[JENKINS-44343] Inverse build strategy is building when there are no changes on a branch

I setup a job to build feature branches and skip the master branch. I do this by specifying "*/master" as the branch to build and then inverse as the choosing strategy. I have the job setup to poll SCM every 15 minutes (I don't have access to change the hooks).

When I push changes to a branch other than master, the job does as expected and builds the branch. However when I push changes to master, the job runs and builds the last branch it built. I left this overnight and have a build every 15 minutes of the same commit.

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Originally reported by jpschewe, imported from: Inverse build strategy is building when there are no changes on a branch

• status: Open
  
• priority: Major
  
• component(s): git-plugin
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 0
  
• watchers: 1
  
• imported: 2025-12-02
  

Raw content of original issue

I setup a job to build feature branches and skip the master branch. I do this by specifying "*/master" as the branch to build and then inverse as the choosing strategy. I have the job setup to poll SCM every 15 minutes (I don't have access to change the hooks).


When I push changes to a branch other than master, the job does as expected and builds the branch. However when I push changes to master, the job runs and builds the last branch it built. I left this overnight and have a build every 15 minutes of the same commit.

environment

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Jenkins 2.59

Git plugin: 3.3.0

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