Questions tagged [continuous-integration]
Continuous integration (CI) is the building and automated testing of the full software product on a frequent schedule: at least once a day, often several times a day and sometimes as often as after every check in to the version control system.
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What is the difference between "npm install" and "npm ci"?
I'm working with continuous integration and discovered the npm ci command.
I can't figure what the advantages are of using this command for my workflow.
Is it faster? Does it make the test harder,...
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How to choose between Hudson and Jenkins? [closed]
It took me an hour or so to work out Hudson has only branched recently (Jan/2011)
I have no idea how rapid the change of each branch is now, but more importantly, what is the direction each branch is ...
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Continuous Integration vs. Continuous Delivery vs. Continuous Deployment
What is the difference between these three terms? My university provides the following definitions:
Continuous Integration basically just means that the developer's working copies are synchronized ...
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How do I clone a job in Jenkins?
Jenkins has the Gerrit Plugin in place so that when we do check-ins to Gerrit, Jenkins performs a build and if it succeeds, then the modification in Gerrit is verified. If the build fails then it is ...
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How to set environment variables in Jenkins?
I would like to be able to do something like:
AOEU=$(echo aoeu)
and have Jenkins set AOEU=aoeu.
The Environment Variables section in Jenkins doesn't do that. Instead, it sets AOEU='$(echo aoeu)'.
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This job is stuck, because the project doesn't have any runners online assigned to it. Go to Runners page [closed]
I am learning GitLab CI/CD.
I installed GitLab and GitLab Runner from Officials. Whenever I run the pipeline during Maven build, the job gets stuck. I have a registered runner and it is available to ...
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Dependencies Between Workflows on Github Actions
I have a monorepo with two workflows:
.github/workflows/test.yml
name: test
on: [push, pull_request]
jobs:
test-packages:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v1
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Skip a submodule during a Maven build
We have a need to be able to skip a submodule in certain environments.
The module in question contains integration tests and takes half an hour to run. So we want to include it when building on the ...
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Setting up a deployment / build / CI cycle for PHP projects
I am a lone developer most of my time, working on a number of big, mainly PHP-based projects. I want to professionalize and automate how changes to the code base are handled, and create a Continuous ...
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Github actions share workspace/artifacts between jobs?
Trying to use Github's beta actions, I have two jobs, one that builds the code and then one that will deploy code. However, I can't seem to get the build artifact in deploy job.
My latest attempt is ...
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Jenkins Pipeline Wipe Out Workspace
We are running Jenkins 2.x and love the new Pipeline plugin. However, with so many branches in a repository, disk space fills up quickly.
Is there any plugin that's compatible with Pipeline that I ...
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How to uninstall Jenkins?
This is probably very simple, but I can't find any hint anywhere. So how one is supposed to do that, in general and specifically on Mac?
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mvn clean install vs. deploy vs. release
I am just learning maven, and we have recently needed to go more and more. I would like to know the difference between
mvn clean install
mvn release
mvn deploy
Please be as descriptive as possible.
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Jenkins CI Pipeline Scripts not permitted to use method groovy.lang.GroovyObject
I am Using Jenkins 2 for compiling Java Projects, I want to read the version from a pom.xml, I was following this example:
https://github.com/jenkinsci/pipeline-plugin/blob/master/TUTORIAL.md
The ...
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Docker: Using --password via the CLI is insecure. Use --password-stdin
I have the following warning when I log in to my registry during a continuous integration (CI) process:
WARNING! Using --password via the CLI is insecure. Use --password-stdin.
Should I just replace -...
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How do you maintain development code and production code? [closed]
What are the best practices and rules-of-thumb to follow while maintaining code? Is it good practice to have only the production ready code in the development branch, or should untested latest code ...
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Continuous Integration for Ruby on Rails? [closed]
I've been searching around for a Continuous Integration solution for Ruby on Rails, but haven't been too pleased with the results. I came from a .NET shop that used CruiseControl.NET and was really ...
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Setting the version number for .NET Core projects - CSPROJ - not JSON projects
This question is very similar to Setting the version number for .NET Core projects, but not the same. Using the latest stable version of .NET Core at the time of writing (1.1) and VS2017, .NET Core ...
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How to run GitHub Actions workflow only if the pushed files are in a specific folder
I have a folder structure that looks something like this.
- folder1
- file1
- *other files*
- folder2
- file1
- *other files*
- .gitignore
- package.json
- *other files*
I want to run my ...
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How and why do I set up a C# build machine? [closed]
I'm working with a small (4 person) development team on a C# project. I've proposed setting up a build machine which will do nightly builds and tests of the project, because I understand that this is ...
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Get the current pushed tag in Github Actions
Is there a way to access the current tag that has been pushed in a Github Action? In CircleCI you can access this value with the $CIRCLE_TAG variable.
My Workflow yaml is being triggered by a tag like ...
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Authenticate Jenkins CI for Github private repository
I'd like for Jenkins to automagically fetch data from my private repository hosted on Github.
But I have no idea how to accomplish that task.. Tried the documentation, generating ssh-key for jenkins ...
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Set default Timeout on Github action pipeline
Normally, my pipelines take 15 minutes to execute.
Recently, for some strange reasons, some pipelines take between 45 minutes and 6 hours to fail.
Is it possible to set a default timeout limit on ...
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Archive the artifacts in Jenkins
Could someone please explain to me the idea of artifacts in the build process?
I have the workspace directory where I check out the code to compile and run my ant scripts etc. At the end, in my case, ...
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Best practices when using Terraform [closed]
I'm in the process of swapping over our infrastructure into terraform.
What's the best practice for actually managing the terraform files and state?
I realize it's infrastructure as code, and i'll ...
