[JENKINS-9596] SCM polling with GIT creates Spurious Builds with "No Changes"

I see many builds when pushes to non-master branches (I'm only pulling from the master branch). The build is triggered by SCM change but the master branch has the same ID. Here is a discussion on StackOverflow where others are encountering the same problem (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5784329/how-can-i-make-jenkins-ci-with-git-trigger-on-pushes-to-master).

---
Originally reported by cscalfani, imported from: SCM polling with GIT creates Spurious Builds with "No Changes"

• status: Open
  
• priority: Minor
  
• component(s): git-plugin
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 18
  
• watchers: 20
  
• imported: 2025-12-02
  

Raw content of original issue

I see many builds when pushes to non-master branches (I'm only pulling from the master branch). The build is triggered by SCM change but the master branch has the same ID. Here is a discussion on StackOverflow where others are encountering the same problem (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5784329/how-can-i-make-jenkins-ci-with-git-trigger-on-pushes-to-master).

1 attachment

- [config.xml](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jenkinsci/attachments-from-jira-issues-misc/refs/heads/main/attachments/20437/config.xml)