[JENKINS-45686] UI for SCMBinder.USE_HEAVYWEIGHT_CHECKOUT

Currently the only way to do a heavy weight checkout is to set a system property for Jenkins java arguments. (viewable only from source code)

'-Dorg.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.multibranch.SCMBinder.USE_HEAVYWEIGHT_CHECKOUT=true'

You would think this would be configurable per job, like it is in single pipeline job; not on a global scale via a Jenkins java argument.

 

This change was introduced with -JENKINS-33273">JENKINS-33273-.

 

Reason for this – I want to be able to do a PreBuildMerge action on the Jenkinsfile so the pipeline is up to date and tested with latest changes. Otherwise you are building/testing with an old pipeline which may fail after it's been accepted/merged.

Note: [If needed for testing] With latest plugins, Git PreBuildMerge extension is not valid with Multibranch Pipeline anymore. See Git-Plugin PR 513 https://github.com/jenkinsci/git-plugin/pull/513 to test with.

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Originally reported by arty13, imported from: UI for SCMBinder.USE_HEAVYWEIGHT_CHECKOUT

• status: Open
  
• priority: Minor
  
• component(s): workflow-multibranch-plugin
  
• label(s): ui
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 1
  
• watchers: 3
  
• imported: 20251212-090250
  

Raw content of original issue

Currently the only way to do a heavy weight checkout is to set a system property for Jenkins java arguments. (viewable only from source code)

 '-Dorg.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.multibranch.SCMBinder.USE_HEAVYWEIGHT_CHECKOUT=true'


You would think this would be configurable per job, like it is in single pipeline job; not on a global scale via a Jenkins java argument.


 


This change was introduced with -JENKINS-33273-.


 


Reason for this – I want to be able to do a PreBuildMerge action on the Jenkinsfile so the pipeline is up to date and tested with latest changes. Otherwise you are building/testing with an old pipeline which may fail after it's been accepted/merged.


 Note: [If needed for testing] With latest plugins, Git PreBuildMerge extension is not valid with Multibranch Pipeline anymore. See Git-Plugin PR 513 https://github.com/jenkinsci/git-plugin/pull/513 to test with.

environment

```
Jenkins Version: 2.60.2

workflow-multibranch-plugin: 2.16
```