If you use Jenkinsfile, you can use BRANCH_NAME environment to detect 
whether it's from a PR or not. What you describes is pretty straight 
forward to do with Jenkins file. 

Check out:
https://jenkins.io/doc/book/pipeline/syntax/#when


On Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at 7:52:57 AM UTC-8, Hiesgen, Raphael wrote:
>
> Hello fellow Jenkins users, 
>
> I'll start with my goal, shortly describe what we have and than what I've 
> tried to achieve said goal. 
>
>
>
> # Goal 
>
> Create a Jenkins configuration that is triggered when a PR is opened or 
> manually to build the master branch for several OS / compiler 
> configurations. 
>
>
> # What we have 
>
> We currently make a distinction between the 'all' and 'pr' builds. The 
> 'all' job triggers builds for gcc, clang, msvc. These are separate 
> items/jobs that each have their own build matrix and configuration. 
>
> In contrast, the 'pr' configuration has its own build matrix and as a 
> result can only specify one build configuration which limits it to builds 
> with one compiler since we can't use the same cmake generator on Windows 
> and Linux. It also can't call the same builds as the 'all' job because I 
> haven't found a way to pass the branch and commit to pull into triggered 
> jobs (potentially reusing the jobs of the 'all' item). 
>
>
> # What we tried 
>
> 1. Find a way to pass branch / PR information to the compiler / OS 
> specific stages. The build step to 'trigger/call builds on other projects' 
> has an option to 'Pass-through Git Commit that was built' but I have no 
> clue what it passes on and how I could integrate that in the next stage. 
>
> 2. Let the 'all' and 'pr' jobs create an artifact that includes the code 
> to build in the subsequent jobs and pass them on. 
>
> 3. Move to a Pipeline job with a Jenkinsfile. My first problem here is 
> that i don't know how to distinguish between the PR trigger and the build 
> for the master branch to get the right code. Secondly, the parallel keyword 
> has changed recently? Previously you could generate a map with several 
> configuration and then call parallel and pass the map. That does not seem 
> to work anymore, is there a new way to do this? 
> (In general, writing a Jenkisfiles seems to require manual build scripts 
> where other (traditional?) Jenkins jobs offer build steps such as cmake and 
> ctest.) 
>
>
>
> Overall, I imagine that this is not an uncommon workflow. I've searched a 
> lot for similar problems but without success. Any help is appreciated! 
> Maybe I overlooked something obvious? 
>
> Thanks, 
> Raphael

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