Is it possible for Jenkins to automatically detect and build newly created tags in a git repo?

Question

It would be nice for our Jenkins CI server to automatically detect, deploy and build tags as they are created in our Github repository.

Is this possible?

Answer 1

In the world of modern (?) multi-branch pipelines, building tags works as follows.

1. Add the "behaviour" to discover tags:
   
2. Use plugin Basic Branch Build Strategies to add a "build strategy" for tags: Don't forget to add a build strategy for branches as well; the plugin disables the defaults completely!