[JENKINS-18212] Branches get triggered for polling when we don't want them to

So what I am hoping to do is to prevent polling from happening on any branch besides the one that was changed. I thought by having the "branches=branch2" for example would trigger the plugin to only schedule a polling of that branch. The reason for this functionality is that we need certain users to be able to commit without triggering a build such as admin work/upper level scripts which don't impact our product. Even if I abort a build the next time someone pushes, the force polling will build that branch even though the push wasn't for that specific branch.

Below you can see the output of what command we push, I would expect branch2 to kick off a poll but no other branch to do that.

remote: branch=branch2, user=peter_kline, repo=flt/root

remote: Running command: curl http://jenkins:8080/git/notifyCommit?url=git@​gitserver:flt/root.git&branches=branch2

remote: Scheduled polling of branch1

remote: Scheduled polling of branch2

remote: Scheduled polling of branch3

remote: Scheduled polling of branch4

remote: Scheduled polling of branch5

remote: Scheduled polling of branch6

remote: Scheduled polling of branch7

remote: Scheduled polling of branch8

remote: Scheduled polling of branch9

remote: Scheduled polling of branch10

remote: Scheduled polling of branch11

remote: Scheduled polling of branch12

remote: Scheduled polling of branch13

remote: Scheduled polling of branch14

To git@​gitserver:flt/root.git

9607b14..1daed8c branch2 -> branch2

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Originally reported by peter_kline, imported from: Branches get triggered for polling when we don't want them to

• status: Open
  
• priority: Critical
  
• component(s): git-plugin
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 2
  
• watchers: 3
  
• imported: 2025-12-02
  

Raw content of original issue

So what I am hoping to do is to prevent polling from happening on any branch besides the one that was changed. I thought by having the "branches=branch2" for example would trigger the plugin to only schedule a polling of that branch.  The reason for this functionality is that we need certain users to be able to commit without triggering a build such as admin work/upper level scripts which don't impact our product.  Even if I abort a build the next time someone pushes, the force polling will build that branch even though the push wasn't for that specific branch.  


Below you can see the output of what command we push, I would expect branch2 to kick off a poll but no other branch to do that.




remote: branch=branch2, user=peter_kline, repo=flt/root


remote: Running command: curl http://jenkins:8080/git/notifyCommit?url=git@gitserver:flt/root.git&branches=branch2


remote: Scheduled polling of branch1

remote: Scheduled polling of branch2

remote: Scheduled polling of branch3

remote: Scheduled polling of branch4

remote: Scheduled polling of branch5

remote: Scheduled polling of branch6

remote: Scheduled polling of branch7

remote: Scheduled polling of branch8

remote: Scheduled polling of branch9

remote: Scheduled polling of branch10

remote: Scheduled polling of branch11

remote: Scheduled polling of branch12

remote: Scheduled polling of branch13

remote: Scheduled polling of branch14

To git@gitserver:flt/root.git

   9607b14..1daed8c  branch2 -> branch2

environment

```
Jenkins Server: 1.5.10

Git plugin: 1.3.0
```