We are trying to figure out an odd behavior. We have an "automation" git repo containing (only) a jenkins.xml that use the GitSCM plug-in to clone and build a different repo and then execute a number of automation tests on it. The idea is that we can tweak the settings in the jenkins.xml file in the "automation" repo to configure various test settings for our product (which is then cloned into the workspace,built and put under test).
It does not seem like changes to our "automation" jenkins.xml file are beng picked up. At the moment we replaced this jenkins.xml file with an empty file. However, when we wipe out the workspace and then click "Build Now" in the jenkins UI it performs the git cloen and other operations EVEN THOUGH THE JENKINS.XML WE COMMITTED TO GIT IS EMPTY. What jenkins.xml file does git use when the workspace has been wiped out? I can only assume it pulls the latest from git, however if that were working then our jenkins.xml file would be empty. Thanks for any ideas.
