[JENKINS-14138] New git branch has empty changelist

I have a git job that builds all branches except master. I have the job setup to send email to only the committers using email-ext. The idea being that developers can push their branches to the CI server and then get feedback on if all tests work in the production environment. When a new branch is pushed to the server the build runs and no emails are sent. I'm using version 1.1.19 of the bit plugin, a 2.22 debug version of the email-ext plugin on Jenkins version 1.470. The debug output from the email-ext plugin shows:

20:43:27 [WARNINGS] Parsing warnings in console log with parser Java Compiler (javac)

20:43:27 Archiving artifacts

20:43:29 Publishing Cobertura coverage report...

20:43:29 Publishing Cobertura coverage results...

20:43:34 Recording test results

20:43:35 Description set: Branch origin/feature.create-tournament-on-import

20:43:36 Email was triggered for: Success

20:43:36 Sending email for trigger: Success

20:43:36 Send to developers

20:43:36 Getting users from changeset

20:43:36 Get users from changeset - users.size() = 0

20:43:36 413: recipientAddresses.size() = 0

20:43:36 Setting 0 recipients

20:43:36 An attempt to send an e-mail to empty list of recipients, ignored.

20:43:36 Finished: SUCCESS

The changeset in Jenkins is indeed empty, although I would think this should show the changes from master or where the branch was created.

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Originally reported by jpschewe, imported from: New git branch has empty changelist

• status: Open
  
• priority: Major
  
• component(s): git-plugin
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 20
  
• watchers: 25
  
• imported: 2025-12-02
  

Raw content of original issue

I have a git job that builds all branches except master. I have the job setup to send email to only the committers using email-ext. The idea being that developers can push their branches to the CI server and then get feedback on if all tests work in the production environment. When a new branch is pushed to the server the build runs and no emails are sent. I'm using version 1.1.19 of the bit plugin, a 2.22 debug version of the email-ext plugin on Jenkins version 1.470. The debug output from the email-ext plugin shows:

20:43:27  [WARNINGS] Parsing warnings in console log with parser Java Compiler (javac)

20:43:27  Archiving artifacts

20:43:29  Publishing Cobertura coverage report...

20:43:29  Publishing Cobertura coverage results...

20:43:34  Recording test results

20:43:35  Description set: Branch origin/feature.create-tournament-on-import

20:43:36  Email was triggered for: Success

20:43:36  Sending email for trigger: Success

20:43:36  Send to developers

20:43:36  Getting users from changeset

20:43:36  Get users from changeset - users.size() = 0

20:43:36  413: recipientAddresses.size() = 0

20:43:36  Setting 0 recipients

20:43:36  An attempt to send an e-mail to empty list of recipients, ignored.

20:43:36  Finished: SUCCESS


The changeset in Jenkins is indeed empty, although I would think this should show the changes from master or where the branch was created.

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