don't fail jenkins build if execute shell fails

Question

As part of my build process, I am running a git commit as an execute shell step. However, if there are no changes in the workspace, Jenkins is failing the build. This is be

Answer 1

If there is nothing to push git returns exit status 1. Execute shell build step is marked as failed respectively. You can use OR statement || (double pipe).

git commit -m 'some messasge' || echo 'Commit failed. There is probably nothing to commit.'

That means, execute second argument if first failed (returned exit status > 0). Second command always returns 0. When there is nothing to push (exit status 1 -> execute second command) echo will return 0 and build step continues.

To mark build as unstable you can use post-build step Jenkins Text Finder. It can go through console output, match pattern (your echo) and mark build as unstable.