How to receive local Git branch name with Jenkins Git plugin?

Question

I am using Branch Specifier option of Jenkins Git plugin (v2.0) to run build on specific branch, e.g. 1.4.

${GIT_BRANCH} in this case conta

Answer 1

I posted a message to the jenkins-ci group (https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer#!msg/jenkinsci-dev/xuweZbwn9zE/BAWfs-ZeFAAJ) suggesting an enhancement to the Git plugin "Check Out to Local Branch" option. By default, the git plugin checks out a detached head. The Local Branch allows you to specify a specific branch name. When configured, using this method, the local branch name is exactly as specified.

If you are using Jenkins to do a maven release, it is mandatory that the local branch name is the same as the remote branch name. See the post to google groups for more on this.

To address this requirement, I've created a pull request (https://github.com/jenkinsci/git-plugin/pull/381) with code and test cases.

Also created a JIRA issue (https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-33202) to document the problem.

If anyone is in need of this feature, I encourage you post to the group discussion, and to vote for the JENKINS-33202.