lacking understanding on how to match paths/files in -Dgib.excludePathsMatching or -Dgib.skipIfPathMatches

[polaroidkidd]

Hi there

We have a project structure something like this

root/
  - pom.xml
  /modules/
    /module-1/
      - pom.xml
    /module-2/
      - pom.xml

Our master build pipe-line parses the module pom files and replaces the version tag values from 0.1.4--SNAPSHOT with 0.1.4.123312 (some build hash).

It does this prior to actually launching the build. This means, when GIB compares the master branch with the master--reference branch it will notices the changes in the pom files and build all of the sub-modules, even if there was no change in the actual code.

When I use the excludePathsMatching or skipIfPathMatches with exact paths (i.e. modules/module-1/pom.xml) the change is noted, but skipped since it's part of the regex.

However, I have been trying to get the regex to work on all sub-modules using standard regex notation (for example modules/module-.*/pom\.xml) but it doesn't match. If I'm understanding the documentation I should be able to use

mvn clean install -Dgib.excludePathsMatching=pom\..*

and it should match all files starting with pom, right?

Unfortunately it isn't working and so I must be missing some crucial part to this puzzle. Any help would be appreciated.

[famod]

modules/module-.*/pom\.xml looks correct! Just pom\..* won't work because you have to match the entire path within the repo (in your example: not root or anything before that). I changed that here not long ago: #359

Have you tried quoting the argument, e.g.:

mvn clean install -Dgib.excludePathsMatching='modules/module-.*/pom\.xml'

?

Btw, regarding:

Our master build pipe-line parses the module pom files and replaces the version tag values from 0.1.4--SNAPSHOT with 0.1.4.123312 (some build hash).

Have you considered https://maven.apache.org/maven-ci-friendly.html? With that you don't need to modify the pom.xml files.

[polaroidkidd]

Have you tried quoting the argument

It works! I can't believe I didn't think of that..

Have you considered https://maven.apache.org/maven-ci-friendly.html? With that you don't need to modify the pom.xml files.

I'm not sure we have. but I'll bring it up with the DevOps team. Thanks for the hlep!

[famod]

I can't believe I didn't think of that..

No worries, glad it now works for you!