[JENKINS-59343] Trigger when changes in a specific directory

I pushed the code changes directly to the master branch, by passing the code review.

I have a repository which contains multiple directories.

dummy

  +----- foo

  +----- bar 

I want to trigger the build only when there are changes in the foo directory, and here is how my trigger looks like in the Jenkinsfile:

  triggers {

    gerrit(

      customUrl: '',

      gerritProjects: [[

branches: [[

  compareType: 'PLAIN',

  pattern: 'master'

]],

filePaths: [[ compareType: 'ANT', pattern: "foo/**" ]],

compareType: 'PLAIN',

disableStrictForbiddenFileVerification: false,

pattern: 'dummy'

      ]],

      serverName: 'dummy-gerrit',

      triggerOnEvents: [

refUpdated()

      ]

    )

  }

Unfortunately the above doesn't work, the build is still triggered for all the files including the one changed in bar directory.

Am I missing anything here?

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Originally reported by tjhoo, imported from: Trigger when changes in a specific directory

• assignee: rsandell
  
• status: Open
  
• priority: Minor
  
• component(s): gerrit-trigger-plugin
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 0
  
• watchers: 1
  
• imported: 2025-12-07
  

Raw content of original issue

I pushed the code changes directly to the master branch, by passing the code review.


I have a repository which contains multiple directories.



dummy

  +----- foo

  +----- bar 





I want to trigger the build only when there are changes in the foo directory, and here is how my trigger looks like in the Jenkinsfile:



  triggers {

    gerrit(

      customUrl: '',

      gerritProjects: [[

        branches: [[

          compareType: 'PLAIN',

          pattern: 'master'

        ]],

        filePaths: [[ compareType: 'ANT', pattern: "foo/**" ]],

        compareType: 'PLAIN',

        disableStrictForbiddenFileVerification: false,

        pattern: 'dummy'

      ]],

      serverName: 'dummy-gerrit',

      triggerOnEvents: [

        refUpdated()

      ]

    )

  }





Unfortunately the above doesn't work, the build is still triggered for all the files including the one changed in bar directory.


Am I missing anything here?

Reproduce the reported Jenkinsfile configuration with separate foo and bar directories, using the gerrit trigger's filePaths and refUpdated() settings. Trace the gerrit-trigger-plugin handling of file path filters and compare the observed trigger behavior with the expected foo-only behavior; done means changes under bar no longer trigger the build while changes under foo do.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.