...
- Repository check-in occurs. Specified by a Repository Trigger
- A configuration completes. Specified by the Build Completed Trigger
- It's a certain time of the day/week/month. Specified by the various Time TriggersTrigger
| Table of Contents |
|---|
Repository Types
...
When the trigger is executed and a build is queued, the build needs to decide what to do with the Repositories attached to the Configuration. In the case of a Repository Trigger, the triggering Repository is assumed to be in a working state since it just triggered the build. However, the same can't be said for all non-triggering repositories of which there could be many. In the case of Time TriggersTrigger and the Build Completed Trigger, all repositories are non-triggering repositories. For Repository Trigger, the non-triggering repositories are all those repositories other than the one that triggered the build. When the force repository check option is set, all non-triggering repositories are checked to see if they 're are in an error state. If they're in an error state, an attempt will be made to fix them. If they're still in an error state then the build won't start and you'll see an entry in the Event Log with the details.
There are times however when you might not care if the repository is in an error state. When you setup a repository in Continua CI, it immediately copies your repository into a repository cache directory located in the Continua Share directory that you setup when installing Continua CI. Continua CI makes sure that the cache is always up to date by polling your repository every now and then (specified when you create a Repositoryrepository). If Continua can't contact your repository then it's marked as errored and as a result the cached version of your repository may not contain the latest changes. By not selecting the force repository check option, you're telling the trigger to not check the repositories (and possibly not get the latest changes from it) and instead use the latest cached version.
...
This is where you select the trigger type explained above. ie. ( Repository trigger, Time trigger or Build completed trigger).
Variables
The variables drop down will contain a list of all Configuration configurationVariablesvariables you have created. It gives you the ability to change a variable's value when the trigger executes the Configuration. By clicking the plus icon to the right hand side of the input field, you can set the value of an additional variablevariables.