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Travis.yml ./gradlew : Permission denied
Using Travis CI for an existing Android project calling
$ ./gradlew build connectedCheck
I get this error:
/home/travis/build.sh: line 45: ./gradlew: Permission denied
The command "./gradlew build ...
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How to select different app.config for several build configurations
I have a dll-type project that contains MSTest integration tests. On my machine the tests pass, and I want the same to happen on a CI server (I use TeamCity). But the tests fail, because I need to ...
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Showing Travis build status in GitHub repo
I remember recently seeing the Travis build status of a pr or commit in GitHub browsing the repository (but can't find where). I'm not talking about the Travis build status images in README.md but an ...
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Jenkins scripted pipeline or declarative pipeline
I'm trying to convert my old style project base workflow to a pipeline based on Jenkins. While going through docs I found there are two different syntaxes named scripted and declarative. Such as the ...
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CruiseControl [.Net] vs TeamCity for continuous integration?
I would like to ask you which automated build environment you consider better, based on practical experience. I'm planning to do some .Net and some Java development, so I would like to have a tool ...
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Bamboo Vs. Hudson(a.k.a. Jenkins) vs Any other CI systems [closed]
Anyone out there have experience with both Hudson and Bamboo? Any thoughts on the relative strengths and weaknesses of these products?
Okay, since folks keep mentioning other CI products I'll open ...
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How can I auto increment the C# assembly version via our CI platform (Hudson)?
Myself and my group are horrendous at incrementing assembly version numbers and we frequently ship assemblies with 1.0.0.0 versions. Obviously, this causes a lot of headaches.
We're getting a lot ...
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Spread load evenly by using ‘H * * * *’ rather than ‘5 * * * *’
When setting up how Jenkins shoul pull changes from subversion
I tried checked Poll SCM and set schedule to 5 * * * *, I get the following warning
Spread load evenly by using ‘H * * * *’ rather ...
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"Pretty" Continuous Integration for Python
This is a slightly.. vain question, but BuildBot's output isn't particularly nice to look at..
For example, compared to..
phpUnderControl
Jenkins
Hudson
CruiseControl.rb
..and others, BuildBot ...
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Multiple Docker images in .gitlab-ci.yml
Here is my problem setup with GitLab and its integrated CI service. I have a current GitLab 8.1. and a gitlabci-multi-runner (0.6.2) with Docker support. After extending the ubuntu:precise image to ...
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How do you run NUnit tests from Jenkins?
I'm looking to run automated NUnit tests for a C# application, nightly and on each commit to svn.
Is this something that Jenkins-CI can do?
Is there an online tutorial or how-to document which ...
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How to upgrade msbuild to C# 6?
I want to use C# 6 in my project (null propagation, other features).
I've installed VS 2015 on my PC and it works brilliantly and builds test code like
var user = new SingleUserModel(); //all model ...
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maven :: run only single test in multi-module project
Is there any way to provide some command-line argument in order to skip all tests but one on some module? So I will not need to change pom.xml every time I will need to run another test?
For example, ...
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What is the purpose of a dedicated "Build Server"? [closed]
I haven't worked for very large organizations and I've never worked for a company that had a "Build Server".
What is their purpose?
Why aren't the developers building the project on their ...
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Role of docker-in-docker (dind) service in gitlab ci
According to the official gitlab documentation, one way to enable docker build within ci pipelines, is to make use of the dind service (in terms of gitlab-ci services).
However, as it is always the ...
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Best branching strategy when doing continuous integration?
What is the best branching strategy to use when you want to do continuous integration?
Release Branching: develop on trunk, keep a branch for each release.
Feature Branching: develop each feature in ...
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How do I shallow clone a repo on a specific branch?
How do I shallow clone a git repository, so that my clone contains only 1 history item, and starts on a specific branch?
I know how to do a shallow clone:
git clone --depth 1 https://path/to/myrepo....
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Jenkins - passing variables between jobs?
I have two jobs in jenkins, both of which need the same parameter.
How can I run the first job with a parameter so that when it triggers the second job, the same parameter is used?
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Hudson or Teamcity for continuous integration? [closed]
We are a Java shop looking for a CI tool to use.
Both Hudson and Teamcity seem to be free but Teamcity seems slicker and with more support.
I was wondering why one would still use Hudson and if ...
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How to trigger Jenkins builds remotely and to pass parameters
I am invoking a Jenkins job remotely using:
wget http://<ServerIP>:8080/job/Test-Jenkins/build?token=DOIT
Here Test-Jenkins job is invoked and DOIT is the security token that I have used.
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Setting dynamic scope variables in AngularJs - scope.<some_string>
I have a string I have gotten from a routeParam or a directive attribute or whatever, and I want to create a variable on the scope based on this. So:
$scope.<the_string> = "something".
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How can I suppress the "No files matching the pattern" message in ESLint?
In my CI setup, I have a test that runs eslint against all JS files. If no JS files exist, it's currently throwing an error. I'd prefer if it'd succeeded when no JS files exist. Is this possible?
$ ...
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.NET 4.0 build issues on CI server
Anybody manage to get .NET 4.0 applications compiling on a CI server without installing Visual Studio 2010 on a CI server?
No SDK exists for .NET 4.0. Have installed .NET 4.0 on CI Server. Msbuild....
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Reuse portion of github action across jobs
I have a workflow for CI in a monorepo, for this workflow two projects end up being built. The jobs run fine, however, I'm wondering if there is a way to remove the duplication in this workflow.yml ...
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Running a command in a Grunt Task
I'm using Grunt (task-based command line build tool for JavaScript projects) in my project. I've created a custom tag and I am wondering if it is possible to run a command into it.
To clarify, I'm ...
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