tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37642571.post6379874204118571043..comments2024-03-20T02:30:44.457-07:00Comments on Thinking In Software: Show version number in jenkins job historyNestor Urquizahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12351754666722274569noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37642571.post-67734470598617709892016-09-09T14:58:17.740-07:002016-09-09T14:58:17.740-07:00@Deryl we live in a wonderful but imperfect world....@Deryl we live in a wonderful but imperfect world. At least the plugins mentioned here help you deal with an imperfection in a cost effective way.Nestor Urquizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12351754666722274569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37642571.post-18462812310767355972016-09-09T14:31:32.271-07:002016-09-09T14:31:32.271-07:00Typically you would use the description name plugi...Typically you would use the description name plugin when you already know the version of the app you are using. To me setting the version in the build description from log output is caused from a broken pipeline where the version of the application is not at the starting point of the pipeline nor passed to all dependent jobs.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03501157981623900884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37642571.post-80389989838247574012016-08-31T03:47:07.452-07:002016-08-31T03:47:07.452-07:00@Ross Thanks for pointing that out. Yes either Des...@Ross Thanks for pointing that out. Yes either Description or Name Setter Plugins could achieve something similar. Of course the Groovy Post Build Plugin allows for parsing multi lines and display the information as Name or Description but definitely the Description or Name Setter Plugins look like simpler (and to me better) alternatives for the subject of this post. Thanks for sharing!Nestor Urquizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12351754666722274569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37642571.post-91886481075403136352016-08-30T22:01:14.944-07:002016-08-30T22:01:14.944-07:00Doesn't the Description Setter plugin accompli...Doesn't the Description Setter plugin accomplish the same thing? https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Description+Setter+PluginAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16034322531956491864noreply@blogger.com