[JENKINS-69392] no parameter type in Jenkinsfile for “List Subversion tags (and more)”

It doesn't seem possible to define a parameter of type “List Subversion tags (and more)” in a (declarative) pipeline script. The parameter type is available in the Web GUI and works as expected when starting a job. I want to define all parameters in the Jenkinsfile which is stored in SVN instead of using the Web GUI for every job.

In https://www.jenkins.io/doc/book/pipeline/jenkinsfile/#handling-parameters or https://www.jenkins.io/doc/book/pipeline/syntax/#parameters there is no documentation of the syntax for a parameter of this type.

Despite the missing documentation I tried to add such a parameter using strings from the source code of the subversion plugin and checked the code with the Jenkins linter. A line like

listSubversionTags(name: 'PARAM_SVN_BRANCH', tagsDir: 'https://server/svn/path/to/repo/base', credentialsId: '12345678-9abc-def0-1234-56789abcdef0', defaultValue: 'trunk', reverseByDate: true)

results in an error message which lists the possible parameter types

WorkflowScript: 9: Invalid parameter type listSubversionTags. Valid parameter types: [booleanParam, buildSelector, choice, credentials, file, text, separator, password, persistentBoolean, persistentChoice, persistentString, persistentText, run, string] @ line {{9, column 6.}}

The list of parameter types corresponds to the parameter type selection in the Web GUI, with the exception that a type for “List Subversion tags (and more)” is missing between file and text.

Boolean Parameter (= booleanParam)

…

File Parameter (= file)

List Subversion tags (and more) (missing here)

Multi-line String Parameter (= text)

…

String Parameter (= string)

 

This might mean that the parameter type “List Subversion tags (and more)” is not available in a pipeline script.

Is this a bug or missing feature of the subversion plugin?

Is there a way to define a parameter of this type in a (declarative) pipeline script?

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Originally reported by bomm, imported from: no parameter type in Jenkinsfile for “List Subversion tags (and more)”

• status: Open
  
• priority: Major
  
• component(s): subversion-plugin
  
• label(s): ListSubversionTagsParameterDefinition, parameter, pipeline, subversion-plugin
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 1
  
• watchers: 4
  
• imported: 20251212-090250
  

Raw content of original issue

It doesn't seem possible to define a parameter of type “List Subversion tags (and more)” in a (declarative) pipeline script. The parameter type is available in the Web GUI and works as expected when starting a job. I want to define all parameters in the Jenkinsfile which is stored in SVN instead of using the Web GUI for every job.


In https://www.jenkins.io/doc/book/pipeline/jenkinsfile/#handling-parameters or https://www.jenkins.io/doc/book/pipeline/syntax/#parameters there is no documentation of the syntax for a parameter of this type.


Despite the missing documentation I tried to add such a parameter using strings from the source code of the subversion plugin and checked the code with the Jenkins linter. A line like


listSubversionTags(name: 'PARAM_SVN_BRANCH', tagsDir: 'https://server/svn/path/to/repo/base', credentialsId: '12345678-9abc-def0-1234-56789abcdef0', defaultValue: 'trunk', reverseByDate: true)


results in an error message which lists the possible parameter types


WorkflowScript: 9: Invalid parameter type listSubversionTags. Valid parameter types: [booleanParam, buildSelector, choice, credentials, file, text, separator, password, persistentBoolean, persistentChoice, persistentString, persistentText, run, string] @ line {{9, column 6.}}


The list of parameter types corresponds to the parameter type selection in the Web GUI, with the exception that a type for “List Subversion tags (and more)” is missing between file and text.

Boolean Parameter (= booleanParam)

…

File Parameter (= file)

List Subversion tags (and more) (missing here)

Multi-line String Parameter (= text)

…

String Parameter (= string)

 


This might mean that the parameter type “List Subversion tags (and more)” is not available in a pipeline script.


Is this a bug or missing feature of the subversion plugin?

Is there a way to define a parameter of this type in a (declarative) pipeline script?

• environment: Jenkins 2.346.1 (hosted on Windows)