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[JENKINS-66054] Changelog not reflecting properly
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The changelog is not reflecting properly.
In my second stage I'm doing checkout and I'm using the ChangelogToBranch extension to record the change. But its not reflecting on the change tab.
I have total 4 repositories, and I'm checking out all the four repositories to record any changes.
In the below code I'm passing withChangelog = true
void checkoutBranch(List<String> branchNames, String repository, String targetDir = '', Boolean withChangelog = false) {
def checkoutInfo = resolveScm(
source: [$class : 'GitSCMSource',
credentialsId: 'github-jenkins', id: '_',
remote : "xyz.git",
traits : [[$class: 'CleanAfterCheckoutTrait'],
[$class: 'CleanBeforeCheckoutTrait'],
[$class: 'GitLFSPullTrait'],
[$class: 'jenkins.plugins.git.traits.BranchDiscoveryTrait'],
headWildcardFilter(includes: branchNames.join(' '))]],
targets: branchNames
)
checkoutRevision(checkoutInfo.getBranches().get(0).getName(), repository, targetDir, withChangelog)
}
def checkoutRevision(String revision, String repository, String targetDir = '', Boolean withChangelog = false) {
def extensions = [[$class: 'CleanCheckout'],
[$class: 'CleanBeforeCheckout'],
[$class: 'CloneOption', reference: referenceRepository(repository), honorRefspec: true, noTags: true],
[$class: 'GitLFSPull']]
if (withChangelog) {
extensions << [$class: 'ChangelogToBranch', options: [compareRemote: 'origin', compareTarget: env.BRANCH_NAME]]
}
dir(targetDir) {
def checkoutResult = checkout changelog: true, poll: false,
scm: [$class : 'GitSCM',
branches : [[name: revision]],
browser : [$class: 'GithubWeb', repoUrl: "http://github.com/xyz/${repository}"],
doGenerateSubmoduleConfigurations: false,
extensions : extensions,
submoduleCfg : [],
userRemoteConfigs: [[credentialsId: 'github-jenkins', url: "xyz.git"]]]
sshagent(['github-jenkins']) {
command 'git -c lfs.concurrenttransfers=50 lfs pull', label: 'Ensure git lfs objects are present'
}
return checkoutResult
}
}
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Jenkins Version : 2.263.1
Git Plugin Version: 4.6.0
Originally reported by whitewolf123, imported from: Changelog not reflecting properly
- status: Open
- priority: Minor
- component(s): git-plugin
- resolution: Unresolved
- votes: 0
- watchers: 2
- imported: 2025-12-02
Raw content of original issue
The changelog is not reflecting properly.
In my second stage I'm doing checkout and I'm using the ChangelogToBranch extension to record the change. But its not reflecting on the change tab.
I have total 4 repositories, and I'm checking out all the four repositories to record any changes.
In the below code I'm passing withChangelog = true
void checkoutBranch(List<String> branchNames, String repository, String targetDir = '', Boolean withChangelog = false) { def checkoutInfo = resolveScm( source: [$class : 'GitSCMSource', credentialsId: 'github-jenkins', id: '_', remote : "xyz.git", traits : [[$class: 'CleanAfterCheckoutTrait'], [$class: 'CleanBeforeCheckoutTrait'], [$class: 'GitLFSPullTrait'], [$class: 'jenkins.plugins.git.traits.BranchDiscoveryTrait'], headWildcardFilter(includes: branchNames.join(' '))]], targets: branchNames ) checkoutRevision(checkoutInfo.getBranches().get(0).getName(), repository, targetDir, withChangelog) } def checkoutRevision(String revision, String repository, String targetDir = '', Boolean withChangelog = false) { def extensions = [[$class: 'CleanCheckout'], [$class: 'CleanBeforeCheckout'], [$class: 'CloneOption', reference: referenceRepository(repository), honorRefspec: true, noTags: true], [$class: 'GitLFSPull']] if (withChangelog) { extensions << [$class: 'ChangelogToBranch', options: [compareRemote: 'origin', compareTarget: env.BRANCH_NAME]] } dir(targetDir) { def checkoutResult = checkout changelog: true, poll: false, scm: [$class : 'GitSCM', branches : [[name: revision]], browser : [$class: 'GithubWeb', repoUrl: "http://github.com/xyz/${repository}"], doGenerateSubmoduleConfigurations: false, extensions : extensions, submoduleCfg : [], userRemoteConfigs : [[credentialsId: 'github-jenkins', url: "xyz.git"]]] sshagent(['github-jenkins']) { command 'git -c lfs.concurrenttransfers=50 lfs pull', label: 'Ensure git lfs objects are present' } return checkoutResult } }
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Jenkins Version : 2.263.1
Git Plugin Version: 4.6.0
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Research direction
The report names the ChangelogToBranch extension and the checkout call using changelog: true, but no repository file or test. Start by reproducing the checkout across four repositories with compareRemote set to origin and compareTarget set to env.BRANCH_NAME; done means the expected commits appear in Jenkins's Changes tab.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- git, java
- Domain
- ci-cd, devops
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100

