Wouldn't it be better to set the build description to that value, rather than the build number? Keeping the build number as entirely managed by Jenkins seems more likely to always generate unique values for the build number.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36501203/jenkins-pipeline-plugin-set-the-build-description describes how to set build description. Mark Waite On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 10:03 AM Allen Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All— > > > > We have a peculiar version numbering scheme that we use for some of our > products… it comes from the particular world that our products live in: > > > > R02M3210101 > > > > This “build number” comes from a database lookup after a component is > built. The gradle/ant build that packages the build looks up this number no > problem and uses it to build the installer. Is it possible to have the > gradle build pass this up to the pipeline and set it as the Jenkins build > number? I’m looking ahead to when I roll out this system to testers and > support and the need to look at a build and know which one it is… the > normal Jenkins build number doesn’t convey the right amount of information > necessary to post. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Allen > > > > [image: > http://static.helpsystems.com/hs/email/templates/signatures-final/images/hs-logo2.png] > > Allen Fisher > Build and Release Engineer > > [image: > http://static.helpsystems.com/hs/email/templates/signatures-final/images/social-linkedin.jpg] > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/helpsystems-llc> [image: > http://static.helpsystems.com/hs/email/templates/signatures-final/images/social-twitter.jpg] > <https://twitter.com/HelpSystemsMN> > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/83cee047f5464ef2905895c3dec6e051%40EDPREXCH01.helpsystems.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/83cee047f5464ef2905895c3dec6e051%40EDPREXCH01.helpsystems.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/CAO49JtEpr1q1DUn%2B_Fvph2EtR5okjkY6yNt6TrRuyFMRhtfP3Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
