[JENKINS-24933] Default git repository name for "Merge before build" not effective

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#2,538 opened on Sep 30, 2014 2 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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We have a matrix project configured to merge a git feature branch onto the master before starting the build. The exact configuration is attached as screenshot. The documentation for the "Name of repository" oarameter of the "Merge before build" behavior states that:

If left blank, it'll default to the name of the first repository configured above.

However, when leaving this field empty, you receive the following output when triggering the build:

```
Started by an SCM change
Building remotely on ubuntu_trusty_64bit (trusty gcc ubuntu-next java7 ubuntu linux 64bit) in workspace /home/jenkins/workspace/rsb-cpp-trunk-merge-simulator
selected Git installation does not exists. Using Default
Wiping out workspace first.
Cloning the remote Git repository
Cloning repository https://code.cor-lab.org/git/rsb.git.cpp
> git init /home/jenkins/workspace/rsb-cpp-trunk-merge-simulator # timeout=10
Fetching upstream changes from https://code.cor-lab.org/git/rsb.git.cpp
> git --version # timeout=10
> git fetch --tags --progress https://code.cor-lab.org/git/rsb.git.cpp +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
> git config remote.origin.url https://code.cor-lab.org/git/rsb.git.cpp # timeout=10
> git config remote.origin.fetch +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* # timeout=10
> git config remote.origin.url https://code.cor-lab.org/git/rsb.git.cpp # timeout=10
Fetching upstream changes from https://code.cor-lab.org/git/rsb.git.cpp
> git fetch --tags --progress https://code.cor-lab.org/git/rsb.git.cpp +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
Seen branch in repository origin/0.10
Seen branch in repository origin/0.3
Seen branch in repository origin/0.4
Seen branch in repository origin/0.5
Seen branch in repository origin/0.6
Seen branch in repository origin/0.7
Seen branch in repository origin/0.9
Seen branch in repository origin/agni
Seen branch in repository origin/bug-1285
Seen branch in repository origin/enhancement-1096
Seen branch in repository origin/enhancement-1757
Seen branch in repository origin/enhancement-2034
Seen branch in repository origin/master
Seen branch in repository origin/wip-introspection
Seen branch in repository origin/wip-rosetta
Seen branch in repository origin/wip-static-participants
Seen 16 remote branches
Multiple candidate revisions
Scheduling another build to catch up with rsb-cpp-trunk-merge-simulator
Merging Revision 70a3fd1f2425cdc779d83314c6978955979e9237 (origin/enhancement-1757) onto /master using default strategy
> git rev-parse /master^{commit} # timeout=10
FATAL: Command "git rev-parse /master^{commit}" returned status code 128:
stdout: /master^{commit}

stderr: fatal: ambiguous argument '/master^{commit}': unknown revision or path not in the working tree.
Use '--' to separate paths from revisions, like this:
'git [...] -- [...]'

hudson.plugins.git.GitException: Command "git rev-parse /master^{commit}" returned status code 128:
stdout: /master^{commit}

stderr: fatal: ambiguous argument '/master^{commit}': unknown revision or path not in the working tree.
Use '--' to separate paths from revisions, like this:
'git [...] -- [...]'

at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl.launchCommandIn(CliGitAPIImpl.java:1437)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl.launchCommandIn(CliGitAPIImpl.java:1413)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl.launchCommandIn(CliGitAPIImpl.java:1409)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl.launchCommand(CliGitAPIImpl.java:1112)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl.launchCommand(CliGitAPIImpl.java:1122)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl.revParse(CliGitAPIImpl.java:518)
at hudson.plugins.git.GitAPI.revParse(GitAPI.java:257)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor58.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
at hudson.remoting.RemoteInvocationHandler$RPCRequest.perform(RemoteInvocationHandler.java:309)
at hudson.remoting.RemoteInvocationHandler$RPCRequest.call(RemoteInvocationHandler.java:290)
at hudson.remoting.RemoteInvocationHandler$RPCRequest.call(RemoteInvocationHandler.java:249)
at hudson.remoting.UserRequest.perform(UserRequest.java:118)
at hudson.remoting.UserRequest.perform(UserRequest.java:48)
at hudson.remoting.Request$2.run(Request.java:328)
at hudson.remoting.InterceptingExecutorService$1.call(InterceptingExecutorService.java:72)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

```

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Originally reported by languitar, imported from: Default git repository name for "Merge before build" not effective

status: Open
priority: Minor
component(s): git-plugin
resolution: Unresolved
votes: 1
watchers: 5
imported: 2025-12-02

Raw content of original issue

If left blank, it'll default to the name of the first repository configured above.

However, when leaving this field empty, you receive the following output when triggering the build:

Started by an SCM change
Building remotely on ubuntu_trusty_64bit (trusty gcc ubuntu-next java7 ubuntu linux 64bit) in workspace /home/jenkins/workspace/rsb-cpp-trunk-merge-simulator
selected Git installation does not exists. Using Default
Wiping out workspace first.
Cloning the remote Git repository
Cloning repository https://code.cor-lab.org/git/rsb.git.cpp
> git init /home/jenkins/workspace/rsb-cpp-trunk-merge-simulator # timeout=10
Fetching upstream changes from https://code.cor-lab.org/git/rsb.git.cpp
> git --version # timeout=10
> git fetch --tags --progress https://code.cor-lab.org/git/rsb.git.cpp +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
> git config remote.origin.url https://code.cor-lab.org/git/rsb.git.cpp # timeout=10
> git config remote.origin.fetch +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* # timeout=10
> git config remote.origin.url https://code.cor-lab.org/git/rsb.git.cpp # timeout=10
Fetching upstream changes from https://code.cor-lab.org/git/rsb.git.cpp
> git fetch --tags --progress https://code.cor-lab.org/git/rsb.git.cpp +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
Seen branch in repository origin/0.10
Seen branch in repository origin/0.3
Seen branch in repository origin/0.4
Seen branch in repository origin/0.5
Seen branch in repository origin/0.6
Seen branch in repository origin/0.7
Seen branch in repository origin/0.9
Seen branch in repository origin/agni
Seen branch in repository origin/bug-1285
Seen branch in repository origin/enhancement-1096
Seen branch in repository origin/enhancement-1757
Seen branch in repository origin/enhancement-2034
Seen branch in repository origin/master
Seen branch in repository origin/wip-introspection
Seen branch in repository origin/wip-rosetta
Seen branch in repository origin/wip-static-participants
Seen 16 remote branches
Multiple candidate revisions
Scheduling another build to catch up with rsb-cpp-trunk-merge-simulator
Merging Revision 70a3fd1f2425cdc779d83314c6978955979e9237 (origin/enhancement-1757) onto /master using default strategy
> git rev-parse /master^{commit} # timeout=10
FATAL: Command "git rev-parse /master^{commit}" returned status code 128:
stdout: /master^{commit}

stderr: fatal: ambiguous argument '/master^{commit}': unknown revision or path not in the working tree.
Use '--' to separate paths from revisions, like this:
'git <command> [<revision>...] -- [<file>...]'

hudson.plugins.git.GitException: Command "git rev-parse /master^{commit}" returned status code 128:
stdout: /master^{commit}

environment

```
Jenkins LTS on Debian Wheezy

Git client plugin 1.10.2

Git plugin 2.2.6
```

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- [merge-config.png](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jenkinsci/attachments-from-jira-issues-last/refs/heads/main/attachments/27711/merge-config.png)
> ![merge-config.png](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jenkinsci/attachments-from-jira-issues-last/refs/heads/main/attachments/27711/merge-config.png)

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