What technical requirement does the master checkout satisfy? Listing the SCM Changes doesn't require a full checkout. And the Workspace can be viewed for the nodes as well as the master.
On Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at 12:45:49 PM UTC-5, Mark Waite wrote: > > No, it can't be turned off. > > If your repositories are large or bandwidth to the git server is low, you > might consider the hints from "Git in the Large > <https://www.slideshare.net/markewaite/git-inthelarge>". Those are the > slides I presented at the Jenkins World 2017 community booth. A Jenkins > Online Meetup is available if you prefer to hear me talking through the > slides. > > Mark Waite > > On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 10:38 AM Dan <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> We use Jenkins multi-configuration projects exclusively to build on both >> Windows and Linux on a variety of compilers. The builds are executed on >> several Virtual Machines. However, Jenkins always performs a checkout on >> the master node *before* doing an SCM checkout for each matrix job. >> >> Why is this extra checkout necessary? Can it be turned off to save >> time/disk? >> >> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/f11d7ca8-9261-465f-91ba-530a033d394f%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/f11d7ca8-9261-465f-91ba-530a033d394f%40googlegroups.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/2dba2562-2f60-4918-8d72-8bed2bc7fb98%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
