[JENKINS-47701] Git Poll Detects Spurious Changes

Project configured to poll Git with Branch Specifier "**" seems to detect changes that aren't there.

 

Started on Oct 27, 2017 2:18:58 AM

Polling SCM changes on [node_unavailable]

Using strategy: Default

[poll] Last Built Revision: Revision adaec1b1c0e4b83dab922eeb490b2f09a4839d30 (origin/EGN-1489)

Done. Took 1 ms

Changes found

I then changed the Branch Specifier (and nothing else) to "master/origin" and it seems to be working fine.

 

 

 

Started on Oct 27, 2017 5:13:55 PM

Using strategy: Default

[poll] Last Built Revision: Revision 9a027daf6d4fd437312b382a5dc7fdfebbb4c9b0 (origin/master)

using GIT_SSH to set credentials 

 > git ls-remote -h ssh://git@​adlm.nielsen.com:7999/em/nano.git # timeout=10

Found 43 remote heads on ssh://git@​adlm.nielsen.com:7999/em/nano.git

[poll] Latest remote head revision on refs/heads/master is: 9a027daf6d4fd437312b382a5dc7fdfebbb4c9b0 - already built by 167

Done. Took 0.74 sec

No changes

That doesn't build all my branches, though, so that's not really good. I changed it back to "**" and polling now produces the same aberrant behavior as before:

 

 

Started on Oct 27, 2017 5:23:55 PM

Polling SCM changes on [node_unavailable]

Using strategy: Default

[poll] Last Built Revision: Revision 9a027daf6d4fd437312b382a5dc7fdfebbb4c9b0 (origin/master)

Done. Took 1 ms

Changes found

The log of the checkout shows it's checking out the head revision of origin/master and rebuilding it needlessly.

I've looked, and it doesn't appear I have any weird branch names that seemed to have been trouble in other reports.

 

 

f1b18914d6bdff17899c71852c17502c0a7087be refs/heads/BARB2016

8bdfbb9135414029f12ccad803105a4be602c8ab refs/heads/BLE-EA-integration

56da67b503ad63ce49149da38b859a932c0baef1 refs/heads/EA-Wifi-Integration

a6a8073570834fc892443fa2fd3adebbcdbe17e3 refs/heads/EGN-1242

2f9ac80b3bce81c00879a14f6840e835ec83bfa9 refs/heads/EGN-1384-reenable-all-disabled-unit-tests

915a336838fd95ba133544bfa53b96b9e1ab8e45 refs/heads/EGN-1385-migrate-jenkins-and-build-scripts

ce4f8b08867ea75bb3811583e340fb7151183980 refs/heads/EGN-1392-automation-support-nano-people-meter

cd8fc999ad0ddde40c44d609807ad5966607faf3 refs/heads/EGN-1413

3646dd17db882cec0d7d37a42caa74826e4e6fe9 refs/heads/EGN-1414

407475b8633ac8f58789804a7d7842c883a2804e refs/heads/EGN-1417

7db43e26eba24d9a9f5f601d7e24ee78a9a5b067 refs/heads/EGN-1419

5b9bef4ebcc416187b9fd196612630db1342ac17 refs/heads/EGN-1443-improve-wifi-scan

b982b795572f8e21e0f852f2e215cafb48d9eb59 refs/heads/EGN-1475-change-wifi-timer-from-3-seconds

fc791f30552062a7d1504cb464bdacf513f8efba refs/heads/EGN-1477

7468635991f27575338f035639d27c40c77ecf7c refs/heads/EGN-1480

6e184050922d83cd8102f6984c24b1ba9e083bbb refs/heads/EGN-1488

adaec1b1c0e4b83dab922eeb490b2f09a4839d30 refs/heads/EGN-1489

f8e886d0e008fa159d250b33db89e8c2f61545c4 refs/heads/EGN-1491-digital-to-analog-converter-dac

ca177a99d561d2bd3d3245a0b0792f7b153957b0 refs/heads/EGN-1492

a2f0673fb8b97c51f47a3df809cee4c4157a92e2 refs/heads/EGN-1494

69cf160d4c731ac87d0b311da4e9632e30d49463 refs/heads/EGN-1503

cb09390915f6f917dc74bc6e3394cf4758173faa refs/heads/EGN-1521

a712f92c33a3e95ab0ebc28c24c52e3c380fe167 refs/heads/EGN-1532

ac6604b02b42bbf84eab92b01f2f2f9f0f516000 refs/heads/EGN-1534

a51fade2a29bc0ccef9388b7b382c89ab65e0e19 refs/heads/EGN-1547

d0e6a0020bcc4d43b72938ce0110cd8cd8ca0903 refs/heads/EGN-599-firmware-upgrade-fails-occasionally

