Jenkins - how to build a specific branch
Best solution can be:
Add a string parameter in the existing job
Then in the Source Code Management
section update Branches to build
to use the string parameter you defined
If you see a checkbox labeled Lightweight checkout
, make sure it is unchecked.
The configuration indicated in the images will tell the jenkins job to use master
as the default branch, and for manual builds it will ask you to enter branch details (FYI: by default it's set to master
)
I don't think you can both within the same jenkins job, what you need to do is to configure a new jenkins job which will have access to your github to retrieve branches and then you can choose which one to manually build.
Just mark it as a parameterized build, specify a name, and a parameter configured as git parameter
and now you can configure git options: