Job Revision

This plugin enables users to set a revision (a version) for the Jenkins job.

Features

The job revision sets the JOB_REVISION as an environment variable in the Jenkins job.

Some use cases

  • To bring traceability when there are multiple branches of a product.

Configuration

Combination with other plugins

It is suggested to use the EnvInject Plugin to manage all job environment variables.
EnvInject plugin retrieves the job revision variable (JOB_REVISION).

Roadmap

  • Retrieve the revision from the main build step stored in your build descriptor (Maven, Ivy, Gradle, ...)

Changelog

Version 0.6 (2012-01-03)
  • Add an optionalBlock
Version 0.5 (2011-05-16)
  • Built for Jenkins 1.410 (company target)
Version 0.4 (2011-02-17)
  • Workaround issue in IBM JVM causing intermittent ClassNotFoundException. (JENKINS-5141)
Version 0.3 (2010-07-02)
  • Added a dedicated page to display the revision; the revision is also exposed by API (XML, JSON and Python).
Version 0.2 (2009-11-08)
  • Added an Hudson ParameterValue to keep track of the revision through the builds.
Version 0.1 (2009-11-02)
  • Initial release