c0bc6299ce5c2cd2ef48ae4c05123a9d0dcde83d refs/heads/EGN-669

87ff62daa25cab5efc49a2c96dff355607a218a1 refs/heads/EGN-797

c8b7c38fafe8619f698126d0c92161a9742181c9 refs/heads/EGN-822

a346f3c736d686e620b89c503d782a87139d324a refs/heads/Sprint20

29b37b4eb3290a1fd541b06769151f7a34c335f0 refs/heads/WolfSSL

7db43e26eba24d9a9f5f601d7e24ee78a9a5b067 refs/heads/bugfix/EGN-1421

95addbeba0685994962e1c55bf81e5767a883cb1 refs/heads/bugfix/EGN-1422

366be9450cdf07dcb6f00cde1d0b562f4122c4e0 refs/heads/bugfix/EGN-1424-person-in-events-is-not-getting

5fa5825a62ed3a25b993d3d673025351593a2a29 refs/heads/feature/EGN-1373-research-and-report-usb-cable-unplugged

e462be94e659da14ebbed131628cadb8c1d49bec refs/heads/feature/EGN-1374-automation-support-led-test-cases

5fa5825a62ed3a25b993d3d673025351593a2a29 refs/heads/feature/EGN-232-cycle-the-battery-regularly

9a027daf6d4fd437312b382a5dc7fdfebbb4c9b0 refs/heads/master

a5e4899e1a78ae8bab7f031979e167db6bc46c8e refs/heads/nano_ea_int1

6f6091e7bb76a7cf4b6ff7526fc92f9b66225416 refs/heads/x.0.16

308ca3ad8e2f523c10eeb1545346381528f4570a refs/heads/x.1.26

088ee0aea109d7435e9396fbbabd11830e900d55 refs/heads/x.1.27

57cc56efbff0dd4edbb2fdd5988eb43b39a24ed4 refs/heads/x.1.28

 

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Originally reported by bramankp, imported from: Git Poll Detects Spurious Changes

• status: Open
  
• priority: Major
  
• component(s): git-plugin
  
• label(s): git, plugins
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 2
  
• watchers: 7
  
• imported: 2025-12-02
  

Raw content of original issue

Project configured to poll Git with Branch Specifier "**" seems to detect changes that aren't there.


 



Started on Oct 27, 2017 2:18:58 AM

Polling SCM changes on [node_unavailable]

Using strategy: Default

[poll] Last Built Revision: Revision adaec1b1c0e4b83dab922eeb490b2f09a4839d30 (origin/EGN-1489)

Done. Took 1 ms

Changes found





I then changed the Branch Specifier (and nothing else) to "master/origin" and it seems to be working fine.


 


 


 



Started on Oct 27, 2017 5:13:55 PM

Using strategy: Default

[poll] Last Built Revision: Revision 9a027daf6d4fd437312b382a5dc7fdfebbb4c9b0 (origin/master)

using GIT_SSH to set credentials 

 > git ls-remote -h ssh://git@adlm.nielsen.com:7999/em/nano.git # timeout=10

Found 43 remote heads on ssh://git@adlm.nielsen.com:7999/em/nano.git

[poll] Latest remote head revision on refs/heads/master is: 9a027daf6d4fd437312b382a5dc7fdfebbb4c9b0 - already built by 167

Done. Took 0.74 sec

No changes





That doesn't build all my branches, though, so that's not really good. I changed it back to "**" and polling now produces the same aberrant behavior as before:


 


 



Started on Oct 27, 2017 5:23:55 PM

Polling SCM changes on [node_unavailable]

Using strategy: Default

[poll] Last Built Revision: Revision 9a027daf6d4fd437312b382a5dc7fdfebbb4c9b0 (origin/master)

Done. Took 1 ms

Changes found





The log of the checkout shows it's checking out the head revision of origin/master and rebuilding it needlessly.


I've looked, and it doesn't appear I have any weird branch names that seemed to have been trouble in other reports.


