[JENKINS-10440] gerrit trigger plugin fails to run mvn command when non escaped "" chards are in subject

when jenkins triggers a build using gerrit trigger plugin and the -DGERRIT_CHANGE_SUBJECT contains " chars, it doesnt escapse the char properly and mvn command fails.

the original patch text: adding "\" to end of search will cause Exception message

example run:

/var/lib/jenkins/tools/maven_2.2.1/bin/mvn '-DGERRIT_CHANGE_SUBJECT=adding \"
" to end of search will cause Exception message ' -DGERRIT_REFSPEC=refs/changes/76/1076/6 -DGERRIT_BRANCH=review -DGERRIT_PATCHSET_NUMBER=6 -DGERRIT_CHANGE_URL=http://gerrit.server.com/1076 -DGERRIT_CHANGE_ID=Ied1bcb88901485a62a4ec236edd7d10816edf9ba -DGERRIT_PATCHSET_REVISION=226c6b02b5a12f0cfa2af1c9d9f634c1cf928184 -DGERRIT_CHANGE_NUMBER=1076 -DGERRIT_PROJECT=rhevm -Dmaven.repo.local=/mnt/iscsi/workspaces/gerrit_tests/.repository clean install findbugs:findbugs

maven fails with:

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

[ERROR] BUILD FAILURE

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

[INFO] Invalid task 'to': you must specify a valid lifecycle phase, or a goal in the format plugin:goal or pluginGroupId:pluginArtifactId:pluginVersion:goal

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

[INFO] For more information, run Maven with the -e switch

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

[INFO] Total time: 1 second

[INFO] Finished at: Sun Jul 24 23:42:17 IDT 2011

[INFO] Final Memory: 45M/7850M

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Build step 'Invoke top-level Maven targets' marked build as failure

ERROR: Publisher hudson.plugins.findbugs.FindBugsPublisher aborted due to exception

java.lang.InterruptedException

at java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method)

at java.lang.Object.wait(Object.java:485)

at hudson.model.Run$Runner$CheckpointSet.waitForCheckPoint(Run.java:1267)

at hudson.model.Run.waitForCheckpoint(Run.java:1235)

at hudson.model.CheckPoint.block(CheckPoint.java:144)

at hudson.tasks.BuildStepMonitor$2.perform(BuildStepMonitor.java:25)

at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractRunner.perform(AbstractBuild.java:682)

at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractRunner.performAllBuildSteps(AbstractBuild.java:657)

at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractRunner.performAllBuildSteps(AbstractBuild.java:635)

at hudson.model.Build$RunnerImpl.post2(Build.java:161)

at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractRunner.post(AbstractBuild.java:604)

at hudson.model.Run.run(Run.java:1400)

at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:46)

at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:88)

at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:175)

Finished: FAILURE

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Originally reported by eedri, imported from: gerrit trigger plugin fails to run mvn command when non escaped "" chards are in subject

• assignee: rsandell
  
• status: Open
  
• priority: Major
  
• component(s): gerrit-trigger-plugin
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 1
  
• watchers: 2
  
• imported: 2025-12-06
  

Raw content of original issue

when jenkins triggers a build using gerrit trigger plugin and the -DGERRIT_CHANGE_SUBJECT contains " chars, it doesnt escapse the char properly and mvn command fails.


the original patch text: adding "\" to end of search will cause Exception message


example run: 

/var/lib/jenkins/tools/maven_2.2.1/bin/mvn '-DGERRIT_CHANGE_SUBJECT=adding \"
" to end of search will cause Exception message ' -DGERRIT_REFSPEC=refs/changes/76/1076/6 -DGERRIT_BRANCH=review -DGERRIT_PATCHSET_NUMBER=6 -DGERRIT_CHANGE_URL=http://gerrit.server.com/1076 -DGERRIT_CHANGE_ID=Ied1bcb88901485a62a4ec236edd7d10816edf9ba -DGERRIT_PATCHSET_REVISION=226c6b02b5a12f0cfa2af1c9d9f634c1cf928184 -DGERRIT_CHANGE_NUMBER=1076 -DGERRIT_PROJECT=rhevm -Dmaven.repo.local=/mnt/iscsi/workspaces/gerrit_tests/.repository clean install findbugs:findbugs


maven fails with:


[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

[ERROR] BUILD FAILURE

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

[INFO] Invalid task 'to': you must specify a valid lifecycle phase, or a goal in the format plugin:goal or pluginGroupId:pluginArtifactId:pluginVersion:goal

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

[INFO] For more information, run Maven with the -e switch

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

[INFO] Total time: 1 second

[INFO] Finished at: Sun Jul 24 23:42:17 IDT 2011

[INFO] Final Memory: 45M/7850M

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Build step 'Invoke top-level Maven targets' marked build as failure

ERROR: Publisher hudson.plugins.findbugs.FindBugsPublisher aborted due to exception

java.lang.InterruptedException

	at java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method)

	at java.lang.Object.wait(Object.java:485)

	at hudson.model.Run$Runner$CheckpointSet.waitForCheckPoint(Run.java:1267)

	at hudson.model.Run.waitForCheckpoint(Run.java:1235)

	at hudson.model.CheckPoint.block(CheckPoint.java:144)

	at hudson.tasks.BuildStepMonitor$2.perform(BuildStepMonitor.java:25)

	at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractRunner.perform(AbstractBuild.java:682)

	at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractRunner.performAllBuildSteps(AbstractBuild.java:657)

	at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractRunner.performAllBuildSteps(AbstractBuild.java:635)

	at hudson.model.Build$RunnerImpl.post2(Build.java:161)

	at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractRunner.post(AbstractBuild.java:604)

	at hudson.model.Run.run(Run.java:1400)

	at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:46)

	at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:88)

	at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:175)

Finished: FAILURE

environment

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Jenkins 1.421

RedHat enterprize 6.1 x86_64
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Start with the gerrit-trigger-plugin code that constructs the Maven command and passes -DGERRIT_CHANGE_SUBJECT, using the reported subject containing escaped quotation marks as the reproduction case. Done means Maven receives the complete subject as one argument without treating words such as "to" as separate tasks; add or run a regression test if the plugin has coverage for command construction.

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