[JENKINS-15750] Absolute path for local module directory

Why is absolute path not allowed when you specify the local module directory?

I tried to specify one but it just creates it in the current workspace.

e.g.







https://puppet-svn.bfm.com/svn-repo/puppet/tags/prod_aladdin

/local/file-repo/lab

We use Jenkins to compile Puppet catalogs. We do this for 3 OS types (ie RHEL6.3, RHEL5.8 and Solaris 10). We have 3 jobs setup to do the test against a common branch.

This would be a headache for systems with limited disk space as the job would checkout the SVN branch three times.

I was hoping we can specify an absolute path to optimize disk space. We have a workaround at the moment and this via symlinks.

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Originally reported by claude_gan, imported from: Absolute path for local module directory

• status: Open
  
• priority: Minor
  
• component(s): subversion-plugin
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 0
  
• watchers: 1
  
• imported: 20251212-090250
  

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Why is absolute path not allowed when you specify the local module directory? 


I tried to specify one but it just creates it in the current workspace. 


e.g.

<scm class="hudson.scm.SubversionSCM" plugin="subversion@1.43">

    <locations>

      <hudson.scm.SubversionSCM_-ModuleLocation>

        <remote>https://puppet-svn.bfm.com/svn-repo/puppet/tags/prod_aladdin</remote>

        <local>/local/file-repo/lab</local>

      </hudson.scm.SubversionSCM_-ModuleLocation>

    </locations>


We use Jenkins to compile Puppet catalogs. We do this for 3 OS types (ie RHEL6.3, RHEL5.8 and Solaris 10). We have 3 jobs setup to do the test against a common branch. 


This would be a headache for systems with limited disk space as the job would checkout the SVN branch three times. 


I was hoping we can specify an absolute path to optimize disk space. We have a workaround at the moment and this via symlinks. 

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