS root."
Has anyone got this working with templates + multiple vcs roots?
Thanks
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Hi David,
The VCS root id should specified as root in trigger rules. I've fixed the examples in the documentation. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Also you can use "+ Add new rule" button to create trigger rules. It will provide you with the list of available VCS roots and configure appropriate rules automatically.
Thanks. In the template (which is set at the root project), when I choose "add new rule" under trigger rules, the only entry in the "VCS root" dropdown is "<any vcs root>", even though I have several VCS roots at the root project level. Is this expected?
The VCS root should be attached to the build configuration/template. So this build configuration/template monitors changes in the VCS root and therefore VCS root can be used in trigger rules.
Great, attaching to the template made it appear in the dropdown and it is no longer building upon a change in that repository once I did this and ensured the vcs rootid was used in the trigger rules.
Thanks!