On 18/04/2008, Harper, Brad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm sure its more complicated than this, but ...
Yes, it is :) while -N is suitable in cases where the parent just has a pom.xml, many projects include more files and subdirectories. Really what you need to do is --exclude each module directory. However, I have proposed in the past working all the modules from one checkout. We're investigating those options. Cheers, Brett > > At one [high] level, it would seem that the scm plugin could check out > the parent directory [only], and then check out the sub-directories > corresponding to the aggregated sub-projects as described in the parent > project's pom. > > And then proceed with the build lifecycle as usual. > > > Brad > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Brett Porter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 8:25 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: CI Builds Need Only a Fraction of the > > Sub-Projects in the SCM Repo > > > > > We're looking to propose something for a future version to > > improve this behaviour. > > > > At the moment, you have another alternative in that you can > > use the checkbox on addition that runs the build as one > > checkout instead of separate modules. > > > > HTH, > > Brett > > > > On 18/04/2008, Harper, Brad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Continuum is set to build a maven project aggregating > > several <module> > > > sub-projects. In reality, the directory containing this top-level > > > project contains *many* more sub-projects than it's pom.xml > > describes. > > > > > > When continuum build runs, it checks out the entire tree > > beneath this > > > main project, including all of the sub-directories > > associated with the > > > sub-projects that aren't specified in the pom. The activity > > checks out > > > far too much from the SCM repository than is necessary for the CI > > > build itself [as defined by the pom hierarchy] and adds tens of > > > minutes to the overall CI build time. > > > > > > Suggestions on how to better control the behavior of the > > SCM checkout > > > performed by the continuum build? Thanks. > > > > > > > > > Brad > > > > > > > > > -- > > Brett Porter > > Blog: http://blogs.exist.com/bporter/ > > > -- Brett Porter Blog: http://blogs.exist.com/bporter/
