[JENKINS-27080] support tokens in "compare to branch" option (calculate changelog)

There's an excellent advanced option to calculate changelog against given branch.

It would be brilliant if I could provide the branch name by job's property so I can make it more dynamic.

The code is here

https://github.com/jenkinsci/git-plugin/blob/master/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/git/ChangelogToBranchOptions.java

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Originally reported by or_shachar, imported from: support tokens in "compare to branch" option (calculate changelog)

• status: Open
  
• priority: Minor
  
• component(s): git-plugin
  
• label(s): git-plugin
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 1
  
• watchers: 2
  
• imported: 2025-12-02
  

There's an excellent advanced option to calculate changelog against given branch. 

It would be brilliant if I could provide the branch name by job's property so I can make it more dynamic.


The code is here

https://github.com/jenkinsci/git-plugin/blob/master/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/git/ChangelogToBranchOptions.java

• environment: jenkins 1.580.3, git-plugin-2.3.4