 


 



f1b18914d6bdff17899c71852c17502c0a7087be refs/heads/BARB2016

8bdfbb9135414029f12ccad803105a4be602c8ab refs/heads/BLE-EA-integration

56da67b503ad63ce49149da38b859a932c0baef1 refs/heads/EA-Wifi-Integration

a6a8073570834fc892443fa2fd3adebbcdbe17e3 refs/heads/EGN-1242

2f9ac80b3bce81c00879a14f6840e835ec83bfa9 refs/heads/EGN-1384-reenable-all-disabled-unit-tests

915a336838fd95ba133544bfa53b96b9e1ab8e45 refs/heads/EGN-1385-migrate-jenkins-and-build-scripts

ce4f8b08867ea75bb3811583e340fb7151183980 refs/heads/EGN-1392-automation-support-nano-people-meter

cd8fc999ad0ddde40c44d609807ad5966607faf3 refs/heads/EGN-1413

3646dd17db882cec0d7d37a42caa74826e4e6fe9 refs/heads/EGN-1414

407475b8633ac8f58789804a7d7842c883a2804e refs/heads/EGN-1417

7db43e26eba24d9a9f5f601d7e24ee78a9a5b067 refs/heads/EGN-1419

5b9bef4ebcc416187b9fd196612630db1342ac17 refs/heads/EGN-1443-improve-wifi-scan

b982b795572f8e21e0f852f2e215cafb48d9eb59 refs/heads/EGN-1475-change-wifi-timer-from-3-seconds

fc791f30552062a7d1504cb464bdacf513f8efba refs/heads/EGN-1477

7468635991f27575338f035639d27c40c77ecf7c refs/heads/EGN-1480

6e184050922d83cd8102f6984c24b1ba9e083bbb refs/heads/EGN-1488

adaec1b1c0e4b83dab922eeb490b2f09a4839d30 refs/heads/EGN-1489

f8e886d0e008fa159d250b33db89e8c2f61545c4 refs/heads/EGN-1491-digital-to-analog-converter-dac

ca177a99d561d2bd3d3245a0b0792f7b153957b0 refs/heads/EGN-1492

a2f0673fb8b97c51f47a3df809cee4c4157a92e2 refs/heads/EGN-1494

69cf160d4c731ac87d0b311da4e9632e30d49463 refs/heads/EGN-1503

cb09390915f6f917dc74bc6e3394cf4758173faa refs/heads/EGN-1521

a712f92c33a3e95ab0ebc28c24c52e3c380fe167 refs/heads/EGN-1532

ac6604b02b42bbf84eab92b01f2f2f9f0f516000 refs/heads/EGN-1534

a51fade2a29bc0ccef9388b7b382c89ab65e0e19 refs/heads/EGN-1547

d0e6a0020bcc4d43b72938ce0110cd8cd8ca0903 refs/heads/EGN-599-firmware-upgrade-fails-occasionally

c0bc6299ce5c2cd2ef48ae4c05123a9d0dcde83d refs/heads/EGN-669

87ff62daa25cab5efc49a2c96dff355607a218a1 refs/heads/EGN-797

c8b7c38fafe8619f698126d0c92161a9742181c9 refs/heads/EGN-822

a346f3c736d686e620b89c503d782a87139d324a refs/heads/Sprint20

29b37b4eb3290a1fd541b06769151f7a34c335f0 refs/heads/WolfSSL

7db43e26eba24d9a9f5f601d7e24ee78a9a5b067 refs/heads/bugfix/EGN-1421

95addbeba0685994962e1c55bf81e5767a883cb1 refs/heads/bugfix/EGN-1422

366be9450cdf07dcb6f00cde1d0b562f4122c4e0 refs/heads/bugfix/EGN-1424-person-in-events-is-not-getting

5fa5825a62ed3a25b993d3d673025351593a2a29 refs/heads/feature/EGN-1373-research-and-report-usb-cable-unplugged

e462be94e659da14ebbed131628cadb8c1d49bec refs/heads/feature/EGN-1374-automation-support-led-test-cases

5fa5825a62ed3a25b993d3d673025351593a2a29 refs/heads/feature/EGN-232-cycle-the-battery-regularly

9a027daf6d4fd437312b382a5dc7fdfebbb4c9b0 refs/heads/master

a5e4899e1a78ae8bab7f031979e167db6bc46c8e refs/heads/nano_ea_int1

6f6091e7bb76a7cf4b6ff7526fc92f9b66225416 refs/heads/x.0.16

308ca3ad8e2f523c10eeb1545346381528f4570a refs/heads/x.1.26

088ee0aea109d7435e9396fbbabd11830e900d55 refs/heads/x.1.27

57cc56efbff0dd4edbb2fdd5988eb43b39a24ed4 refs/heads/x.1.28





 

environment

```
Jenkins 2.73.2 (Docker image jenkins/jenkins:lts)

Git Plugin 3.6.2

Ubuntu 16.04 (64-bit) running Docker 1.12.6
```