I don't know. I didn't do the research to understand precisely why it behaves that way.
Mark Waite On Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at 11:26:59 AM UTC-7, Dan wrote: > > 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]> 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]. >>> 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/e711f5b1-20da-4ae1-a7ca-8e3ecd9b2000%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
