Being able to separate the build/archive directory structure from the
configuration structure was discussed sometime back. A Jira was
created and apparently in Jenkins 1.421. This sounded very useful.
The current changelog says for release 1.421:
Allow build directories and workspace directories in
$JENKINS_HOME to be
placed elsewhere. (issue 8446)
And Issues 8446 calls this "'builds' directory in a separate
location?" and is marked as resolved.
I have spent sometime trying to find any docs on this and how to use
it but I just can't seem to get it to do anything. I have tried
setting the environment variables "HUDSON_BUILDS" and
"JENKINS_BUILDS" but whatever I do nothing different happens.
Does anyone know how to use these or can point me to docs on the
subject.
