Checkout multiple git repos into same Jenkins workspace

Question

Using Jenkins 1.501 and Jenkins Git plugin 1.1.26

I have 3 different git repos each with multiple projects.

Now I need to checkout all projects from the 3 git repos into the same workspace on a Jenkins slave. I have defined each git repo in: Source code Management: Multiple SCMs. But each time a repo is checked out the previous repo (and its associated projects) is deleted.

I have read this:

http://jenkins.361315.n4.nabble.com/multiple-git-repos-in-one-job-td4633300.html

but its does not really help. I have tried to specify the same folder under Local subdirectory for repo (optional) for all repos but it gives the same result.

If this is simply impossible using Jenkins I guess some pre-build step/scripting could be used to move the projects into the right location. Its not an option to modify the build configuration of the projects.

Answer 1

With the Multiple SCMs Plugin:

• create a different repository entry for each repository you need to checkout (main project or dependancy project.

• for each project, in the "advanced" menu (the second "advanced" menu, there are two buttons labeled "advanced" for each repository), find the "Local subdirectory for repo (optional)" textfield. You can specify there the subdirectory in the "workspace" directory where you want to copy the project to. You could map the filesystem of my development computer.

The "second advanced menu" doesn't exist anymore, instead what needs to be done is use the "Add" button (on the "Additional Behaviours" section), and choose "Check out to a sub-directory"

• if you are using ant, as now the build.xml file with the build targets in not in the root directory of the workspace but in a subdirectory, you have to reflect that in the "Invoke Ant" configuration. To do that, in "Invoke ant", press "Advanced" and fill the "Build file" input text, including the name of the subdirectory where the build.xml is located.

Hope that helps.