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

In a pipeline you can do it like this :

// get arround a git scm anoying feature
stage ('Bootstrap') {
    sh "echo GIT_BRANCH_LOCAL=\\\"$GIT_BRANCH\\\" | sed -e 's|origin/||g' | tee version.properties"
}

stage('Checkout') {
    load('version.properties')
    checkout([$class: 'GitSCM', branches: [[name: '**']], doGenerateSubmoduleConfigurations: false, extensions: [[$class: 'LocalBranch', localBranch: "${GIT_BRANCH_LOCAL}"]], submoduleCfg: [], userRemoteConfigs: [[url: 'https://github.com/webofmars/grails-website.git']]])
}